Below are images of the two posters displayed during Facing Life symposium. The first poster is an overview of The Visiting Room Project, highlighting the key elements of the project as well as what the project seeks to accomplish. The second lists the agenda of the two-day symposium, including speakers, location, and content.
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“Facing Life” Explores Life Imprisonment and Racial Injustice in Two States
Law and Racial Justice Center collaborates with Visiting Room Project to combat life sentences and mass incarceration (Yale Daily News)
Law and Racial Justice Center to present symposium on prison life sentences (Yale Daily News)
Moderator: Darnell Epps '24
Panelists: Arthur Carter, The Visiting Room Project; Tiheba Bain, Women Against Mass Incarceration founder; Calvin Duncan, The Visiting Room Project Co-Founder; Everett "Buff" Offray, The Visiting Room Project
Moderator: Jennifer Taylor, Director of the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law
Panelists: Bidish Sarma, Assistant DA in Orleans Parish DA's Office; Gaylord Salters, Author and New Haven Exoneree; Professor Miriam Gohara, Director of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School; Alex Taubes '15, New Haven-based civil rights lawyer
