UCLA professor Bryonn Bain on race and justice in America
Rebel Speak sounds the alarm for a global movement to end systemic injustice led by people doing the day-to-day rebel work in the prison capital of the world. It is a literary mixtape of transformative dialogues on justice with a cast of visionary rebel activists, organizers, artists, culture workers, thought leaders, and movement builders.
Described by Cornel West as an artist who “speaks his truth with a power we desperately need to hear,” University of California Los Angeles professor and author Bryonn Bain is at the forefront of arts activism and justice reform.
After teaching the first hip-hop and spoken word workshop in the Dramatic Arts at Harvard University, Bain began consulting Columbia University’s Center for Justice and School of Law as a Visiting Scholar, and founded the prison education program offering college degrees from NYU to men incarcerated in upstate New York.
He currently co-supervises the UCLA International Human Rights Law Clinic, and serves as faculty adviser for the Justice Work Group. His work is not only transforming the lives of students, but it is also helping many incarcerated people find redemption through creative expression. —El Segundo, Feb. 25, 2022
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