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VDS Virtual Tour
Symposium for Change Training
The James Lawson Institute invites you to our spring Symposium for Change training.
Vanderbilt Divinity School (Room 124)
March 27, 2025
4:00-6:30 p.m
followed by a community meal.
Join artists, community organizers, activists, students, and scholars to discuss and learn next steps in the ongoing struggle for social justice.
Given all that we are facing today, the way forward is together and requires strategic wisdom.
We are saving you a seat at the table. Please RSVP using this link.
NEW Lifelong Learning Course
Life After Death: The Art of Living on Death Row. Revisited
Instructor: Graham Reside
In-person
March 4th (6-7:30pm)
March 21st (6-7:30pm)
April 3rd (6-7:30pm)
Recently VDS hosted an art exhibit featuring the works of three men serving in federal prison sentenced to death row titled, “The Art of Living on Death Row.” The exhibit raised important questions on issues of restorative justice, moral injury, systemic racism, and punishment and redemption. This series will extend those discussions—and artwork—beyond the VDS walls, engaging in dialogue with neighbors, ministers, activists, family members, and those interested in learning more about the experience of living under a sentence of death in the United States today.
This unique lifelong learning series at Frothy Monkey coffeeshop will feature the artwork and panel discussions, interviews, and Q&A with special guests and experts in the field. The conversations will be facilitated by Dr. Graham Reside, Assistant Professor of Ethics and Society the Director of the Prison and Carceral Studies Program at Vanderbilt Divinity School.
