GLIDE Justice Movie Night: 13th Screening and Discussion on Prison Ref

144 Taylor Street, San Francisco CA

15 April, 2022

Description

GLIDE's new social justice film series launches with a screening of 13th. The critically acclaimed documentary film examines the through line of the mass incarceration ofAfrican Americans to a loophole in the 13th Amendment that eliminated slavery and involuntary servitude "except as a punishment for crime." Presented on Friday, April 15 at PianoFight by GLIDE's Center for Social Justice and Legacy Committee, the film screening (Doors open at 6 m.) will be followed by a panel discussion with prison rights activists on ways to fight theprison industrial complex and steps underway to amend California's state constitution to eliminate involuntary servitude for any reason. Justice Movie Nights are a new civic engagement initiative by the CSJ and Legacy Committee to help change public perceptions around poverty, discrimination, and civil and human rights. WHEN:  Friday, April 15  Doors: 6 p.m. | Film screening: 7 p.m. | Panel discussion: 8:40-9:30 p.m.      WHERE:  Piano Fight, 144 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 (Please note that PianoFight is a 21+ venue)      WHO:  Panel Moderated by Miguel Bustos, Senior Director, GLIDE’s Center for Social Justice  Panelists include:   Samual Nathaniel Brown, Co-Chair of the ACA3 Coalition  Saundra Haggerty, Violence Intervention Program (VIP) Manager, GLIDE  John “Yahya” Johnson, Co-Producer, Ear Hustle Podcast. See panelist bios HERE.     TICKETS/INFO: Tickets are free (21 and over); Reservations required at Eventbrite     ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:     Food and beverages will be available for purchase at The PianoFight serving new American bites and classic cocktails.     Parking and transportation: Street parking is free after 6 p.m. and there are three parking lots within one block. PianoFight is located 2 blocks from the Powell St. BART station and Muni lines.