With Ethan Nadelmann; Jakada Imani, Executive Director, Ella Baker Center; Alice A. Huffman, President, California NAACP.
The struggle to end America’s disastrous “war on drugs” is a struggle for common sense, human rights and, without question, racial justice — given the extraordinary and disproportionate extent to which people of color are arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated for drug offenses. The majority of these arrests are for low-level drug offenses, such as possession for personal use.
An extremely high percentage of young people arrested winds up in prison instead of college. What are the policies and factors motivating these arrests? Who’s monitoring these trends? What’s happening at federal and state levels to stop the practice of disappearing so many people into the prison system? And what more can be done?
Restoration Nation Theater | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Sun
