Urban scholar Madeleine Hamlin to speak at March 5 Conversations on Race and Policing

The next Conversations on Race and policing will feature Madeleine Hamlin, a Colgate University assistant professor of geography, whose work focuses on housing, policing, race, class and punishment in U.S. cities. She is currently working on a book project, under contract with University of Chicago Press, “Policing the Project: Crime, Carcerality, and Chicago Public Housing.”

The program, free and open to the public, will take place at noon Wednesday, March 5, on Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-and-policing-2025. 

The Conversations on Race and Policing program began after the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and its aftermath. Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer, triggering extensive protests, demands for systemic reform in policing, and profound dialogues on race and racism. This also led to the inception of Cal State San Bernardino’s Conversations on Race and Policing, abbreviated as CoRP.

In subsequent court cases, three other former Minneapolis police officers implicated in Floyd’s death were given prison sentences.

The series has featured scholars, journalists, law enforcement officers, lawyers, activists, artists, educators, administrators and others from throughout the nation who shared their experience and expertise on issues related to race and policing.

More than 110 forums have taken place since, and video recordings of the sessions are posted online on the Conversations on Race and Policing Lecture Series Archive. 

Upcoming programs, which take place at noon on Wednesdays (unless otherwise noted) include:

• March 12, Keeonna Harris, CSUSB alumna and author of “Mainline Mama: A Memoir,” which recounts her experience as a “mainline mama, a parent facing the impossible task of raising a child — while still growing up herself — with an incarcerated partner."
• March 13 (Thursday), Cat Brooks, activist, performer, organizer, and radio host of KPFK’s “Law & Disorder.”
• March 19, Eric Avila, UCLA professor of history, who studies the intersections of racial identity, urban space, and cultural representation in twentieth century America.
• March 26, Madeline Stenersen, St. Louis University assistant professor of psychology, and Cassandra Young, University of Denver assistant professor of gender and women’s studies.
• April 9, film screening of “Breaking Barriers,” with Danny Murillo, co-founder of the Berkeley Underground Scholars, which creates a pathway for incarcerated, formerly incarcerated and system impacted individuals into higher education.
• April 23, Simon Balto, University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor of history, author of “Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power.”

The series organizers currently include CSUSB faculty, staff, alumni, and community members, as well as collaborators from other institutions: Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, psychology), Stan Futch (president, Westside Action Group), German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College adjunct faculty and CSUSB alumnus), and Mary Texeira (CSUSB sociology).

For more information, contact Madrigal at rmadriga@csusb.edu or Murray at jmurray@csusb.edu.

Also visit the Conversations on Race and Policing webpage.