Learn More Series: Disability Justice In The Age of Mass Incarceration with Talila Lewis

Talila A. Lewis (no gender pronouns; use Talila or T.L. instead of using pronouns) is an abolitionist community lawyer, educator, and organizer whose work reveals and addresses the inextricable links between ableism, racism, classism, and all forms of systemic oppression and structural inequity. Lewis engineers innovative and intersectional social justice efforts that illuminate and challenge grave interconnected injustices within education, medical, and legal systems that have gone unaddressed for generations. Lewis’s advocacy primarily focuses on harm and violence reduction, advocacy with and for people who are currently and formerly incarcerated/institutionalized, supporting formerly imprisoned/institutionalized people; and working toward the abolition of policing and all forms of incarceration.

This event is part of BU Diversity & Inclusion’s (BU D&I) Learn More Series, which explores a single topic of social importance through events, discussions, and programs throughout the year— this year, BU D&I is exploring disability and the impact of ableism.