"To Proclaim Freedom for the Prisoners"
Date and Time
Tuesday Feb 17, 2015
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM CST
The event will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 17.
Location
This Center for Urban Engagement lecture will be held in Meyer Science Center, Room 145. Meyer Science Center is located at 430 Howard Street in Wheaton.
Fees/Admission
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Contact Information
For more information, contact the Center for Urban Engagement at 630.752.5730.
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Description
The Center for Urban Engagement at Wheaton College presents a lecture by Dr. Michael Leo Owens. In the lecture, titled "...'To Proclaim Freedom for the Prisoners': Mass Incarceration and Faith-Based Community Organizing," Dr. Owens will explore the role of religious communities and institutions in addressing the challenge of mass incarceration. Owens is associate professor of political science at Emory University. His research and teaching interests include urban politics, state and local politics, political penology, governance and public policy processes, religion and politics, and African American politics. He is the author of "God and Government in the Ghetto: The Politics of Church-State Collaboration in Black America" (University of Chicago Press, 2007). His current book project is "Prisoners of Democracy," a study of the politics, policies, and attitudes that diminish the citizenship of felons in the United States.
