The War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration: Myths and Realities

When:
January 23, 2014 @ 7:30 pm – January 24, 2014 @ 3:00 am
2014-01-23T19:30:00+00:00
2014-01-24T03:00:00+00:00
Where:
Frontier Room
Oklahoma Memorial Union

Panel Discussions:
The War on Drugs Roundtable, Frontier Room, OMU 1:30
– Yolande Cadore, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)
– Neill Franklin, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)
– Sen. Connie Johnson, Oklahoma State Senate, District 48
– Judge Kenneth Watson, Oklahoma County District Judge
– Dr. Susan Sharp, Presidential Professor, Department of Sociology
– Justin Jones, Former Director, Department of Corrections
– Moderator: Gwendolyn Fields, Activist-in-Residence, The OU Center for Social Justice

Moms Fight Back, Frontier Room OMU 3:30
– Diane Goldstein, Moms and Cops Initiative Leader, LEAP
– Gretchen Burns Bergman, Executive Director and Co-Founder, A New PATH/Lead Organizer of Moms United to End the War on Drugs
– Sen. Connie Johnson, Okahoma State Senate, District 48

Art Exhibition
Collection of Photographs by Sarah Warmker, Heritage Room, OMU 1:30 – 5:00

Meet and Greet:
Light Appetizers and cash bar, The University Club, OMU 5:00

Film Screening and Discussion:
“The House I live In”, Gaylord Auditorium 6:30
Discussion to follow featuring:
– Neill Franklin, Executive Director, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) – Yolande Cadore, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)
– Senator Constance Johnson, Oklahoma State Senate, District 48
– Dr. Susan Sharp, Presidential Professor, Department of Sociology
– Gwendolyn Fields, Activst-in-Residence, The OU Center for Social Justice
– Moderator: Dr. Kelly Damphousse, Dean College of Arts and Sciences

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