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Marian Wright Edelman to keynote "Action Summit: Restoring Justice in the City" (this weekend)
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2016/08/09/action-summit-to-consider-new-solutions-to-mass-incarceration/"New initiatives to address critical issues surrounding mass incarceration and fostering restorative justice will be shared at “Action Summit: Restoring Justice in the City,” at the Baptist World Center Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
This public conference, which is hosted by the Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions at Vanderbilt Divinity School, will build on last year’s “Re-Visioning Justice in America 2015.”
“We will strategize about new initiatives for restoring justice in the city, with guidance from local leaders working for improvements in Nashville’s prisons, courts, police department, legislature, schools and more,” said Graham Reside, executive director of the Cal Turner Program and assistant professor of ethics and society."....(more at link)
Schedule and registration:
https://vanderbilt.irisregistration.com/Home/Site?code=actionsummit
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