The Agenda and How Sessions Work

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Friday – March 6th

Location: Leon R. Tarver II Cultural and Heritage Center, 8320 G. Leon Netterville Drive (SUBR campus)

5:00pm-8:00pm

  • Registration & Socializing/Networking
  • Film: “Unpunished: The Ronald Greene Murder and Coverup”
    • When a motorist dies in Louisiana police custody, a whistleblower state trooper risks everything to expose the truth. As body camera footage reveals the brutal reality behind the cover-up, Ronald Greene’s family fights a powerful system of corruption that has allowed many to go “Unpunished.”
  • Panel Discussion
    • After the film, a panel of experts will examine whistleblower protections, as well as explore understudied solutions.
    • Panelists: Chico, Bill, Fain & Anthony (United Venture Productions)

8:30pm – until

RootsCamp After Dark!!! We’ll be hanging out at MonteCristo Cigar Bar & Bistro located at 7808 Howell Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70807, less than five minutes from Southern University. We shall Eat, Drink, Be Merry, and Smoke (or don’t – there’s a smoking and non-smoking side) at this beautiful black-owned establishment.

Saturday – March 7th

Location: Southern University Law Center, 2 Roosevelt Steptoe Dr (SUBR campus)

  • 8:30-9:30am – Coffee and Registration
  • 9:30-10:00am – Opening Session and Agenda Building (This is your chance to get your session on the agenda- start planning, we’re excited to hear from you!)
  • 10:00-11:00am – Breakout Session #1 (Up to 4 spots available for attendees to add to the agenda)
  • 11:00-12:00pm – Breakout Session #2 (Up to 4 spots available for attendees to add to the agenda)
  • 12:00-1:30pm – Reentry, Reimagining Justice & Ending the Carceral State (lunch panel)  
    • This discussion is intended to teach about:  (1) reentry and life as a justice-impacted person; (2) reimaging justice; and, (3) ending the carceral state.  The aim is to teach this community of future judges, lawyers, policy makers, legislators, activists and community leaders these lessons that can inform the way they work/organize.  Presented by Southern University Law Center.
  • 1:30-2:30pm – Self-Care Break
  • 2:30-3:30pm – Breakout Session #3
  • 3:30-4:30pm – Migration to Mass Incarceration: How Louisiana is Embracing the Private Migrant Detention Industry, and How People are Fighting Back (panel)
    • What is life like inside the migrant detention centers of Louisiana? Why has Louisiana bent over backwards to welcome this industry? What is the end game for these centers: ultimately, how do the centers fit into Louisiana’s role as a mass incarceration state?
  • 4:30-5:00pm – Closing

    • Debrief
    • Participant Comments

 The Wall

The RootsCampLA “unconference” model is one in which the activists who register to attend the event create the majority of the agenda.  The tool we use to do this is called The Wall with designated time slots and rooms for presenters to choose from. Some years, The Wall looks fancy… some years… it looks very, very grassroot-ish as pictured below (smile), but the actual experience is AMAZING.
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