EMPIRE CITY LIVE from Brooklyn Bank

Join Crooked Ideas, the non-profit partner of Crooked Media, and Chenjerai Kumiyaka, host of the award-winning podcast, Empire City: The Untold Story of NYPD, live in Brooklyn for presents “Empire City Live!” an evening of conversations about the current state of policing. Featuring the community members and organizations that are pushing back to protect the most vulnerable among us.

"Empire City Live" will arm organizers with the tools to mobilize against the current wave of federalized police forces invading cities to profile and terrorize Black and Brown residents.

Co-sponsors: Crooked Ideas, NYU Initiative for Community Power, Urban Democracy Lab, NYU Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, We Build the Block, and Partners for Dignity and Justice

Panelists: Chenjerai Kumanyika (Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute), Lumumba Bandele (Communities United for Police Reform), Yaritza Mendez (The Action Lab), and Adilka Pimentel (Urban Youth Collaborative)

Host or Publisher The Action Lab