Please join me in the coming weeks for several events that I am co-organizing.

March 15 — “The Torture Machine” with Flint Taylor — Flint is a long-time Chicago attorney and partner at the People’s Law Office. He has a new book out. The Torture Machine takes the reader from the 1969 murders of Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and Panther Mark Clark—and the historic, thirteen-years of litigation that followed—through the dogged pursuit of commander Jon Burge, the leader of a torture ring within the CPD that used barbaric methods, including electric shock, to elicit false confessions from suspects. Come to the Strand to hear about the book, the Reparations law in Chicago and more. 

March 21 — “A Call to Negro Women” – A Discussion Circle — This will be a discussion about a proto feminist formation of the early 1950s called the Sojourners for Truth and Justice. The discussion will focus on how STJ embodied Black Left Feminism and previewed concepts like intersectionality. Space is limited for the discussion.

March 27 — The Long Term — please join me for a reading and book launch for The Long Term. I really think this book is good and appreciate the space it gives to currently and formerly incarcerated people to tell stories about the impact(s) of long-term incarceration. 

April 27 — A National Gathering About Building Accountable Communities. — Please join us for a day long conversation focused on the question of how we can support people to take accountability when they cause harm. More information will be posted in the coming weeks about how to register, content of the day etc…