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Van Jones Joins Center for Social Justice as Practitioner in Residence
Van Jones, executive director of the Ella Baker Center (EBC) will visit Boalt as the Center for Social Justice's Practitioner in Residence on March 8-10. On Monday, March 8, Jones will deliver a talk titled “Books Not Bars: Defeating California’s Incarceration Industry” at 12:45 p.m. in 115 Boalt. A reception for Jones will follow from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in the Goldberg Room. The reception will include a discussion of current criminal justice issues by Professors Angela Harris, Elisabeth Semel, Jonathan Simon and Charles Weisselberg.
Headquartered in San Francisco, EBC is a national organization that challenges human rights abuses in the U.S. criminal justice system. For more information visit the Center for Social Justice website or contact Erin Campbell at 510-643-8010 or ecampbell@law.berkeley.edu.
(3/5/04)
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