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Neighborhood Connections home of Neighbor Up

Nonprofits: How to Get the Word Out About Your Work

03.22.2025
2:00 p.m. EDT

Come meet The Marshall Project staff in Cleveland and share about your work.

An illustration depicts two correctional officers dressed in gray shirts and black pants standing in front of a beige wall with barred windows high above them. At a distance in shadows lies the body of an incarcerated person wearing an orange prison jumpsuit crumpled on the floor.
Virtual event

For Journalists: Press Briefing on Deaths in Jails and Prisons

03.12.2025
1:00 p.m. EDT

Join us for an on-the-record conversation with experts who will share insights from their research and reporting on deaths behind bars.

12672 Rockside Road, Garfield Heights, OH 44125 (inside Garfield Commons Plaza)

The Marshall Project - Cleveland Community Chat

12.13.2024
6:00 p.m. EST

An in-person community discussion about the proposed Cuyahoga County Jail.

Illustration of five journalists working in their community arranged in a circle. One is interviewing a subject, one is speaking into a microphone, one is studying a chart, one is knocking on a door, and another is broadcasting on camera.
Virtual Event

How to Make Criminal Justice Reporting Accessible in the Classroom

12.04.2024
12:00 p.m. EST

We want to hear from journalism educators and advisers on how our criminal justice data and resources can meet the needs of your students.

An illustration shows, from left, a woman with her arm around a person who is holding a ballot; the word “Republicans”; a person with their arms in the air; a keyhole; a badge with a star on it; a person wearing a red, white and blue hat; a person with their arms out around two people confronting each other; a person speaking through a megaphone; a justice scale; and the words “Democrats” and “Independents.” The color scheme of the drawing is in marigold yellow, coral, red, blue, black and pale yellow.
Virtual Event

Covering Felony Disenfranchisement and The Politics of People Behind Bars

10.29.2024
12:00 p.m. EDT

Join The Marshall Project and The Journalist’s Resource to explore a unique political survey of more than 54,000 incarcerated people.

An illustration of a Black man standing on one side of a scale, reaching up toward a ballot box on the other end of the scale.
Two Mississippi Museums

Your Right to Vote

09.26.2024
6:00 p.m. EDT

A conversation on voting rights in Mississippi, including for people affected by the criminal justice system.

Zoom

The Fifth Branch: Redefining Mental Health Crisis Response in America

08.15.2024
12:00 p.m. EDT

Most people are familiar with the four branches of public safety: Police, Fire, EMS and 911. But who do you call when someone is in a mental health crisis?

A collage shows, from left, a gun in red tones; the St. Louis skyline in black tones; a lawsuit document showing the Metropolitan Police Department of the City of St. Louis as the plaintiff and the words “sunshine law” circled in red; the back of a St. Louis police officer in uniform; a stack of clipped bundles of papers; and in the background, a list of homicide incidents and whether the case was closed or open, with “open” circled in red.
St. Louis Public Radio Community Room

Investigating St. Louis’s Unsolved Homicides

06.25.2024
7:00 p.m. CDT

An opportunity for St. Louis residents to hear from St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports, and The Marshall Project reporters about their investigation into the roughly 1,000 unsolved homicides in the city. Join us on Tuesday, June 25 at 7 p.m. CST.

Weems Auditorium at the University of Mississippi Law School

Mississippi’s Criminal Legal System Needs a New Story. Help Us Tell It.

01.29.2024
1:30 p.m. EST

Join us on January 29, 2024, at 1:30 PM CST at the Weems Auditorium of the University of Mississippi Law School to discuss how we can reshape Mississippi's criminal legal system narrative.

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Virtual Event

Inside Louisiana’s Harshest Juvenile Lockup

03.24.2022
7:00 p.m. EDT

Round-the-clock solitary confinement. Shackles. No education.

Online

Meet the journalists behind Testify

02.08.2022
12:00 p.m. EST

Come talk with us about Cuyahoga County criminal court judges — and who votes for them.

Online

Meet the journalists behind Testify

02.03.2022
5:00 p.m. EST

Come talk with us about Cuyahoga County criminal court judges — and who votes for them.

Virtual

Inside “The San Quentin Project”

05.04.2021
7:00 p.m. EDT

A conversation with Nigel Poor and Reginald Dwayne Betts

Poynter

The Words We Use to Cover Criminal Justice, Jails and Prisons

04.21.2021
12:00 p.m. EDT

This one-hour webinar will challenge you to think more critically about the language you use to describe incarcerated people in your reporting.

Reckon by AL.com Facebook page

‘Tutwiler’ online panel discussion

05.14.2020
8:00 p.m. EDT

Reckon by AL.com will host an online panel discussion for Tutwiler, a documentary short by The Marshall Project and FRONTLINE (PBS).

Reckon by AL.com Facebook page

‘Tutwiler’ online film screening

05.12.2020
8:00 p.m. EDT

A Facebook watch party for Tutwiler, a documentary by The Marshall Project and FRONTLINE (PBS).

Jule Collins Smith Museum

‘Tutwiler’ Film Screening at Jule Collins Smith Museum

03.25.2020
4:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of Tutwiler, a documentary short by The Marshall Project and FRONTLINE PBS on what it is like to be an expectant mother in Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Prison, and the doula program trying to help these women prepare for birth.

University of Alabama School of Law

‘Tutwiler’ Film Screening at University of Alabama School of Law

03.24.2020
4:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of Tutwiler, a documentary short by The Marshall Project and FRONTLINE PBS on what it is like to be an expectant mother in Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Prison, and the doula program trying to help these women prepare for birth.

Southside Center for the Arts

‘Tutwiler’ Film Screening at Southside Center for the Arts

03.20.2020
6:30 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of Tutwiler, a documentary short by The Marshall Project and FRONTLINE PBS on what it is like to be an expectant mother in Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Prison, and the doula program trying to help these women prepare for birth.

Tenement Museum NYC

The Opposite of Freedom: Detention in the Land of the Free

02.20.2020
6:30 p.m. EST

A free panel discussion exploring the history of United States’ immigrant detention policy.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Lurie Hospital)

11.20.2019
1:45 p.m. EST

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, Woodson Regional

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Woodson Regional)

11.16.2019
2:00 p.m. EST

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library - Daley, Richard M.-W Humboldt Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Daley, Richard M.-W Humboldt Branch)

11.14.2019
6:00 p.m. EST

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, Back of the Yards Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Back of The Yards)

11.14.2019
6:00 p.m. EST

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library - Roden Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Roden Branch)

11.12.2019
6:30 p.m. EST

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library - North Austin Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (North Austin Branch)

11.09.2019
2:00 p.m. EST

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library - Daley - Chinatown Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Chinatown Branch)

11.06.2019
5:00 p.m. EST

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library - Rogers Park Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Rogers Park Branch)

11.04.2019
6:00 p.m. EST

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library - Brighton Park Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Brighton Park Branch)

11.02.2019
2:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Eastern State Penitentiary Museum, Philadelphia

Justice Votes 2020: A Presidential Town Hall

10.28.2019
1:00 p.m. EDT

A 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate town hall on criminal justice reform – set inside a museum that was once a prison – with questions from impacted people and their families.

Chicago Public Library - Little Italy Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Little Italy Branch)

10.23.2019
6:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library - Logan Square Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Logan Square Branch)

10.22.2019
6:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, Rogers Park Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Rogers Park Branch)

10.19.2019
2:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, North Austin Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (North Austin Branch)

10.19.2019
2:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, Sulzer Regional

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Sulzer Regional)

10.16.2019
6:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, Albany Park Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Albany Park Branch)

10.15.2019
6:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Build Coffee

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (City Bureau)

10.10.2019
6:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, South Chicago Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (South Chicago Branch)

10.09.2019
5:30 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Beyond Offices

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Chicago Beyond)

10.08.2019
6:30 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, Hall Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Hall Branch)

10.03.2019
6:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, Chinatown Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Chinatown Branch)

10.02.2019
5:00 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, Wrightwood-Ashburn Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Wrightwood-Ashburn Branch)

10.02.2019
4:30 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

Chicago Public Library, Scottsdale Branch

We Are Witnesses: Chicago (Scottsdale Branch)

10.01.2019
5:30 p.m. EDT

A screening and discussion of our immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

The Google Space

What's The Story? Criminal Justice and Sports

09.17.2019
12:00 p.m. EDT

A monthly speaker series from The Marshall Project

Harold Washington Library

We Are Witnesses: Chicago

09.12.2019
6:00 p.m. EDT

An immersive short film series exploring the nature of crime, punishment and forgiveness through portraits of Chicagoans who have been touched by the criminal justice system.

The Google Space

What's The Story? Criminal Justice and Local News

07.16.2019
12:00 p.m. EDT

A monthly speaker series from The Marshall Project

American Enterprise Institute

What's The Story? Criminal Justice and The Business Community

05.08.2019
5:00 p.m. EDT

A monthly speaker series from The Marshall Project

Scenes from "We are Witnesses: Becoming an American."
Tenement Museum

Tenement Talk: We Are Witnesses

04.18.2019
6:30 p.m. EDT

U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Room 201

What's The Story? Criminal Justice and Religion

04.09.2019
12:00 p.m. EDT

A monthly speaker series from The Marshall Project

Scenes from "We are Witnesses: Becoming an American."
Celeste Auditorium, New York Public Library, NYC

We Are Witnesses: Becoming an American

03.18.2019
6:30 p.m. EDT

A powerful short film series explores what it means to be an immigrant in America today.

The Google Space

What's The Story? Criminal Justice and The Entertainment Industry

03.07.2019
5:00 p.m. EST

A monthly speaker series from The Marshall Project

The Google Space

What's The Story? Criminal Justice and Storytelling

01.23.2019
12:00 p.m. EST

A monthly speaker series from The Marshall Project

The National Press Club

What's The Story? Criminal Justice and Public Opinion

11.13.2018
12:00 p.m. EST

A monthly speaker series from The Marshall Project

The Wing (Flatiron)

The Wing + The Marshall Project

10.24.2018
7:00 p.m. EDT

An evening of film and discussion on women and incarceration

Harvard Gardens

Membership Happy Hour

10.23.2018
6:00 p.m. EDT

Gather with fellow members and fans of The Marshall Project

Central Library

We Are Witnesses

10.15.2018
6:30 p.m. EDT

Screening + Discussion

Boston University's College of Communication

The Power of Narrative + We Are Witnesses

10.04.2018
6:00 p.m. EDT

Telling true stories in turbulent times

New York University

We Are Witnesses

10.03.2018
6:30 p.m. EDT

Stories from the American Criminal Legal System

The Google Space

What's The Story? Criminal Justice and Narrative Change

10.01.2018
8:30 a.m. EDT

A new monthly series from The Marshall Project

Center for Civil and Human Rights

We Are Witnesses: Life Beyond Lockup

09.28.2018
6:00 p.m. EDT

A conversation on restoring human rights post-incarceration

The New School

Don't Get Caught

09.17.2018
7:00 p.m. EDT

How the school-to-prison pipeline is transforming American kids

Chris Renton, an outside volunteer, is surrounded with support from inmates and other visitors during a group therapy session at Folsom State Prison in California.
Vogue Theatre

The Work

06.06.2018
6:30 p.m. EDT

Topic Talks

Brooklyn Historical Society

Law, Order and Justice

06.06.2018
6:25 p.m. EDT

The History and Politics of Criminal Justice in New York

BRIC House

Whose War on Drugs?

05.23.2018
6:30 p.m. EDT

A #BHeard Town Hall

Columbia Law School

We Are Witnesses

04.10.2018
6:30 p.m. EDT

Screening + Discussion

New York Public Library

We Are Witnesses

02.28.2018
6:30 p.m. EST

Screening + Discussion

Bronx Documentary Center

Visualizing Criminal Justice

01.11.2018
7:00 p.m. EST

We Are Witnesses + Joseph Rodriguez

BRIC House

Mental Health as a Civil Right

12.13.2017
6:30 p.m. EST

A #BHeard Town Hall

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

We Are Witnesses Premiere

10.26.2017
6:30 p.m. EDT

Public screening + discussion

Commonwealth Club

For-Profit Punishment?

07.18.2017
5:00 p.m. EDT

The Private Prison Question