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The Color of Incarceration

Community Event

The Color of Incarceration

August 25,2020

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Zoom

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Join United Ministries and the Second Chance Justice Collaborative for a virtual presentation and forum on mass incarceration and the racial inequities in that system. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world-while we make up 4% of the worlds population, we hold 22% of the worlds prisoners. The epidemic of mass incarceration has carried with it significant racial disparities. While African Americans and Latinos make up approximately 32% of the population of our country, those individuals make up about 56% of our prison population. Why?

Presented by Second Chance Justice Collaborative director and civil rights attorney Kate Weaver Patterson, this event will explore the explosive rise of mass incarceration in the United States over the last forty years. Greenville Chamber of Commerce President Carlos Phillips will then facilitate a panel where well hear personal stories from individuals who have been impacted, grapple with the appropriate response to this uniquely American phenomenon, and hear from advocates both inside and outside the justice system on necessary reforms and ways to get involved.

Panelists include: Jerry Blassingame from Soteria, Chris Scalzo from the 13th Circuit Public Defenders Office, Amanda Warren from United Ministries, and Jeff Weston from the 13th Circuit Solicitors Office.

Register to join us for this free event here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vRlALGbGTJ-PMww-dtm6DQ?fbclid=IwAR2TqHiIiy5Ymz38OkQz0Fls7fWXYGJH1-Xs7tz9Yk9yYRT_rmRQU456hls

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