Spotlight! Symposium: Yanet Amanuel
People Over Profit
Location
Online
Spotlight! Symposium: Yanet Amanuel – Online Event
Date & Time
October 28, 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Description
***reposted from the AOK Library & Gallery***
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The discussion will focus on the intersection of the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and police reform. I will explain how as more states begin to legalize marijuana in an effort to" end the war on drugs," what ends up happening is there are more racial disparities in arrests than prior to decriminalization and legalization. Mainly due to the failure to expand redress efforts to "violent offenses" and reform police practices (and the failure to achieve community control of policing). I will share examples of the work and legislation we are working on in Maryland to address these issues and the challenges we continue to face.
Co-sponsored by the Department of American Studies; the Department of Gender, Women's, + Sexuality Studies; Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health; School of Social Work; Department of Psychology; Department of Political Science; Language, Literacy, and Culture Program; Department of Media and Communication Studies; the Dresher Center for the Humanities; the Center for Social Science Scholarship; and the Graduate School.
