What’s the call? FREE THEM ALL!
When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out!
Round out Black August with a critical discussion with Eugene Puryear and Vick Dempsey as we expose the roots of mass incarceration, from convict leasing and Jim Crow to the War on Drugs and the modern-day prison-industrial complex. We’ll strategize on dismantling these systems—and building real safety through community power and collective resistance.
✊🏾 ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Eugene Puryear is an author, journalist with Breakthrough News, and organizer whose work traces the political economy of mass incarceration, linking corporate greed, racial capitalism, and state violence. His reporting is a critical source of information for those of us fighting for freedom, having traveled extensively throughout the continent of Africa and the world, uplifting liberation struggles. His book Shackled and Chained is an invaluable tool for understanding the development of mass incarceration in the US.
Vick Dempsey: In memory of his brother Delrawn “FUBU” Small, killed by the NYPD, Vick fights every day to end police brutality and mass incarceration. He’s a community organizer and justice advocate working to build power with the criminalized and incarcerated, dismantle systems of state violence, and create real safety rooted in community. He turns grief into action and carries his brother’s legacy forward in the struggle for freedom.
đź•‘ Sunday, August 24th @ 2:00PM
đź“Ť 344 Candler Park Dr NE Atlanta, Georgia
🎟️ Free & open to the public