On Tuesday April 17th at 4:30pm the legendary Chicago activist and scholar Mariame Kaba will be speaking at the Broome County Library, 185 Court Street, on
“Interrupting the Criminalization of Youth of Color Through Creating Restorative Communities
Free and open to the public. Mariame Kaba is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization with a vision to end youth incarceration, and has founded multiple organizations and projects over the years including the Chicago Freedom School, the Chicago Taskforce on Violence against Girls and Young Women, the Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander and the Rogers Park Young Women’s Action Team (YWAT) among others.