Break Every Chain: Ending the Cycle of Mass Incarceration

Pre-registration for this event is closed; walk-ins with CU, BC, and TC IDs are welcome. Due to campus security protocols, non-Columbia affilates who have not pre-registered will not be able to gain entry to this event.

The Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative for Civil and Political Rights Student Advisory Board is pleased to invite you to the fifth installment of “The Politics We Imagine” Conversation Series. We will be joined by activist and poet Ian Manuel and Andrew McCall, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University for a conversation on ending the cycle of mass incarceration in the United States.

The first 20 students to check in will receive a copy of Ian Manuel's book. (CUID required)

Speakers:

• Ian Manuel, Advocate for criminal justice reform, poet, and motivational speaker
• Andrew McCall, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University
• Moderated by: Nicholas Brown CC'26, Holder Initiative Student Advisory Board Co-Chair

This event is co-sponsored by the Lehman Center for American History.

Refreshments will be served.

Registration for this event is required.