Location: OSI-New York
Event Date: September 25, 2009
Event Time:5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Contact: Jill Sowards / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

At sixteen years old, R. Dwayne Betts carjacked a man and spent the next nine years in some of the toughest adult prisons in Virginia. Now a poet, author, and national spokesperson for the Campaign for Youth Justice, his experiences became the basis for his new book, A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison.

The Campaign for Youth Justice, the Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions at Medgar Evers College, and the Open Society Institute's Criminal Justice Fund invite you to "Join the Movement!," a book signing and discussion about trying youth as adults in the criminal justice system.

Participants in the roundtable include:

R. Dwayne Betts, Poet and Author of A Question of Freedom
Liz Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, Campaign for Youth Justice
Michael Corriero, Executive Director, Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Nancy Ginsburg, Director, Adolescent Intervention and Diversion Team, The Legal Aid Society
Chino Hardin, Community Organizer, Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives
Moderated by Kyung Ji Kate Rhee, Director, Institute for Juvenile Justice Reform and Alternatives

Light refreshments will be served.