Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness: A Conversation with Michelle Alexander

January 23 · 7:00pm - January 24 · 6:45pm

In-person

Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall, Bowdoin College
1 Bath Rd.
Brunswick, ME, 04011, US

In Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness — A Conversation with Michelle Alexander

In commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., join us for a Q&A session hosted by Bowdoin College with Michelle Alexander — a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, legal scholar, and author of the award-winning The New Jim Crow.

The Q&A will be moderated by our Legal Director, Zach Heiden, and Tina Nadeau, Executive Director of the Maine Association of Criminal Lawyers.


Event sponsors include: Bowdoin Center for Multicultural Life; Bowdoin Student Activities; Bowdoin Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies Department; Bowdoin Office of the President; Bowdoin Africana Studies; Bowdoin Office of the Dean of Students; Bowdoin Sexuality, Women, and Gender Center; Bowdoin Office of Inclusion & Diversity; Bowdoin Residence Life; Bowdoin Department of Government & Legal Studies with support from the John C. Donovan Lecture Fund and the McKeen Center.

Speakers & Moderators

Headshot of Michelle Alexander

Michelle Alexander

Highly-acclaimed Civil Rights Lawyer, Advocate, & Legal Scholar

Photo of Zachary Heiden

Zach Heiden

ACLU of Maine Legal Director

Headshot of Tina Nadeau

Tina Nadeau

Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Executive Director