The university community is invited to a free screening of the documentary 13th Thursday, April 13, at 6 p.m. at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Noble Commons.
Directed by Ava Duvernay, 13th is an in-depth examination of the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.
Immediately following the free screening three guest respondents will lead a discussion about the film.
The panel will be composed of:
- Jacqueline Greene, a Cleveland civil rights attorney whose practice focuses primarily on police and correctional misconduct, wrongful convictions and wrongful imprisonment;
- Tim Black, an associate professor of sociology at Case Western Reserve and a faculty associate of the Social Justice Institute who teaches courses on urban sociology, mass incarceration and social justice; and
- Regina Nixon, an instructor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences who teaches “Theories of Oppression” and other courses.
Standing Tall for Social Justice, a movement of Mandel School students and faculty to lead social change, will host the event.
Learn more and register for the screening at msass.case.edu/13th/.