Film and Discussion: Time, The Kalief Browder Story

Kalief Browder was arrested at the age of 16 for allegedly stealing a backpack. Charged as an adult, Kalief could not afford the $3,000 required bail and was therefore imprisoned at Rikers Island, for over 1,000 without a trial or conviction. He spent 400 days in solitary confinement. Charges were dismissed and Kalief was released three years after his arrest. He enrolled at Bronx Community College, but as a consquence of his experience at Rikers he faced mental health challenges. Browder died by suicide in 2015.

Film screening followed by discussion.

Special guest speaker: Akeem Browder

Akeem Browder, Kalief’s brother carries on his legacy through the mission of the Kalief Browder Founcation. Akeem will disucss the Foundations’ work to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline prevalent in disenfranchised communities and ways to empower communities to become agents of social change.

This event is open to the general public.

For more information, contact Dr. Shenique S. Davis at shdavis@bmcc.cuny.edu.

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