Where
Roosevelt House at Hunter College47-49 East 65th Street
(btwn. Park and Madison Avenues)
New York, NY 10065
Driving Directions
Contact
rhrsvp@hunter.cuny.eduLong, Hot Summer?
A Double Symposium on Race and Law Enforcement
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 6:00 pm What's being done to minimize the dangers of a long, hot summer? How can the newly announced addition of 1,300 police ease community relations? What's the legacy of stop and frisk, and the abuse of summonses and court delays? Are Muslims being stereotyped? Speakers: Susan Herman, Deputy Commissioner, Collaborative Policing, New York Police Department (Moderator) Michael Lewis, Associate Professor of Social Work, Hunter College _____________________________________________________ |
Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Correcting Corrections
Will the City's 6/22 settlement of the Rikers Island law suits end the systematic abuse of prisoners there? Why is there so great a disparity of young black men behind bars on maximum drug sentences? What is the proper role of the Correction Officers union?
Speakers:
Michael Jacobson, former NYC Corrections Commissioner; Director of the CUNY Public Policy Institute
Norman Seabrook, President, Correction Officers Benevolent Association
Ann-Marie Louison, Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services
Daniel Selling, former Executive Director of Mental Health for NYC corrections
(Moderator) Shyama Venkateswar, Director of the Public Policy Program, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College