Michelle Alexander: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Building a Compassionate Movement for Criminal Justice Reform

Michelle Alexander, recently interviewed on Tavis Smiley, Bill Moyers, and Amy Goodman, stops in Seattle on national book tour in a benefit for 3-Strikes reform.

In The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Professor Alexander traces the rebirth of the racial caste system through mass incarceration

She calls on social justice activists to meaningfully address the racial tensions and divisions that gave rise to mass incarceration and cultivate an ethic of genuine care, compassion, and concern for every human being - of every class, race, and nationality.

The evening begins with remarks by Senator Adam Kline, one of nearly 40 sponsors of 3-Strikes reform legislation over the last decade and the most consistent champion of this reform. Former 3-Strikers Vance Bartley and Stevan Dozier, who served under 3-Strikes for over a decade, also speak. A book signing and organizing session conclude the evening.