Monday, March 09
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Watson Theatre, Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media
609 S. Locust Street, DePauw University
Greencastle, IN 46135
While Vernon T. Bateman has already delivered several lectures and workshops, on March 9, Vernon, Shaka A. Shakur, and Duncan Bridgeforth will join the list of DePauw University‘s esteemed lecturers, including Dolores Huerta and Harry Belafonte, for the 2026 Annual Compton Lecture.
DePauw University’s Peace and Conflict Studies Program is honored to host a screening of the new documentary, “Across Enemy Lines: Shaka A. Shakur” followed by an engaging panel featuring Shaka, his former mentors and mentees, and the film’s co-directors. There, Vernon and others will speak on:
- Why Shaka remains incarcerated despite having served the entirety of his 2002 conviction
- How prisons politicized Shaka and why he made the decision to become a citizen of the Republic of New Afrika
- Shaka’s previous organizing in Indiana prisons, which contributed to the 1999 Human Rights Watch Report, Cold Storage: Maximum Security Confinement in Indiana, a landmark document on the realities of Supermax prisons
- The connections between struggles against mass incarceration, ICE, and gun violence
- Efforts to free Shaka and all Political Prisoners
- And more!
Organized by the Peace and Conflict Studies Program and Co-Sponsored by the Education Studies Department. This event is graciously supported by the Johnson & Wright Fund. Pizza and light refreshments will be served.
Questions? Contact Derek Ford at derekford@depauw.edu.
You can learn more about Shaka A. Shakur at www.shakashakur.org, where this event was first posted.