The 9th Annual Black Prisoners’ Caucus Social Justice Summit was held at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, WA on November 15, 2014. A warm thanks to all those who attended.

The event was attended by BPC members, sponsors, volunteers and guests including Seattle Teacher Residents, the Seattle King County NAACP President, the deputy prosecutor from the King County Prosecutors Office, community members and public officials.

The program included:

• Understanding the “Education to Prison Pipeline”
  • Re-enactments (see link below for script)
  • Analysis of Re-enactments
• The Value of Personal Relationships
• Identify the issues (How to Close the Pipeline) talking topics:
  • The Effects of Poverty
  • Liberation Education in the Classroom
  • Community Matters
  • Criminal Justice Policies
• Unity to Change the Community
• Organizing Around the Issues

For reflections of the summit from BPC members visit our blog.

For Seattle Teacher Residency Reflections visit their blog.

Special thanks to our volunteers and sponsors for making this possible, in addition to the staff of the Washington State Reformatory Unit for their cooperation and assistance in putting on on this summit.