American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20016
Jul 31, 2015
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM (GMT-5)
Host:
Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
August 30, 2015
11:00AM-4:00PM
The Society for Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs presents:
A daylong conference featuring three panels of authors and activists to discuss the intersection of the ongoing war on drugs, U.S. foreign policy, the criminalization of drug use, and mass incarceration in the United States.
Featuring panelists:
David Victorson: author of memoir 37 Tons, former drug smuggler and prison reform activist
Dawn Paley: journalist and author of Drug War Capitalism
Nick Schou: journalist at OC Weekly and author of Killing the Messenger, Orange Sunshine and The Weed Runners
Walker Grooms: National Grassroots Organizer, Witness for Peace
Michael Collins: Policy Manager, Drug Policy Alliance
Alex Main: Senior Associate, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Arturo Viscarra: Advocacy Coordinator, School of the Americas Watch
Sanho Tree: Director of Drug Policy Project, Institute for Policy Studies
Douglas Husak: author of Drugs and Rights and Legalize This! The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University
Dan Riffle: Director, Federal Policies at Marijuana Policy Project
Brenden Beck: Co-founder of Milk Not Prisons and independent writer
Betty Aldworth: Executive Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy
