CRRJ attorneys share restorative justice frameworks at Mills College reparations event
Katie Sandson, program director of Racial Redress and Reparations Lab at CRRJ and Malcolm Clarke, CRRJ’s Elizabeth Zitrin Justice Fellow, participated in a virtual discussion, organized by The Black Reparations Project, an academic initiative at Mills College at Northeastern University, Feb. 23 and 24. They spoke on the issues of restorative justice, transitional justice and reparations.
CRRJ facilitates community conversation after killing of Tyre Nichols
On Feb. 2, CRRJ and colleagues at the Center for Law, Equity and Race (CLEAR) organized a community conversation on continuing police violence in Black communities. This followed last month’s brutal killing of…
CRRJ Director to speak at 2023 Bob Moses Conference: The Vote, Caste, and the Carceral State
CRRJ Director Margaret Burnham will host a session about her new book “By Hands Now Known” at this year’s Bob Moses Conference, Jan 29-28.
Reparations: The Constitutional Law Landscape
CRRJ hosted a virtual panel, Reparations: The Constitutional Law Landscape, organized by the Racial Redress and Reparations Lab at CRRJ, in partnership with the Dukakis Center at Northeastern University, and the Black Reparations Project at Mills College Northeastern.
Journalists at the Frontlines
Erika Howard: FRONTLINE’s Un(re)solved multimedia project. On November 14, 2022, CRRJ hosted the event, Reckoning with Historical Injustice: Journalists at the Frontlines, featuring Erika Howard, Director of Impact Strategy and External Relations at…
The Denna & Estella Strickland Story: Lost, But Not Forgotten
On Saturday, October 15, 2022, CRRJ joined the family and descendants of Denna and Estella Strickland to honor their lives and legacy. On October 17, 1932, 52-year-old Denna Strickland and her daughter, 25-year-old…
By Hands Now Known: CRRJ Digital Archive Conference
On October 6-7, 2022, the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) at Northeastern University School of Law hosted a hybrid conference to mark the launch of the CRRJ Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive. Built…
By Hands Now Known: Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Digital Archive Conference
Please join the Civil Rights & Restorative Justice Project at our all-day hybrid conference on Friday, October 7, 2022 to mark the release of the Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive and the publication of the book By…
Buffalo: In Tribute and Solidarity
We mourn with Buffalo communities and share their grief. We stand in support and solidarity. We struggle against the racial violence that touches every facet of our country’s experience. On Thursday, May 19,…
Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health – What’s Up With That????
On May 6, 2022, the Center for Law, Equity and Race hosted a discussion on the draft opinion in the abortion case that would overrule Roe v. Wade. Host:Deborah JacksonManaging Director, Center for…
Workshop Series: The Silent Shore
On April 6, 2022, CRRJ hosted a Workshop Series event with Professor Charles Chavis, Jr., assistant professor of Conflict Resolution and History at George Mason University. Professor Chavis discussed his book, The Silent Shore:…
Remembering those lynched in Lafayette County, Mississippi, 1885-1935
On April 2, 2022, CRRJ affiliate Professor Diane Harriford of Vassar College and former CRRJ clinic student Kyleen Burke attended an event in Oxford, Mississippi honoring the lives of seven African-American men who…
Racial Redress and Reparations Conference – 2021
On December 1, 2021, CRRJ and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University convened a conference on policy approaches to redressing historical racial harms. Recent years have seen heightened…
Courts and the Abolition Movement
On July 21, 2021, CRRJ hosted a workshop series event with Matthew Clair, Assistant Professor of Sociology and (by courtesy) Law at Stanford University, and Amanda Woog, Executive Director of Texas Fair Defense Project.
Black Ghosts of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Problem of Emancipation
On March 21, 2021, CRRJ hosted a workshop series event with Kris Manjapra, Associate Professor of History at Tufts.
Workshop Series: Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission
On March 17, 2021, CRRJ hosted a workshop series event with Maya Davis about the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Race, Justice, and the Law
CRRJ’s Legal Fellow, Raymond Wilkes, was a featured guest panelist at “Better Through Books: Race, Justice & The Law Panel Discussion” on Thursday, March 11.
Restorative Approaches and Policing Institute: Restorative Responses to Harm Caused by Police
On February 11 and 12, 2021, CRRJ Legal Fellows Raymond Wilkes and Katie Sandson spoke on a panel titled Restorative Responses to Harm Caused by Police. The panel was part of the Restorative Justice and Policing Institute, hosted…