As a culmination of a semester invested in considering the history, consequences and future possibilities for reforming and/or abolishing modern regimes of incarceration, CCA’s Critical Ethnic Studies course “Deconstructing Prison” invites other members of the college community to come and observe a live feedback session in response to final student projects via Zoom.  

On Dec. 10, from 8:30–10a.m. PT, after brief student presentations of their final class projects, feedback and perspective will be offered by members of the FutureIDs initiative — a socially-engaged group of formerly incarcerated individuals Luis García, Kirn Kim, Emiliano Lopez who with support from artist advocate Gregory Sale have publicly shared their own envisioned self-portraits as part of a process of imagining future possible outcomes both for themselves and others impacted by systems of incarceration. In advance of attending the session, it is recommended that guests watch the following short informational video on the FutureIDs project at Alcatraz: https://vimeo.com/463611191?ref=em-share

This event is funded by an endowment gift to support The Deborah and Kenneth Novack Creative Citizens Series at CCA, an annual series of public programs focused on creative activism. The 2021–2022 Creative Citizens Series will focus on four pillars of the Communal Flower, a model for understanding "communality" in the ancient philosophy and daily practice of various Indigenous nations in southern Mexico: land, communal responsibility, assembly and joy. 

Photo Credit: Future IDs artists Candice Price and Emiliano Lopez in discussion with Roberto Bedoya (arts administrator/thought leader) during the Art and Justice Summit on Alcatraz. Photo Peter Merts