Dr. Reuben Jonathon Miller, author of Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Incarceration: Halfway Home and a 2022 recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship award.  

Dr. Miller discusses his current work as a MacArthur Fellow and the intersectionality of art and storytelling in his work as a researcher -  taking a deep dive into politics and policies as social determinants that drive mass incarceration and the collateral consequences that follow post release citizenship within a public health framework.

Obie Anthony, Executive Director of Exonerated Nation discusses the impact of wrongful convictions on the health of communities. Mr. Anthony has a unique persective and insight into the complicated problems with our justice system having been framed and wrongfully convicted and later exonerated himself. Through his unique lens, Mr. Anthony poses solutions through policy change and advocacy.

Professor Dawes, author of "The Political Determinants of Health”, will provide a thought provoking discussion on the American process of politics and economics as a determinant of health and why we must address political determinants to create a socially just and healthy society.