On Monday, January 17, the federal holiday of Martin Luther King Day is celebrated in honor of his birthday on January 15.
We have invited a guest speaker from EXPO (Ex-incarcerated People Organizing) for Sunday, January 16, at the usual time of the Dharma talk.
Milwaukee Zen Center has for many years advocated for people in prison and supported those who have been released. We are aware that The United States incarcerates far more of its population per capita than any other other country, with the exception of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. Black and Brown bodies and lives bear the brunt of the sprawling criminal justice system that is omnipresent in many poor communities.
Wisconsin has an incarceration rate of 663 per 100,000 people (including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities), meaning that it locks up a higher percentage of its people than almost any democracy on earth.
