Human Rights Week to Focus on American Prison System

Gordon’s student-led Social Justice Initiative (SJI) will welcome keynote speaker Dr. Soong-Chan Rah, Milton B. Engebretson Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary, for Human Rights Week, March 21–24. Guided by Ephesians 6:12—“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms”—the week will focus on injustices in the American prison system.

Monday, March 21

“Individual Sin vs. Collective Sin”
Dr. Soong-Chan Rah
10:25–11:15 a.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel

Tuesday, March 22

“School 2 Prison Pipeline”
The Boston Student Advisory Committee
4–5 p.m. | MacDonald 131

“School 2 Prison Pipeline”
ALANA & SJI RealTalk, moderated by Dr. Soong-Chan Rah
7–8:30 p.m. | Ken Olsen Science Center, Chairman’s Room

Wednesday, March 23

“The Christian Call in the Face of the American Prison System”
Dr. Soong-Chan Rah
10:25–11:15 a.m. | A. J. Gordon Memorial Chapel

“What is Mass Incarceration?”
Workshop facilitated by Boston Mobilization
7–8:30 p.m. | Ken Olsen Science Center, Room 124

Thursday, March 24

“Trapped Outside the Prison System: Racial Profiling”
SJI & Advocates for Cultural Diversity: OurGordon
4–5 p.m. | Chester’s Tavern