Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Emile Suotonye DeWeaver in conversation with Maya Schenwar
Tue, Jun 24
|Chicago
Join us for a celebration of Emile Suotonye DeWeaver's inaugural book, Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine: Reform, White Supremacy, and an Abolitionist Future at Haymarket House. Emile will be in conversation with longtime abolitionist organizer and author Maya Schenwar.
Time & Location
Jun 24, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Chicago, 800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613, USA
About the event
Despite reform efforts that have grown in scope and intensity over the last two decades, the machine of American mass incarceration continues to flourish. In this powerful polemic, formerly incarcerated activist, essayist, and organizer Emile Suotonye DeWeaver argues that the root of the problem is white supremacy. In the same vein as James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, Ghost in the Criminal Justice Machine adds a sharp and unique perspective to the growing discourse on racial justice, incarceration, and abolition. With lucid, urgent prose, DeWeaver intervenes in contemporary debates on criminal justice and racial justice efforts with his eye-opening discussion of the tools we need to end white supremacy—both within and outside the carceral setting.
We ask that all in-person attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speaker and other guests. We will have a reception afterwards with light refreshments and books available for purchase.
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