Dinner for Democracy: Race and the criminal justice system
Summary
Throughout this event, students learned about various criminal justice and racial discrimination issues and walked away with knowledge of how they can impact criminal justice policy that is relevant to our University of Michigan communities.
Project team
- Mallory Lucas
- Ryan Seifferlein
- Sophie Greenberg
The Center for Racial Justice and Turn Up Turn Out at the University of Michigan were able to work together to plan, coordinate, and execute a Dinner for Democracy event, an initiative created by Turn up Turn Out and the Student Sustainability Coalition. This Dinner for Democracy consisted of a Q & A panel, composed of a University of Michigan-Flint professor and author who specializes in criminal justice policy, Jeremiah Wade-Olson, two Washtenaw County prosecutors, Eli Savit and Victoria Burton-Harris, and a Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy, Alyshia Dyer. The panel was moderated by Mallory Lucas BA '21 and Ryan Seifferlein BA’22. The members of this panel contributed to our discussion following Dr. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve’s conversation on the Racial Foundations of Criminal Justice with their own unique expertise on the subject. Throughout this event, students learned about various criminal justice and racial discrimination issues and walked away with knowledge of how they can impact criminal justice policy that is relevant to our University of Michigan communities.