Existing, Resisting, and Doing the Work in a Carceral World: A discussion on re-entry with Calvin Smiley, Chez Rumpf, Latrice Johnson, and Pablo Mendoza

Join us for an in-depth discussion about reentry with Calvin Smiley, Chez Rumpf, Latrice Johnson, and Pablo Mendoza that grapples with the long-term impact incarceration has on how we move through the world, relate to one another, and understand ourselves. We’ll draw on our research, organizing, and lived experiences to examine what surviving the carceral system’s violence reveals about how to move forward.

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Calvin John Smiley, PhD is an associate professor of sociology at Hunter College-City University of New York and the founder of Till Everything Better LLC, a restorative justice program for system-involved youth.

Chez Rumpf, PhD is associate director of Gender & Women’s Studies at University of Illinois Chicago and a member of Love & Protect, an abolitionist collective that supports criminalized survivors of gender-based violence.

Pablo Mendoza, co-director and co-founder of Walls Turned Sideways is a proud father and lifelong student. He is a staunch advocate for the poor and disenfranchised with an eye towards a more equitable tomorrow. Pablo is a prison abolitionist who struggles against the privileges imbued upon him by society. Pablo is directly impacted having served 22 years within the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Latrice Johnson is the Resident Coordinator at SLM/Grace House and Alumni since 2006.