event graphic, art by Jesus Barazza

Presentation: Alcatraz and Mass Incarceration

Wednesday, 7/22/2020
7:00 - 8:30
Virtual Library

Online Services
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

Troy Williams, founder and director of Restorative Media and host of the Troy Williams Journal served 25 years in prison facilities. Williams along with a National Park Service Alcatraz park ranger will discuss mass incarceration in America. Learn how the history of incarceration at Alcatraz informs us about the state of incarceration today, with a special focus on incarceration and reentry during the current pandemic, protests and uprisings. Artwork by Jesus Barraza

Reservations: https://bit.ly/AlcatrazIncarceration7-22-20

This event will simultaneously be broadcast on the SF Public Library YouTube.


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