Join the Archdiocese of Santa Fe for the eighth in a series exploring the Pastoral Letter Against Racism, “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love” by the U.S. Catholic bishops. Presenter: Laurel Hattix, Law Fellow from EJI.
Ms. Hattix will provide an overview of EJI’s criminal justice reform efforts which include challenging the death penalty, prosecution and placement of children in the adult prison system, wrongful convictions, excessive punishment, and prison conditions. These are issues addressed in Just Mercy. To contextualize these efforts, the presentation also includes an overview of EJI’s racial justice narrative work as documented in our Slavery in America research/report, Reconstruction in America research/report, Lynching in America research/report, Segregation in America research/report and A History of Racial Injustice timeline/calendar. Also shared are the ways EJI is working to harness the power of place in advancing these educational efforts through the Community Remembrance Project and EJI’s cultural sites, the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, in Montgomery.
This event is free. Pre-registration required.