Inside the Adachi Project

Join us for an inside look at The Adachi Project, a first-of-its-kind storytelling initiative that spotlights powerful stories and unseen perspectives of the U.S. criminal legal system via compelling documentary film, video and photojournalism.

Following an introduction to The Adachi Project by Mano Raju and Santhosh Daniel, we'll view one of the films from the project and feature a discussion with the people involved.

SPEAKERS

Santhosh Daniel

Founding Partner, The Adachi Project; Founder, Compound; Co-Founder, First Kitchen Media

Mohammad Gorjestani

Founding Partner, The Adachi Project; Filmmaker and Creative Director

Carolyn Ji Jong Goossen

San Francisco Policy Director, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office; Leading Member, The Adachi Project

William M. Palmer II (Tariq)

Criminal Justice Advocate; Committee Member, San Francisco Reentry Sentencing Commission, Direct Services; Co-Leader, Subcommittee on Legislation, Policy & Practices; Communications Fellow, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children; CEO, Life After Next

Hadi Razzaq

Managing Attorney, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office; Core Member, The Adachi Project

Mano Raju

Public Defender, City and County of San Francisco

Michelle Meow

Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," KBCW/KPIX and Podcast; Member, Commonwealth Club Board of Governors—Host

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on April 23rd, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California.

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