Upcoming Events of Interest

Now Through June 30, The African American Museum in Philadelphia, 701 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, (215) 574-0380featuring The Mary Wilson Supremes Collection clothing worn
during the Supremes hay day
http://www.aampmuseum.org/index.php/page/overview

Now Through June 2, National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, South
Independence Mall East, “Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow: Jewish Refugee Scholars at
Black Colleges” tells the story of some Jewish academics from Germany and Austria who
came to the U.S. after being dismissed from their teaching positions in the 1930s and
found positions at historically black colleges and universities in the Jim Crow South.
http://www.nmajh.org/SpecialExhibitions/

March 9 Saturday, 8:30-12:30 PM, The New Jim Crow: A Community Discussion,
Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Fahs Theater, Cherry Hill Road. Several confirmed
guests, including Roseanne Scotti, from the NJ Drug Policy Alliance; Aula Maarufu Sumbry
from the Integrated Justice Alliance in Trenton; King Downing, Esq., from the Campaign to
End the New Jim Crow (NYC); and Angelo Pinto from the Raise the Age Campaign (NYC).
They also hope to have one or more individuals who were previously incarcerated and are
now engaged in the extremely difficult task of navigating their return to their family,
their community and to their interrupted lives.

Please sign up at the AFD table on Sunday morning at the UU congregation or by
registering online at: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094EA9A82FA57-thenew1

March 14 Thursday 7 PM Princeton YWCA Discussion, “Now Hear This” looking
at the New Jim Crow as it relates to women, children and their families. http://
www.ywcaprinceton.org/pdf/Mission/Now%20Hear%20This%20winter12-13.pdf

March 14 Thursday, 7 PM (and every second Thursday of the month), Black Voices Book
Group, Princeton Public Library, second floor Princeton room. March selection, A-Train:
Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, by Charles W. Dryden  and Benjamin O. Davis. For more
information, e-mail pabville@gmail.com.

March 16, Saturday, 10 AM-5 PM Philadelphia, PA – International House, Ibrahim
Theater, 3701 Chestnut Street Conference: “Breaking Down Walls: Intersections of
Mass Incarceration and its Implications”. This conference aims to create a platform
for innovative responses to criminal justice issues in Philadelphia. Features panel
discussions that humanize the experience of mass incarceration, deconstruct social
problems connected to the criminal justice system, and create action plans to address
criminal justice issues within Philadelphia. Sponsored by the Goldring Reentry Initiative
(GRI) which is based out of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and
Practice, and works to break the recidivism cycle for those leaving the Philadelphia Prison
System. Through a continuum-of-care model, GRI students support individuals as they

transition out of jail and into the community. Please register for the event at http://
breakingdownwalls2013.eventbrite.com/ See the Breaking Down Walls Facebook
at http://www.facebook.com/events/406483809437616/?ref=ts&fref=ts for more
information.

April 1, Monday, 7:30 p.m.  Michele Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, will be the topic for the next session of Continuing Conversations on Race at the Princeton Public Library. These  monthly forums provide a safe and friendly atmosphere to talk about issues of relevance to our community and nation. 

April 7 Sunday, 12:30, Princeton Friends Meeting will host Delia Pitts to lead a discussion
of the book, The New Jim Crow.

April 7 Sunday after the worship service: Book discussion on “The New Jim Crow” at
Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, 124 Witherspoon Street. The discussion is open
to anyone who wishes to attend.   info@witherspoonchurch.org 609-924-1666

April 7-13, 5-6 PM Sunday-Saturday, New Jim Crow “Read Out”; Hinds Plaza next
to Princeton Public Library. Testimonies by people who have been or are presently
incarcerated and readings from the book by Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow. For
more information contact rjcilenti@gmail.com or JuliaDenny@aol.com.

April 11 Thursday, 7 PM (and every second Thursday of the month), Black Voices Book
Group, Princeton Public Library, second floor Princeton room.  For more information, e-
mail pabville@gmail.com.

April 14, Sunday, 8 a.m. Rev. Jack Johnson will speak on Guns and Incarceration: a Perpetuation of Violence at Princeton United Methodist Church. Co-founder of the Coalition for Peace Action when he was the pastor at PUMC, Rev. Johnson founded Ceasefire New Jersey and is now the New Jersey Project Director for the National Religious Campaign Against Torture. $5 suggested donation. 609-924-2613 or  email umm@princetonumc.org

April 19, Friday, 9 AM-5 PM Inside/Outside: Communication and Incarceration
Conference on Communication in the Prison System Princeton University
McCormick Hall 101

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is sponsoring this conference focusing on communication
in and out of the American carceral system. The conference is being held in conjunction
with the University Center for Human Values and Princeton’s Prison Teaching Initiative.
Inside/Outside consists of four panels, each focusing on a different aspect of
incarceration in the United States. The first panel, on prison pedagogy, features
faculty of several major prison teaching programs. The second panel, focusing on legal
representation in the prison, includes practicing lawyers and activists working on inmate
issues. The third panel is devoted to scholarship on issues related to incarceration in
America and is composed of speakers conducting research on prisons across disciplines.
The fourth panel addresses personal experiences within the prison system, featuring
formerly incarcerated students of Princeton’s Prison Teaching Initiative. Contact Matthew
Spellberg (mspellbe@princeton.edu) or Sarah Brayne (sbrayne@princeton.edu).

April 21, Sunday, at 7pm, at the Friends Meeting, Professor Candace McCoy (John
Jay College of Criminal Justice) will speak on the criminal justice system giving special
consideration to plea bargaining.

POSTPONED until Spring: Lutheran Church of the Messiah, 407 Nassau St. “I Was in
Prison: Re-Membering Jesus in the U.S. Lockdown, lecture by Professor Mark Taylor
of Princeton Theological Seminary.  Professor Taylor has been active in working on issues
related to incarceration for many years.