1. Silja J.A. Talvi, multiple award-winning essayist, investigative journalist and author of Women Behind Bars: The Crisis of Women in the U.S. Prison System.
2. Aaron Dixon, Green Party Senate candidate in 2006, co-founder of the Seattle Black Panthers and well-known activist.
3. Larry Gossett, King County Councilmember
4. Tim Harris, Founder and Executive Director of Real Change
5. Jesse Hagopian, Seattle teacher and activist
6. Alexes Harris, part of the Clean Dreams pre-arrest diversion program.
7. Because 1 in 33 Americans is under correctional supervision.
8. Because 1 in 99 Americans is in jail.
9. Because the city wants to spend 220 million dollars on a monument to economic injustice and structural racism without having any real public discussion.
10. Because our city and our nation are at a crossroads, and the time is now.
Join Real Change and the Seattle University School of Law for an evening of education, debate and organizing. Learn about the costs of a new jail to our neighborhoods, our communities, and our schools through a panel discussion moderated by David Bloom. Hear about the better ways. And join others to find out what we can do about it. RSVP!
Wednesday, January 28th
6:30 to 8:30 PM
Seattle University
Pigott Auditorium
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