Stanford Prison Abolition and Resources Coalition (SPARC) Fall Info Session
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesMeet SPARC's board and learn about our work providing education opportunities and resources for people who are incarcerated while teaching and advancing abolitionist goals on campus and across the Bay […]
SPARC Conversation with lawyers doing Conditions-of-Confinement Impact Litigation
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin SPARC for a conversation with A.D. Lewis, Rita Lomio, and Jacob Hutt as they discuss their roles as lawyers at Prison Law Office. Prison Law Office is a nonprofit public interest law firm based in Berkeley, California that strives for fair and humane treatment of people who are in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities […]
Black and Pink Holiday Card Writing
@ SLS: Room 285 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin SPARC and OutLaw to write holiday cards for LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive folks who are currently incarcerated. Writing materials, stamps, and snacks will be provided!
Bringing Restoration to the Legal System: Where Do Mercy and Vengeance Fit? A Two-Part Series on Restorative Justice (Part 2)
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a two-part series on the themes, theories, pitfalls and practices of restorative justice. During the first event on January 24th, writers Katharine Blake (SLS '12) and Josie Duffy Rice will discuss the notion of restoration (or lack thereof) in our criminal legal system, touching on the current system’s reliance on vengeance and […]
Community Discussion: Harm Reduction in the Criminal Legal System
@ SLS: Room 320F Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin us for a community discussion about the role of harm reduction—pro bonos, public defense, etc.—within the criminal legal system as we work toward radical reform and abolition. This is […]
Law’s violence and collective pain: What if we took community healing seriously?
@ SLS: Room 180 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin DAMNS, SPILF, SPARC, and the Mental Health-Informed Lawyering project for a conversation with restorative healing practitioner and founder of the National Healing Collective, ayoola mitchell. ayoola will share reflections on secondary trauma, resilience, and the much-needed work of community healing. “I’m no longer accepting the things I can not change. I’m changing the things […]
Affirming Trans Lives, Abolishing Prisons, and Supporting Folks Inside: Q&A with Dr. Tatyana Moaton, Executive Director of Black & Pink
@ SLS: Room 280A Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a Q&A with Dr. Tatyana Moaton (she/her), Executive Director of Black & Pink to learn about supporting queer and trans folks and people living with HIV/AIDS affected […]
Legal Mail With TGIJP
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesPlease join the Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex Justice Project, OutLaw and the Stanford Prison Abolition and Resources Coalition (SPARC) to answer legal mail and provide legal assistance to incarcerated […]
Lunch with Stephen Bright, Longtime Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, on “The Fear of Too Much Justice”
@ SLS: Room 190 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWatch the Event Join Stephen Bright, longtime director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, in Atlanta, Georgia, as he discusses his work in the areas of capital punishment, indigent […]
Criminalization of Pregnancy Loss Panel
@ SLS: Room 85 Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesJoin If/When/How and SPARC to hear panelists with experience in public defense and reproductive justice discuss their work on the criminalization of pregnancy and pregnancy loss outcomes. Panelists include attorneys […]
LEAP Pro Bono Interest Lunch
@ SLS: Room 185 Crown Quadrangle 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Legal Education for Adolescents Project (LEAP) will be holding an info session for students interested in joining the project next year. We offer legal education to at-risk youth in local juvenile facilities and high schools. RSVP by Friday, 5/3 for lunch.