Upcoming Events

Winter 2012

United States of Inmates: A Series of Events on the U.S. Prison Industrial Complex

This is a week of action and education regarding the Prison Industrial Complex and its relationship with the drug war and society at large. These events have been put together with the help of Students Organizing Against Prisons (SOAP), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the Michigan Political Union (MPU). Join us for the following events between March 19 - 22.

March 19 - Kalamazoo Room, Michigan League
Debate: Ban the Box! Should employers be allowed to ask about past criminal activity on initial job applications? Join us for a debate on this topic from 7-8:30 p.m.

March 20 - Rackham Conference Room East
Film: Red Hook. This film introduces a community justice approach to crime in Red Hook, MA which emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment. The film will be introduced by a speaker from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP). Join us from 7-9 p.m.

March 21 - Diag
Come out to the Diag to learn more about this issue! We will be having a Diag Day!

March 22 - Betty Ford Room (1110), Ford School
Panel on the Prison Industrial Complex. Panelists include UM professors Sherie Randolph and Megan Sweeney and ACLU Racial Justice Attorney Mark Fancher. Join us at 7 p.m. for an exciting discussion of this issue.

March 24-25 - Denver, CO
13th Annual National SSDP Conference

April 7 - Diag & Monroe St
Hash Bash (12 - 1:30, Diag) and the Monroe St. Fair

 

Past Events

Winter 2012

January 19 - Rackham Conference Room - 7 p.m.
Film Screening: The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007)

January 20 - Press Conference in Detroit - 2 p.m.
The Committee for a Safer Michigan will be announcing the ballot initiative for 2012 to legalize marijuana.

January 27 - Wayne State University
Former Attorney General Steve Cox will be giving a keynote address at an all-day marijuana policy symposium. Contact Nick if you want to go.

February 16 - Rackham Conference Room - 7 p.m.
Film Screening: TBD

March 8
3rd Annual SSDP Art Auction

 

Winter 2009

March 20
Cop shoots Copp: Rally Against GVSU Shooting

April 5 (April 3 & 4 optional)
2009 Midwest SSDP Conference
Ann Arbor, MI

Other campaigns, initiatives, and fundraising events TBA

Fall 2007

September 6
FestiFall on the Diag

September 18
BUSTED: Film screening + Q&A with Criminal Defense Attorney Matthew Abel

September 25
ONDCP Random Student Drug Testing Summit

October 10
Lobbying meeting on Higher Education Act (HEA) reform with Democratic Congressman John Dingell's field representative

October 15-19
SSDP HEA Aid Elimination Penalty Week of Student Action

October 26
Democratic Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel

December 6-9
International Drug Policy Reform Conference
New Orleans, LA

 

Winter 2008

January 14
Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich

January 24
Winterfest

February 13
Grassroots drug law reform and activism in an age of apathy with Mike Whitty

March 17
HOW THE DRUG WAR ENDS: Race, Pot, and Politics with Ethan Nadelmann

April 5
Monroe Street Fair

April 10
Goodness Day '08! on the diag

April 18-20
2008 Midwest SSDP Conference
Normal, IL

 

Fall 2008

August 28
Escapade! in the Michigan Union

August 31
BUSTED: Film screening + Q&A with Criminal Defense Attorney Matthew Abel

September 4
FestiFall on the Diag

September 7
Progressive FestiFall

September 18
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition speaking engagement

October 14
Free film screening of "Waiting to Inhale: Marijuana, Medicine and the Law"

Octboer 27
Free "YES on Proposal 1" yard signs on the Diag

November 21-23
SSDP's Tenth Annual Conference and Alumni Reunion
University of Maryland, College Park