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Radical Readers Book Club With Author Marlon Peterson

August 29, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Basic Info

Date:
August 29, 2021
Time:
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Event Website / RSVP:
https://austinjustice.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIudeivrzIoG9KFg4h4P_v-pF_MgmML_2SN?

Who's Hosting This Event?

Austin Justice Coalition
Who We Are:

The Austin Justice Coalition (AJC) serves people who are historically and systematically impacted by gentrification, segregation, over policing, a lack of educational and employment opportunities, and other institutional forms of racism in Austin.

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Event Topics
Equality/Justice
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Author Marlon Peterson will join Austin Justice Coalitions Radical Readers Book Club on Aug. 29th at 5PM to discuss and answer questions about his new book, Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song.

Since his decade of incarceration, Marlon has written, created programming, lectured, organized, and advocated alongside the formerly incarcerated, victims of gun violence, womxn, immigrants, and young people.

Marlon is the author of Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song, host of the DEcarcerated Podcast, and owner of his own social impact endeavor, The Precedential Group Social Enterprises and its nonprofit arm, Be Precedential, Inc. His TED talk, “Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform”, has amassed over 1.2 million views.

Watch Marlon’s TED talk here.

Venue

Online