Town Hall Session - Literacy as Liberatory Practice: Reflections on Incarceration and Transformative Education with Community Partners

Session Submission Type: Special Event

Abstract

This interactive session brings together scholars, activists, community partners, and the formerly incarcerated to consider the ways in which our collective understanding about literacy, critical discourse, and restorative justice can influence criminal justice reform.

Conference attendees are invited to be in conversation with presenters who will offer examples of practices, in schools and in prisons, designed to interrupt the flow of young people and adults into carceral custody, and to help alter the lived experiences of those who are currently incarcerated. The session will offer opportunities for participants to engage in collective exploration and generative reflection.

Content Area

• LRA Annual Conference

Discussants

• Deborah Appleman, Carleton College

• Elizer Darris, American Civil Liberties Union

• Maisha Winn, University of California, Davis

• Lawrence T Winn, Transformative Justine in America (TJE) Center

• Keisha Lynette Green, University of Massachusetts

• Ella Turenne, Occidental College - Assistant Dean for Community Engagement

• Jimmy Wu, Executive Director - InsideOut Writers - Formerly incarcerated and was a participant of the program