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Date:
September 18, 2020
Start:
1:00pm
End:
2:30pm
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For more info:
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/iupra/events/i-can-t-breathe-approaching-police-brutality-in-the-black-community
On the web:
https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/iupra/events/i-can-t-breathe-approaching-police-brutality-in-the-black-community

Given increased tensions over how communities experience criminal justice, questions about the role of police enforcement abound. Join IUPRA’s expert panel as they consider the role of policing and the Black community, and its implications for racial justice.

Moderator: Dr. Gordon Abner, Assistant Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin

Panelists:

Fatima Mann, Founder & Director, Community Advocacy and Healing

Chris Harris, Director, Criminal Justice Programs at Texas Appleseed

Farah Muscadin, Director, Office of Police Oversight, City of Austin

Dr. Kami Chavis, Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Program at Wake Forest University School of Law

Event Co-Sponsored by:

Thurgood Marshall Legal Society

Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association

Texas Law American Constitution Society Student Chapter

Specific audiences:
  • Texas Law students
  • Prospective students
  • Texas Law alumni
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • General public
Sponsored by:
  • American Constitution Society
  • Thurgood Marshall Legal Society
  • Chicano/Hispanic Law Students Association

If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.