BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:What: Screening\, Conversation and Reception When: Wednesday\, December 5\, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Where: Social Law Library\, Boston\, MA The film will start promptly at 5:30 p.m.!\nSo come early and stay after for good food\, good drink and good conversation. The William P. Homans\, Jr.\, Endowment of the Supreme Judicial Court Historical Socie ty and the Social Law Library present \;\na special screening of the d ocumentary  \; &ldquo\;A new documentary &lsquo\;Circle Up&rsquo\; tracks the incredible journey of how two Boston women have turned their gr ief into something positive for the community\, even going so far as to fo rgive some of their sons&rsquo\; murderers.&rdquo\;&mdash\;WBUR \n&ldquo\; Janet Connors&rsquo\; story starts with a knock at the door. She is told t hat her 19-year-old son\, Joel James Turner\, has been killed &mdash\; sta bbed to death. What to do with that kind of pain &hellip\;&rdquo\;&mdash\; WGBH\, All Things Considered \n&ldquo\;[S]he forgave her son&rsquo\;s kill er &mdash\; possibly the most moving moment you&rsquo\;ll see on screen al l year. That or the scene in which a convicted killer meets a woman at her dead son&rsquo\;s gravesite and breaks down in tears when he tells her he &rsquo\;s sorry.&rdquo\; &mdash\;The Boston Globe \n&ldquo\;The first vict im-offender dialogue in Massachusetts&hellip\;. Until that point\, the Sta te had not allowed victims of crime to meet with those who had caused them harm.&rdquo\; &mdash\;HuffingtonPost CIRCLE UP is a call to action for r eframing approaches to crime and punishment through the lens of restorativ e justice\, forgiveness\, and accountability. Guests: Brief introductory r emarks by Thomas B. Shapiro in remembrance of Bill Homans \;and a post -screening conversation with Director Julie Mallozzi and the subjects of t he film Janet Connors and Clarissa Turner. Questions? Contact Michael Sapo rito at msaporito@socialaw.com\nSocial Law Library\, John Adams Courthouse \, 4th Floor\, Boston\, Massachusetts \nThe Supreme Judicial Court Histori cal Society is an educational trust operating under the auspices of the So cial Law Library. \nThe views expressed are those of the director and gu ests and not necessarily of the Library or the Homans Endowment. Registran ts for this program acknowledge that during the program their photographic or videographic images may be incidentally taken\; registrants agree that the submission of their registrations for this program constitutes their written consent to the Social Law Library&rsquo\;s use of any such image i n print and online materials solely for promotion of the Library&rsquo\;s noncommercial CLE seminars and other educational events and activities. DTEND:20181206T010000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T202946Z DTSTART:20181205T223000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Circle Up UID:RFCALITEM638472401869436457 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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/strong> Screening\, Conversation and Reception
When: Wednesday\, December 5\, 2018 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Where: Social Law Library\, Boston\, MA
The film will start promptly at 5:30 p.m.!
\nSo come early and stay after for good food\,
good drink and good conversation.
 \;
&ldquo\;A new documentary &lsquo\;Circle Up&rsquo\; tracks the incredible
journey of how two Boston women have turned their grief into something pos
itive for the community\, even going so far as to forgive some of their so
ns&rsquo\; murderers.&rdquo\;&mdash\;WBUR
\n&ldquo\;Janet Conn
ors&rsquo\; story starts with a knock at the door. She is told that her 19
-year-old son\, Joel James Turner\, has been killed &mdash\; stabbed to de
ath. What to do with that kind of pain &hellip\;&rdquo\;&mdash\;WGBH\, All Things Considered
\n&ldquo\;[S]he forgave her son&rs
quo\;s killer &mdash\; possibly the most moving moment you&rsquo\;ll see o
n screen all year. That or the scene in which a convicted killer meets a w
oman at her dead son&rsquo\;s gravesite and breaks down in tears when he t
ells her he&rsquo\;s sorry.&rdquo\; &mdash\;The Boston Globe
\
n&ldquo\;The first victim-offender dialogue in Massachusetts&hellip\;. Unt
il that point\, the State had not allowed victims of crime to meet with th
ose who had caused them harm.&rdquo\; &mdash\;HuffingtonPost
CIRCLE UP is a call to action for reframing approaches to
crime and punishment through the lens of restorative justice\, forgivenes
s\, and accountability.
Brief intr oductory remarks by Thomas B. Shapiro in remembrance of B ill Homans \;and a post-screening conversation with Director J ulie Mallozzi and the subjects of the film Janet Connors< /strong> and Clarissa Turner.
Questions? Contact Michael Saporito at msaporito@socialaw.com
\nSocial Law L
ibrary\, John Adams Courthouse\, 4th Floor\, Boston\, Massachusetts
\nThe Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society is an educational tr
ust operating under the auspices of the Social Law Library.
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img src="https://www.socialaw.com/images/default-source/default-album/homa
ns.jpg?sfvrsn=f3fae519_0" title="homans" />
\nThe views expres
sed are those of the director and guests and not necessarily of the Librar
y or the Homans Endowment. Registrants for this program acknowledge that d
uring the program their photographic or videographic images may be inciden
tally taken\; registrants agree that the submission of their registrations
for this program constitutes their written consent to the Social Law Libr
ary&rsquo\;s use of any such image in print and online materials solely fo
r promotion of the Library&rsquo\;s noncommercial CLE seminars and other e
ducational events and activities.