Ending mass incarceration was already an urgent priority for the ACLU, even before COVID-19. The convergence of COVID-19 with the nationwide movement to end police brutality brings renewed urgency to the work of dismantling prisons and demanding racial justice.
In the spirit of conversation and learning, we invite you to join us Thursday, June 25, for People. Not Prisons. Incarceration during COVID-19 and Beyond. This virtual program is part of the Portland Museum of Art's Dream Action Factory, a series of online happenings in conjunction with the PMA exhibition "Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe: Tabernacles for Trying Times."
The program features a pre-recorded conversation between ACLU of Maine Executive Director Alison Beyea and Policy Counsel Michael Kebede on mass incarceration, policing, and systemic racism in Maine and nationwide. Then, stay to explore our multimedia webpage to hear and learn from advocates with lived experience of incarceration and structural racism, and the young people of Maine Inside Out, a community of artists with lived experience who have a vision for Maine.
Join us Thursday and be a part of this urgent dialogue around cultural values of justice, solidarity and liberation, and where we go from here.
