COVID-19 Conversation: Imprisoned Populations Affected by COVID-19

This week our guests will address issues affecting populations confined to jails, prisons, concentration camps, immigration “holding centers,” and others. We will discuss COVID with a focus on individual, peer and family relations, and community organizing. Our overarching theme, Identity and Vulnerabilities, will be used to frame reports and discussions. 

Guests:

• Mary Heinen McPherson: PCAP Project Coordinator, University of Michigan.
• Warren Thompson: Professor of Social Work, Rutgers University  
• Ashley Lucas: Professor, Music, Theater, and Dance, University of Michigan.
• Larry Root: Professor Emeritus, Social Work, University of Michigan.
• Josh Hoe: Policy Analyst at Safe & Just Michigan
• Baraka Sander: MSW student, University of Michigan. 

This follows on conversations the Faculty Allies for Diversity have been having for the past two months on social consequences of the pandemic.