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SUMMARY:ABOVE THE NOISE: MY STORY OF CHASING CALM
DESCRIPTION:DeMar DeRozan\, six-time NBA All-Star\, has been called a “basketball savant” (ESPN) and “the best closer in the NBA” (GQ)—but when he went public with his depression\, it sparked a conversation that reached far beyond the court. By breaking the stigma of speaking out\, he added a new\, seldom-heard voice to the mental health dialogue: a successful Black male athlete\, openly naming his pain and advocating for others to do the same. \nNow it’s time to tell the full story. Born and raised in Compton\, DeRozan was no stranger to hardship—living in poverty\, losing friends to gang violence. In worn-out school gyms and community centers\, fueled by hunger and a desire to prove himself\, he started to rise\, but doubts followed. In Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm\, DeRozan opens up about his proudest triumphs and the times he felt so weighed down he couldn’t get out of bed. He reflects on what it took to make a name for himself in a new country after getting drafted by the Toronto Raptors\, the pressure of playing with veteran athletes as a twenty-year-old rookie\, and the pain of losing role models. \nFrom a scared\, angry kid to a confident father of five\, DeRozan traces his journey to basketball stardom and the forces that honed him into the player—and the slowly healing person—he is today. It will encourage anyone who has ever felt alone in their struggles and inspire people to rise above the noise and speak their truth. \nDeRozan will be in conversation with a New York Times bestselling poet\, essayist\, cultural critic\, and 2021 MacArthur Fellow Hanif Abdurraqib (FAN ’21\, ’24). FAN hosted Abdurraqib in 2021 in support of his award-winning book A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance\, and also for his most recent book\, 2024’s There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension. \nThis event suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nBONUS BOOK GIVEAWAY! We are giving away copies of Above the Noise to randomly selected Zoom attendees. Details on the webinar registration page. \n“As men\, and especially Black men\, we don’t talk about our mental health enough. We struggle to admit when things aren’t okay\, even when it’s obvious to everybody around us. I’ve seen how toxic that can become. I’ve experienced it myself\, keeping everything under wraps until your head and heart are full of fire and rage.” – DeMar DeRozan
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/above-the-noise-my-story-of-chasing-calm/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Events,Family Action Network
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SUMMARY:DISMANTLING MASS INCARCERATION: A HANDBOOK FOR CHANGE
DESCRIPTION:In this pathbreaking reader\, three of the nation’s leading advocates—Premal Dharia\, James Forman Jr.\, and Maria Hawilo—provide tools to move from despair and critique to hope and action. Dismantling Mass Incarceration: A Handbook for Change surveys various approaches to confronting the carceral state\, exploring bold but practical interventions involving police\, prosecutors\, public defenders\, judges\, prisons\, and even life after prison. Rather than prescribing solutions\, the book offers a forum for discussions—and disagreements—about how to best confront the harms of mass incarceration. The contributors range from noted figures such as Angela Y. Davis\, Clint Smith\, Ph.D. (FAN ’23)\, Emily Bazelon (FAN ’13\, ’19)\, and Larry Krasner to local organizers\, advocates\, scholars\, lawyers\, and judges\, as well as people who have been incarcerated. \nDharia\, a former public defender\, is the executive director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School and co-editor in chief of the online publication Inquest. \nForman is a professor of law at Yale Law School. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize―winning Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. \nHawilo is Distinguished Professor in Residence\, Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She formerly served as Clinical Assistant Professor of Law in the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. She previously served as a supervising attorney for the District of Columbia’s Public Defender Service. \nDharia\, Forman\, and Hawilo will be in conversation with W. David Ball\, a full-time member of the Santa Clara University School of Law faculty and co-chair of the Corrections Committee of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section. \nThis event suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel. \nBONUS AFTER-HOURS EVENT: Attendees who purchase a copy of Dismantling Mass Incarceration from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an AFTER-HOURS event hosted by the four panelists that will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page. \nIn recent years\, a searching national conversation has called attention to the social and racial injustices that define America’s criminal system. But despite growing movements for change\, the vast machinery of the carceral state remains very much intact. How can its damage and depredations be undone? \n 
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LOCATION:On Zoom
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