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Beating Mental Illness: A Dialogue on Race, Gender and Disability Stereotypes in Use of Force Cases

Sponsor:
USC Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy and Ethics; USC School of Social Work; USC Dornsife Gender Studies; and PRISM, the USC Initiative for the Study of Race, Gender, Sexuality and the Law
 Contact:
Christopher Schnieder

213-740-5714
 Cost:
Free
 Tickets:
Details:

This two-day event will begin on April 7, 2016, at 3:45 p.m. and end at 7:00 p.m. Afterward, a reception and discussion will take place at host and USC Professor Judy Armour's home (approximately 5 miles from USC). Directions and a map will be provided at the check-in table. The second day will start the following morning at 8:50 a.m. and will end at 5:15 p.m.

The dialogue will include numerous speakers from the law, social work and psychology fields. USC School of Social Work professors Renee Smith-Maddox, Rafael Angulo and Kim Finney, as well as MSW student Carmelo Valone, will be among the speakers. Saturday will feature a keynote address by Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lackey (lunch will be provided). To view the program, please visit http://gould.usc.edu/who/faculty/conferences/beating-mental-illness/.

All attendees must RSVP. However, RSVP does not guarantee admittance, as space is limited.

Parking for this event should be available for $12.00 at Parking Structure 2 (PS2) located at 3533 S. Flower Street. Information about all public parking on the USC Campus can be found here: http://visit.usc.edu/maps-directions/university-park-campus/public-parking/.