Event Details
Keynote Speaker
Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer, 2021 MacArthur Fellow, and Executive Director of Freedom Reads, a not- for-profit organization installing Freedom Libraries in prisons across the country.
Program
Opening and Keynote Address
Time: 9:15 a.m. EST
Opening remarks from EPI Founding Director Mneesha Gellman & Interim President William Gilligan
Keynote: Reginald Dwayne Betts
Moderator: Wendy Walters
Panel: What Does The Data Tell Us?
Time: 11:00 a.m. EST
Panelists: Kurtis Tanaka, Sally Moran Davidson & Robert Tynes
Moderator: Stephen Shane
Panel: Testimonials From EPI Alumni
Time: 1:30 p.m. EST
Panelists: John Yang, Mac Hudson, David Baxter & Ahmad Bright
Moderator: Cara Moyer-Duncan
Roundtable: Leadership on Higher Education in Prison
Time: 3:15 p.m. EST
Featuring: Lee Pelton, Senator Jamie Eldridge, Representative Mary S. Keefe & Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz
Moderator: Mneesha Gellman
Film Screening: College Behind Bars
Time: 5:00 p.m. EST
Q&A: Robert Tynes & Dyjuan Tatro
Co-sponsored by the Emerson Prison Initiative, the Writing, Literature and Publishing Department, the Marlboro Institute, the Social Justice Center, the School of the Arts, the School of Communication, Office of the Arts, Office of Internationalization and Equity, and the Graduate Studies Program at Emerson College
