Speaker

Christi Griffin is frequently called on to speak on the difficult subjects of mass incarceration, the school to prison pipeline, over policing and their interrelationship with the private prison industry. Often referencing her book, Incarcerations in Black and White, The Subjugation of Black America, she relies on stark statistics the underscore the staggering increase in prison populations and the introduction of private prisons in the United States.
She has spoken at:
• Washington University School of Law
• Civil Rights Conference, 50th Anniversary March on Washington
• Gephardt Institute, Washington University
• University of Missouri St. Louis, Dept. of Criminology
• UMKC, Dept. of Criminology
• St. Louis U Dept. of African American Studies
• White Privilege Conference
• Delta Sigma Theta
• Nat’l Assoc. of Black Social Workers, St. Louis
• St. Louis University School of Law, Black Law Student Assoc.
• BJC & St. Louis Children’s Hospital Martin Luther King Annual Observance
• Forest Park Community College
• Social Action Summer Institute
• Urban League Young Professionals
• Webster-Rockhill Ministries Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration
• Unitarian Inspired Faith Social Justice Conference
• 50th Anniversary March on Washington Conference
• Just Faith
• Northwest Academy of Law Peace Summit
• Howard University’s Assoc. for the Study of African American History Conference
• St. Louis Community College
• The Anniversary Club
• The Black Live Matters Conference at Xavier University in New Orleans
• National Conference on Addiction Disorders

Seen above: Introspection after Griffin’s talk at The Anniversary Club meeting. Among those in attendance, Missouri Supreme Court Judge, George Draper, retired President of Harris Stowe State University, Henry Givens, former St. Louis City Treasurer, Larry Williams and (Not-seen) historian, Dr. John Wright and US District Court Judge, Ronnie White.

Among her most coveted engagements was speaking at the 50^th Anniversary of the March on Washington Conference in Washington DC, moderating a panel discussion at the 100^th Anniversary of the Association of African American Life and History (ASALH) founded by Carter G. Woodson, serving as the first speaker for the inaugural breakfast launch of the St. Louis Community College Annual Social Justice Week and following in the footsteps as such notable speakers as W.E. B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington to address The Anniversary Club, the oldest African American social club in the state of Missouri, founded in1860.

FOR BOOKINGS: Requests for lectures, speaking engagements, Mother 2 Mother or Father 2 Father Conversations, they can be emailed to: TheEthicsProject@gmail.com

TV and Documentaries

During and after the Ferguson unrest, Griffin was sought after for interviews and documentaries. Seen here with CNN reporter, Sara Sidner and others