Brennan Center LIVE: Incarceration and Inequality (virtual event)

The United States’ 400-year history of racial injustice continues to produce profound economic inequalities today. A new Brennan Center report shows how involvement with the criminal justice system lowers individuals’ earnings — a pattern that contributes to racial and economic disparities, and casts doubt on whether second chances are possible for affected individuals.

Please join us on September 16 for a discussion on why ending mass incarceration is both a moral and economic imperative and a vital step toward closing the racial wealth gap. Experts from the Brennan Center’s Justice Program will be joined by Wes Moore, a New York Times bestselling author and the CEO of Robin Hood.

This event is produced in partnership with Robin Hood. New York University’s John Brademas Center, and NYU Votes.

RSVP here.

Speakers:

• Wes Moore, CEO, Robin Hood
• L.B. Eisen, Director, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice
• Ames Grawert, Senior Counsel, John L. Neu Justice Counsel, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice
• Terry-Ann Craigie, Economics Fellow, Justice Program, Brennan Center for Justice
• Moderated by Nicole Austin-Hillery, Executive Director, US Program, Human Rights Watch