What do we do when the law is either not enough, or the chief architect of our demise? In this dialogue scholars, organizers, artists and mental health professionals come together to meditate on how we practice care outside of formal legal frameworks--and mediate democratized harm--without sacrificing our lives in the process.

Featuring:

Hunter Shackleford, Multidisciplinary Artist, Independent Scholar & Bioethicist

TJ, Multi-Medium Artist, Philosopher & Aspiring Death Doula

Daniel McCrary, LICSW, Psychotherapist & LGBTQ+ Advocate

Dr. Demar F. Lewis IV, PhD, Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice

Dr. T. Anansi Wilson, JD/PhD, Associate Professor of Law, Founding Director, Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law

This is event is sponsored and hosted by Dr. T. Anansi Wilson and the Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. None of the opinions expressed by any of the participants, including Dr. Wilson, represent the views, values or position of the Center or the law school.