SCHEDULE
Schedule
"The ultimate expression of law is not order--it's prison. There are hundreds upon hundreds of prisons, and thousands upon thousands of laws, yet there is no social order, no social peace...the law and everything that interlocks with it was constructed for poor, desperate people like me."
--George Jackson
Don't miss the Prison Art Exhibition, March 16th-17th, in University Union Room 201!
FRIDAY, MARCH 15th, 2002
Films on the PIC
5-9pm in Lecture Hall Building 10
Attica: a documentary on the prison rebellion in Attica prison on September 9-13, 1971.
The Last Graduation: a documentary on the cutting of educational programs in prisons.
Assata: an interview with an amazing woman.
Corrections: a documentary on private prisons.
SATURDAY, MARCH 16th, 2002
@ The University Union
9am Registration
9am-10:30am Breakfast
10:30am WORKSHOPS BEGIN
10:30am-11:45am
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
A workshop on the inhumane conditions inside u.s. prisons. It will deal with abuse perpetrated by prison officials and between prisoners (ie.,
rape).
Judith Trustone, prison volunteer and educator
Jason Mallory, graduate student, SUNY Binghamton
"Illegal" Profits
A workshop on private prisons concentrating on INS Detention Centers.
Prison Moratorium Project, NY
Support and Solidarity
This workshop deals specifically with how students can create and maintain
prisoner support networks that offer tangible solidarity to our brothers and
sisters behind bars.
Tim LaPietra, established the SUNY Binghamton Prisoner Support Network
Daisy Chung, OFF! editor/SUNY Binghamton Prisoner Support Network
Bonnie Massey, OFF! editor/SUNY Binghamton Prisoner Support Network
12:00pm-1:15pm
Free the Land!
A workshop on the New York 3 and the Victory Gardens Project.
New York 3 Freedom Campaign
Joshua Smith, Victory Gardens Project
Undermining the Prison Industrial Complex: Teaching in Prisons
A workshop discussing the role of education in building the movement against
the prison industrial complex, and all struggles for liberation.
Michael Hames-García, Department of English
William Martin, Department of Sociology
Economics Inside and Out
A workshop on prison expansion, prison labor, and the missing but necessary link between the labor movement and the anti-prison movement.
Corey Finger, union organizer
Victoria Law, Missouri Prison Labor Union
Kelvin Santiago, Department of Sociology
1:30pm-2:30pm LUNCH
2:45pm-4:00pm
Dos Alas: Faltan 6 y Los 5 Patriotas
A workshop on the struggle to free the remaining Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War and the five Cuban Political Prisoners in the U.S.
Reverend Lucius Walker, IFCO-Pastors for Peace
Ben Ramos, ProLibertad
Sisters Behind Bars
A workshop on women in prison.
Bonnie Kerness, American Friends Service Committee
Juanita Diaz, Department of Sociology
Experiencing Prison
In this workshop participants will talk about the effects that prison has
had on their lives.
Donovan Williams, ex-prisoner
Rosalyn Payne, sister of a prisoner
Mesai Ehehosi, ex-political prisoner
4:15pm-5:30pm
Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win!
A workshop addressing, though the elements of hip hop culture, issues that
affect Black, Latina/o communities, such as the prison industrial complex
and the struggle to free u.s. Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War. It
will also discuss the need for Black and Latina/o youth to reclaim their
culture and use it as a tool to educate, organize, and mobilize their
respective communities.
Fred Hampton Jr., ex-political prisoner
Mutulu Olugabala, organizer and hip hop artist (Dead Prez)
5:45pm-6:45pm
Welcome Address and Keynote Speaker Laura Whitehorn
7pm-9pm DINNER
SUNDAY, MARCH 17th, 2002
9am-10:30am Breakfast and Registration
10:30am WORKSHOPS BEGIN
10:30am-11:45am
Escape and Exposure: The Prisoner's Pen
A workshop with ex-prisoner/author Piri Thomas.
Fighting Homophobia in the Prison Industrial Complex
A workshop on gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered prisoners and homophobia in
prisons.
Chino Hardin, Prison Moratorium Project, NY
Juanita Diaz, Department of Sociology
Criminalizing Dissent
A workshop on the increased repression of organizing post 9/11 and what
every organizer should know about his or her rights.
Daniel Meyers, lawyer
12:00pm-1:15pm
Revolutionary Politics and Prison
In this workshop, Bill Ayers (educator, former member of the Weather
Underground) will talk about his life experience as an
organizer/revolutionary and discuss the intrinsic connection between
organizing and prison.
Liberate Our Freedom Fighters!
A workshop about organizing to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, the MOVE prisoners, and
Eddie Hatcher.
Ramona Africa, MOVE and International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Maurice Geiger, Rural Justice Center
Kidnapped
A workshop addressing the criminalization of youth.
Prison Moratorium Project, NY
1:30pm-2:30pm LUNCH
2:45pm-3:45pm DISCUSSIONS
4:00pm-4:30pm
Discussion conclusions and Closing Address
