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A national community of over 500 people in 20 cities who together created a traveling exhibit on the past, present, and future of mass incarceration.

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Join Carolina Villalba, one of our States of Incarceration Partners, as she presents on her work collaborating with with HAL and FLIC and about her Florida International University students' work on SOI 2.0, in DePaul University's HumanitiesX upcoming Zoom workshop, “Building and Benefitting from Collaborative Infrastructures in the Publicly Engaged Humanities,” on Thursday, July 16, at 12 pm EST. Link to register: bit.ly/4xXyLKE by @statesofincarceration

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It's been 31 years since the 1995 uprising at the Elizabeth Detention Center, yet we are still pushing to end the inhumanity of immigration detention.

Join the Rutgers University Department of latino and Caribbean Studies for the first launch event of "Elizabeth Detention Center: A Social History of Confinement in the United States, 1993–2025," a powerful new book that brings together the voices of formerly detained people, advocates, scholars, and community leaders to examine three decades of detention and resistance.

As protests continue at Delaney Hall, this conversation reminds us that New Jersey has long been at the center of the struggle for immigrant justice. Don't miss this important discussion with several of the book's contributors and the multiple voices of those who have experienced and resisted detention.

📅 June 18, 11 a.m
📍Outside Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey
We look forward to seeing you there!
#ImmigrantJustice #NewJersey #BookLaunch #ICEDetention by @statesofincarceration

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In recognition of our partners' incredible work on projects including States of Incarceration, Climates of Inequality, Rikers Public Memory Project, Guantanamo Public Memory Project, and The Renewal Project, the Humanities Action Lab has been awarded the 2026 Robert Kelley Memorial Award from the National Council on Public History.

The award recognizes "distinguished achievements by individuals, institutions, or nonprofit or corporate entities for making history relevant to individual lives of ordinary people outside of academia."

Our Partners are HAL, and we are so proud of them for this incredible achievement and recognition of their work!

Here is a link to the full announcement: ncph.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-NCPH-Awards-Listing.docx.pdf by @statesofincarceration

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Join us on Wednesday, April 29th for a special public panel event to honor the inclusion of @rikers.public.memory.project oral histories into the New York Public Library collection.

This archive—consisting of ninety interviews conducted between 2018 and 2021—preserves and highlights the stories of those most impacted by Rikers Island, including formerly incarcerated individuals and their families. A panel bringing together voices behind the project discusses how these histories confront generational harms and challenge dehumanizing narratives—while also exploring how public memory can advance reparative justice.

The panel will be moderated by Shana Russell, Ph.D., RPMP's resident historian. Shana will lead a conversation with narrators Turquoise Martin and Edwin Santana and longtime collaborator Tamara Santibanez.

Join the event in-person at the main NYPL building or tune in online. Event info and RSVP can be found here: on.nypl.org/rpmp by @statesofincarceration

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Join us for States of Incarceration: Connecting Stories Across Borders and Bars - a two-day national convening and dialogue to discuss the intertwined systems of immigration detention and mass incarceration -- and the movements working to dismantle them.

Find the full agenda and RSVP here: humanitiesactionlab.org/soi-convening

The convening is a step in a year-long process to reimagine States of Incarceration, a national participatory public memory project, and to develop new collective narratives and media that strengthen connections between immigration and criminal legal system advocates nationwide. by @statesofincarceration

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Fort Snelling and ICE - Fort Snelling, in the Twin Cities, has a long history at the vanguard of federal actions of violence and dispossession. Today, it is continuing in that role as the headquarters for ICE in Minnesota.

Find out more about the history in our Minnesota local story, and read more about its connections to the present moment in this article by David Chang in RacketMN: racketmn.com/fort-snelling-the-advance-guard-of-federal-invasion-since-1805

statesofincarceration.org/states/minnesota-carceral-colonialism-imprisonment-indian-country by @statesofincarceration

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Save the Date for our next Translocal Learning Studio on Mutual Aid Storytelling. We will meet virtually on November 17th at 3pm Eastern.

Register now at tinyurl.com/HAL-TLS-Register by @statesofincarceration

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Join our Team!

@HumanitiesActionLab and @statesofincarceration are looking for a passionate, organized, and justice driven Project Manager to manage SOI as it enters a new phase of collaboration and implementation. The position is remote with some travel to the NYC area.

Find out more and apply at tinyurl.com/SOI-Project-Manager by @statesofincarceration

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@humanitiesactionlab is hiring an Administrative Coordinator!

Join the coordinating team behind States of Incarceration at @huntercollege that connects communities and universities to spark dialogue and action on urgent social issues. In this role, you’ll help shape projects like States of Incarceration, support partnerships, and keep our work moving forward.

If you’re energized by bringing people and ideas together, we’d love to have you with us!

Link: https://cuny.jobs/.../47293042420C4CECAAA23C3435A47CC4/job by @statesofincarceration

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We’d like to invite all of you to stop by our States of Incarceration traveling exhibit, which will be open to viewers from April 4 - May 14, 2025 at Hunter College (@huntercollege) in New York, NY! 🗽

📍 Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work, 2nd Floor, 2180 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10035
🗓️ Friday, April 4, 2025 - Wednesday, May 14. 2025

🔗 Check out our website to read more about local activism and national issues.
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#TravelingExhibit #HunterCollege #NewYorkExhibit #NYC #SilbermanSchoolofSocialWork #StatesofIncarceration #HumanitiesActionLab by @statesofincarceration

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Join us in celebrating National Ellis Island Family History Day, on April 17. 🤝🗺️ Celebrating National Ellis Island Family History Day encourages us to remember the diverse stories that contribute to our communities. Our States of Incarceration project has allowed us to highlight the unique stories that have created an ongoing dialogue against social justice issues that surround us. While we encourage you all to learn more about your family history, we want to motivate you all to also share your stories as these will help ensure our history is never forgotten.

🔗 Check out our website to read more about local activism and national issues.
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#EllisIsland #FamilyHistory #Immigration #DiversityEquityandInclusion #DEI #MassIncarceration #StatesofIncarceration #humanitiesactionlab by @statesofincarceration

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A huge thank you to Tom Jenz of Shepherd Express for attending our States of Incarceration exhibit at UWM and sharing their insights! Your coverage helps bring important conversations about mass incarceration to a wider audience. We’re grateful for your support in amplifying these critical stories, and enjoyed reading about your perspective of the exhibit as well as your interview with The Community CEO, Shannon Ross🤝. (@the_community_org @uwm_set)

🔗 Read Tom’s article here: https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/states-of-incarceration-interactive-traveling-exhibit-at-UWM-recounts-the-history-of-prison-life-in-the-US/

🔗 Check out our website to read more about local activism and national issues.
🔔 Follow us for updates on local events and information about our service projects!

#UWM #UniversityofWisconsinMilwaukee #ShepherdExpress #MassIncarceration #StatesofIncarceration #HumanitiesActionLab by @statesofincarceration

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