There will be a campus screening of Point-of-View’s documentary 15 to Life:  Kenneth’s Story, followed by a panel discussion. Vermont PBS is giving Champlain the opportunity to screen this documentary on campus.  Last spring, a similar screening was well attended, and the post-film panel discussion was both lively and pedagogically fruitful.  It would be such a pleasure to have you join us.

Here are the details:

Wednesday, 1st October, 2014

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Hauke Conference Center,

Champlain College Screening of Point-of-View’s documentary 15 to Life:  Kenneth’s Story (Overview: The United States is the only country in the world that routinely sentences a teenager to life without parole.  Does such sentencing serve our society well?  The film follows one young man’s struggle for redemption, revealing a justice system with thousands of young people serving sentences intended for society’s most dangerous criminals.)

Followed by a Panel Discussion moderated by Professor Gary Scudder, Champlain College, Core Division

Panelists: TJ Donovan, Chittenden County State’s Attorney

Jeanne Lieberman, Adjunct Faculty, Champlain College, Core Division

Pace McConkie, Director, Morgan State University Robert M. Bell Center for Civil Rights in Education

Rep. Suzi Wizowaty, Director, Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform

Courtesy of Champlain CORE division