A riveting documentary from Bill Moyers, brings you face to face with men and women who have survived incarceration at Rikers Island

• Film: 10:00 am - 11:00am
• Panel: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Damian Stapleton (Featured in the film)

Dr. Sunyata Smith (Lehman College, Education)

Dr. Carl Mazza (Lehman College, Social Work)

Moderated by: Dr. Mary Phillips (Lehman College, Africana Studies Dept)

COINTELPRO 101

A history reveals the FBI's strategy to prevent movements and communities from overturning white supremacy and creating racial justice.

• 2:00 - 3:00 Film
• 3:00-5:00 Panel
  
  

BJ Johnson (Former Black Panther Party member)

Dr. Nicholas Boston (Lehman College, Journalism and Media Studies)

Sekou Odinga (Political prisoner and former Black Panther Party member)

Jennifer Yasmeen Sutton (Former Black Panther Party member)

Moderated by: Dr. Robyn C. Spencer (Lehman College, History Dept)

Sponsored by:

Africana Studies Department
Lehman College Provost Office
Dean of Arts and Humanities
History Department
Office of Campus Life

Rikers Discussion Guide

Black Identity Extremists: COINTELPRO 2017 by Robyn C. Spencer

The Power of the First-Person Narrative: Ericka Huggins and the Black Panther Party by Mary Phillips

A More Just New York City: Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform

Spirit of Justice: Angela Davis and Michelle Alexander in Conversation

Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and Underprotected by the African American Policy Forum

Prison Policy Initiative

Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project

The 16 Black Panthers Still Behind Bars by Bakari Kitwana

Democracy Now on political prisoners

National Alumni Association of the BPP

Incite: Women of Color and Prisons