Uncle Bobbie's X Marc Lamont Hill - Schooling Against The Prison Book Tour

Philly's own Marc Lamont Hill is here to discuss his latest book, "Schooling Against the Prison". This one is special. Journalist, academic, educator and media personality, Marc Lamont Hill is back for the release of his latest book, Schooling Against the Prison. Join us for a powerful discussion on community, race and how we can transform our schools to educate and protect our children. Have a question for Marc? Submit it here and maybe your question will be asked live on stage! Conversation partner to be named soon. You don't want to miss this! All copies of Schooling Against the Prison will be signed! ****** About the Book: A bold abolitionist manifesto that exposes the carceral logics of schooling and challenges us to redesign discipline, space, language, and imagination so education serves freedom rather than control We are living in the age of incarceration--and nowhere is its grip more tightly held than inside our schools. In Schooling Against the Prison, Marc Lamont Hill examines how American schools have been designed from the ground up to serve as extensions of the carceral state, rife with policed hallways, zero-tolerance codes, test-obsessed classrooms, and discipline systems that mirror the logic of the prison. Drawing on education history, policy, and real-world stories that tell of the shocking reality of carceral excess--from kindergarten "tantrums" treated as crimes, to parents jailed for truancy, and teachers prosecuted as racketeers--Hill exposes how schooling, welfare, testing, and child "protection" have been weaponized against Black, economically marginalized, disabled, queer, and trans communities. In response to this crisis, he argues that we should seek strategies that replace suspicion and surveillance with care and connection. The book then provides specific practices (curricular, disciplinary, architectural, and political) for loosening the prison's hold on our imaginations and our institutions, so that schools can become places of safety, scholarship, and joy. For educators, citizen advocates, parents, and anyone who refuses to accept punitive culture as common sense, Schooling Against the Prison is both a devastating diagnosis and an invitation to transform schools into places of collective liberation. About the Author: Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is one of the leading intellectual voices in the country. He is currently the host of Al Jazeera UpFront, and the “Night School” podcast and co-host of the Joe Budden Podcast. He has hosted programs on VH1, MTV, TV ONE, and Black News Channel. An award-winning journalist, Dr. Hill has received numerous prestigious awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He is the founder and owner of Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee & Books in Philadelphia. Ebony Magazine has named him one of America’s 100 most influential Black leaders. Dr. Hill is the author or co-author of eight books, including the award-winning Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life; Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on The Vulnerable from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond; We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest, and Possibility; Except For Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics; and Schooling Against The Prison. Dr. Hill holds a Ph.D., with distinction, from the University of Pennsylvania. ****** KEY INFORMATION: Doors open at 6:30pm. Street and private parking available. Wheelchair accessible entrance also available. All tickets are non-refundable Kids over 3-years old need to purchase a ticket Bags larger than a purse will not be allowed. No food or drink will be allowed into the sanctuary. No re-entry to the venue will be allowed