Join Kathy Zeitoun (co-founder, along with her husband Abdulrahman and author Dave Eggers, of the Zeitoun Foundation) for a talk and panel discussion on human rights and incarceration. Also participating in the panel are:
Robin Levi, Human Rights Director at Justice Now, an organization that works to expose and remedy human rights violations against women prisoners, and co-editor of a forthcoming book from Voice of Witness that exposes social injustices against incarcerated women.
Irma Rodriguez, a narrator in the Voice of Witness project. For the forthcoming book, Irma recounts the addictions that repeatedly landed her in prison, where she witnessed and suffered violations of human rights, including a false HIV diagnosis which followed her for more than a decade.
Claire Kiefer, an interviewer for Voice of Witness. In addition to recording the life stories of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, Claire teaches children of incarcerated parents at a public high school in San Francisco.
The event takes place on October 26th at 7pm on the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.
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