Katal Center for Health, Equity and Justice
Toward Justice: Reducing Harm and Protecting Health and Safety
Tuesday, November 14th
4-5:30pm public talk-Laurel Hall 201
5:30-7pm dinner discussion- Laurel Hall 302
Lorenzo Jones and Gabriel Sayegh, co-founders of Katal Center for Health, Equity and Justice, will give a public presentation on "Toward Justice: Reducing Harm and Protecting Health and Safety".
This talk will look at how organizing grassroots and grasstops coalitions helped shift public will for systemic change and policy reform in Connecticut. Here, they will elevate the importance of community organizing in municipalities so policy reform efforts are grounded in the leadership of directly impacted people who are working with allies sharing aligned policy reform priorities.
They will focus on these policies:
- Crack Powder Cocaine (2004-2005)
- Medical Marijuana (2007)
- Ban the Box (2008-2009)
For more information, contact: Community Outreach at student4168@ad.uconn.edu