Disappearing Acts;Mass Incarceration and the Systemic Impact on Black Women

“A deeply American story/film documentary about the legacy of mass incarceration. Kristal Bush, who has watched nearly every man in her life disappear into prison, channels her struggle into reuniting other Philadelphia families divided by the correctional system.”

A Woman on the Outside

Directed by Zara Katz & Lisa Riordan Seville

Producer(s): Kiara C. Jones, Zara Katz, Lisa Riordan Seville

This second forum is a part of a yearlong series building pathways from the trauma of plantation to prisons to the ultimate building of healing spaces for the black family of African descent. We invite back community, activists, family, professionals to discuss the pathway from historical wounding to healing inclusive of new institutions, policies, and sustainable cities.

Through the film “A Woman on the Outside‘ and panel discussions the community will unpack the systemic/institutional roadblocks as well as begin to create a roadmap for building trauma informed ecosystems of generational healing.

ZOOM INFORMATION

This is a hybrid summit. Please send email to [email protected] for zoom link, put in Subject line, Virtual Women Mass Incarceration Summit.

Panels

Mass Decarceration– Through Policy and Community/Gov /Agency Collaboration

Restorative Justice– Alternatives and Diversions to Rebuilding the Black Family

Healing Lineages– Building Trauma Informed Ecosystems

For more infomation and details contact: [email protected]

Lunch will be served.

References:

Dying While Black; An In depth Look at the Crisis in the American Healthcare System– Vernilla Randall, Esq.

Searching for Jane Crow; Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America, from the Auction Block to the Cell Block- Talitha LeFloura

The New Jim Crow in the Age of Colorblindness- Michelle Alexander

Stolen Wealth, Hidden Power The Case for Reparations for Mass Incarceration-Tasselli McKay

Black Women, Black Love; America’s War on African American Marriage– Dianne M. Stewart

The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration; The Atlantic- Ta-Nehisi Coates

My Grandmother’s Hands; Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies-Resmaa Menakem

Healing Racial Trauma; The Road to Resilience-Sheila Wise Rowe

Soul Healing; A Guided Journal for Black Women– Sharron Lynn

Trauma to Thruth; How I Learned to Take off My Mask-Wendy Anderson

The Body Keeps the Score-Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma-Bessel van de klerk, MD