UPCOMING EVENTS
Tours Begin for “Captive State” Exhibit at the Historic New Orleans Collection
The Historic New Orleans Collection’s newest exhibition, “Captive State: Louisiana and the Making of Mass Incarceration,” tells the story of Louisiana’s long history of using systems rooted in racial control and white supremacy to perpetuate enslavement and mass incarceration. Consider learning more by taking the exhibition tour, “Piecing it Together”. Get information and reserve tickets on hnoc.org.
"End Plantation Prisons" Campaign Event at Ford Foundation in NYC
“Angola is still a slave plantation. Slavery never ended for us.” - Terrance Winn, Advocate and Survivor of Forced Labor, Founder of PIPES
On behalf of the Ford Foundation, in partnership with Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, you are invited to a screening of Plantations and Prisons: A History of Forced Labor in Louisiana.
Every day, the State of Louisiana forces thousands of incarcerated people, mostly Black, to work the fields of Angola Prison in unsafe conditions under threat of further punishment and harm. Guards with shotguns monitor men, soaked in their own sweat, without safety gear, often suffering near-death injuries and heat exhaustion for 2 cents an hour or nothing at all.
Plantations and Prisons is the product of a multi-year investigation and effort to gather the rich and illuminating first-hand accounts of present-day slavery.
This film and evening are part of Promise of Justice Initiative's campaign to End Plantation Prisons. Promise of Justice Initiative is a New Orleans-based organization that fights for the dignity, freedom, and autonomy of those impacted by mass incarceration in Louisiana.
Click here to watch the trailer for Plantations and Prisons: A History of Forced Labor in Louisiana.
“Plantations and Prisons” Screening at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024
Time: 6:30 PM- 8:00 PM
Location: University of California, Santa Cruz
Institute of the Arts and Sciences
100 Panetta Avenue, Santa Cruz, 95060
“Plantations and Prisons” Screening with the Loyola National Lawyers Guild
Date: Monday, September 23, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM- 6:30 PM
Location: Loyola New Orleans National Lawyers Guild
Room 405
526 Pine St.
New Orleans, LA 70118
“Plantations and Prisons” Screening at Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival
Plantations and Prisons will be screened at the 6th Annual Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival between 1:30 and 3:00 PM on September 18, 2024. The Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival (MCHRFF) promotes understanding and appreciation for world cultures, artistic and creative expression, and a commitment to global issues and social justice by connecting filmmakers, humanitarians, social justice organizations, and festival attendees from all over the world.
Learn more and register to attend here.
Community Organizing Meeting (Slidell, Sept. 16, 2024)
When: SEPTEMBER 17, 6-8PM
Location: Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church
2445 Fourth St
Slidell, LA 70458
** Meeting In Fellowship Hall. Park in back parking lot.
Documentary film screening and discussion: “Plantations and Prisons: A History of Forced Labor in Louisiana”
Date: Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Time: 1:00 PM- 2:00 PM
Location: Room III
Palais des Nations, Geneva
“Plantation and Prisons” Screening at Cafe Istanbul w/ Center for Constitutional Rights
Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Location: Cafe Istanbul, 2372 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117
Join the Promise of Justice Initiative and the Center for Constitutional Rights on #BlackAugust, Wednesday, August 14, at 6 p.m. CT, for a screening in New Orleans of the documentary Plantations and Prisons: A History of Forced Labor in Louisiana, followed by a panel discussion. Plantations and Prisons amplifies the voices of those who have survived forced labor and examines the continued physical and psychological exploitation of people in bondage.
Panelists will discuss plantation prisons and other practices of forced prison labor, growing advocacy to abolish these systems, including the litigation Stanley v. Ivey and VOTE v. LeBlanc, as well as anti-Black and environmental racism in the South.
Program:
5:50 p.m.: Doors open
6:05 p.m.: Welcome and screening
7:00 p.m.: Talk-back and Q&A
WATCH THE TRAILER:
This event is part of the Promise of Justice Initiative’s End Plantation Prison Prisons project and the Center for Constitutional Rights’ annual recognition of Black August, a month-long commemoration dedicated to paying homage to fallen Black revolutionaries, incarcerated freedom fighters, and the Black liberation struggle, historical and ongoing.
Speakers:
maya finoh, (moderator) Center for Constitutional Rights, Political Education and Research Manager
Emily Early, Center for Constitutional Rights, Associate Director of the Southern Regional Office
Ronald Marshall, VOTE Chief Policy Analyst
Terrance Winn, Priorities, Intentions, Practical Exchanges, Director
Deidre Thomas, Paralegal at the Promise of Justice Initiative
The event is free and open to the public, but please register to hold your spot. We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable individuals to engage fully. Please email events@ccrjustice.org if you have any questions regarding access needs. Since seating is limited, please arrive early! If you’re no longer able to attend, please let us know by emailing events@ccrjustice.org.