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<div><span>Thursday, November 10, 2011 at </span>5:00 pm<span>
<p><span><b>From Attica to Abolition: </b></span></p>
<p><span><b>An Evening to Honor Edwin (Eddie) Ellis</b></span></p>
<p><span>Austin Hall, Ames Courtroom, Harvard Law School</span></p>
<p><span>1515 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA</span></p>
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<span>Please join us for an evening to remember the Attica prison
uprising, explore prison abolition and honor Eddie Ellis, a living
legend. Son of Jamaican immigrants, Ellis was born in Harlem,
December 1941. At the age of twenty-five, he was director of
Community Relations for the New York City branch of the Black
Panther Party. In 1969, caught up in the infamous FBI operation
which systematically attacked organizations like the Panthers and
other radical groups, Ellis was arrested and accused of killing a
man he had never before seen, had no connection to, and no motive
for slaying. While serving a twenty-five year sentence in New York
state prisons for a crime he did not commit (from 1969 to 1994),
Ellis survived the Attica massacre and was a trailblazer for
prison education. He continues to advocate for economic and social
justice and is now spearheading policy reform across the nation.
The event will include film clips and a panel discussion. </span>
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<div><span>Hosted by Professor <strong>Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.</strong></span></div>
<div><span>Panel will include: </span></div>
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<li><strong>Soffiyah Elijah</strong>, Correctional Association
of New York</li>
<li><strong>Edwin (Eddie) Ellis</strong>, Center for
NuLeadership on Urban Solutions</li>
<li><strong>Kaia Stern</strong>, Prison Studies Project at
Harvard University</li>
<li><strong>Christopher Stone</strong>, Harvard Kennedy School
of Government</li>
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