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Just Mercy Film Screening & Panel Discussion "Equity in Action"
Chicago Kent is hosting, "Equity in Action: Acknowledging the Past, Assessing the System, and Fighting for a "Just" Future."
The school is hosting a live viewing of the Just Mercy film (2:00 p.m. - 4:20 p.m.) and a virtual panel discussion (4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.).
This event is hosted by: ACLU, ACS, BLSA, Criminal Law Society, DALSA, HLLSA, Lambdas, MLSA, NLG, REAA, and SBA, with the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Panelists will include a range of local leaders who can speak to the history of the criminal legal system, recent reforms and advocacy, and the on-going struggles ahead.
Equity in Action Panelists
- Illinois State Senator Robert Peters
- Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell
- Kendra Spearman '16 of Spearman Law and Executive Director at The Justice Renewal Initiative, Inc.
- Xavier McElrath-Bey, Co-Executive Director at the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
- Dominique Gilliard, Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for Love Mercy - Do Justice at the Evangelical Covenant Church, Author of Rethinking Incarceration