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An estimated 2,500 students gathered over the weekend at a packed auditorium of classrooms and dance studios across town to celebrate the event, known by the nickname of «Laughing Manatee» because of its presence in some of the state’s lakes.
The event also featured the likes of David Byrne, James Bay, and David Byrne’s wife, the singer Tish, at a pre-scheduled dance for students in English literature, music, drama, dance, singing, and other subjects, including drama and drama major.
This year’s event kicked off with an afternoon ceremony in front of the State Department of Corrections.
«It’s not that we haven’t had any news of people in particular in the jail population dying,» said the director, Mark Lasko. «It’s that they are here for a reason: they’re there because we wanted to see them suffer.»
The events began with a ceremony with a prayer from director Stephen Vail, followed by a panel discussion in which the president of the local chapter of Prison Fellowship, Mark Schaller, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, and David Brown, the state director of the Sentencing Project진주출장샵 진주출장안마, discussed the dangers of solitary confinement and why more mental health treatment and supervision is necessary.
The group then moved on to discussion about the future of the event, which is scheduled to move online at no later than April 28 and then available for the public to attend online during the first year.
«This is not some fringe event,» said Lasko. «This is not 진주출장안마 진주출장마사지some wild, crazy, and bizarre event. It’s something that is a reflection of what the prison reform movement is going on at the state and the federal level.»
The group’s main goal is to create awareness and resources for mental health, including a new online resource for those with information.
«We are making this the next stage,» said Vail.
The event has included multiple outreach efforts, from sponsoring lectures at both Maryland prisons to participating in workshops and lectures at the University of Maryland.
«We need to tell our students, ‘We need to tell you what’s going on in a safe setting,'» said Schaller, who, like Byrne, teaches at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. «We have to do it outside and with different voices, so we can tell that story and keep that message in people’s heads.»