[New York News\Criminal Justice]
On Nov. 21, Dr. Salaam, and New York Times Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Jim Dwyer, will examine what went wrong, evaluate what has or has not changed about journalistic practice since the Central Park Five case, and analyze the ways racism, bias, an accepted narrative, emotion, anger, and fear shape how a story is told.
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Yusef Salaam
CENTRAL PARK FIVE EXONEREE DR. YUSEF SALAAM WILL SPEAK AT LEHMAN COLLEGE ABOUT THE “WOLF PACK” NEW YORK PRESS
CENTRAL PARK FIVE, INNOCENCE PROJECT, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES PROMOTE PACKAGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS
[New York News\Criminal Justice Reform]
Yusef Salaam and Kevin Richardson (Central Park Five) in a joint statement: “In the coming months, we will intensely lobby the state legislature and the governor to enact these common-sense reforms before the end of the coming legislative session. Our state can no longer live with the fact that these techniques can be used to coerce false confessions from people. We will fight to ensure a tragedy like ours will never happen in this state again.”
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CIRCLE OF SISTERS EXPO RETURNS TO JACOB JAVITS CONVENTION CENTER ON SEPTEMBER 7
[Entertainment News]
The Jacob Javits Convention Center will host the annual Circle of Sisters Expo on Saturday, September 7.
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