October 26, 2009
Social Justice Mondays: The Prisoner Pen Pal Project
12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
The Prisoner Pen Pal Project represents a collaboration of five students organizations at Seattle University School of Law: the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Black Law Students Association, the Criminal Justice Society, the National Lawyers Guild, and Outlaws. Such projects are used across the country as one way of addressing the harms of criminalization. Come learn more about the Prisoner Pen Pal Project and how you can get involved as a law student, student organization, staff member, or faculty member. Professor Dean Spade will set the context for such a project and give an essential foundation for participation in it. Professor Spade will also share his personal experiences of involvement in similar projects and as a pen pal to people in prison. Student leaders will share about why and how they started this project, and about the logistics of participating.