Dreaming Beyond Rikers

11th Anniversary of Kalief Browder's death, screening of FOR VENIDA, FOR KALIEF, panel w/ director advocates, & sound bath + ear seeds

The event is free and is first come, first served with RSVP and a suggested donation.

FOR VENIDA, FOR KALIEF Film & The People's Forum Present : Dreaming Beyond Rikers

June 6th will be the 11th Anniversary of Kalief Browder's death and we will be screening FOR VENIDA, FOR KALIEF , which was selected for the 2025 Tribeca Festival U.S. Documentary Competition. The film the poetry of Venida Brodnax Browder, mother of Kalief Browder, and weaves a lyrical and cinematic mosaic connecting past, present, and future while exploring the movement to transform Rikers Island—the world’s most notorious jail—into a renewable energy center. Full film synopsis below.

Please join us for a powerful and grounding afternoon at The People’s Forum! Following the film screening, advocates from the Campaign to Close Rikers and Local Law 42 to end solitary confinement in NYC- Jails Action Coalition, HALT Solitary, Freedom Agenda, Rikers Public Memory Project, NYC-EJA, Renewable Rikers and more will lead a panel on pushing for the implementation of Local Law 42 and the realities of closing Rikers Island Jail by the legally-mandated deadline of August 31, 2027.

The afternoon ends with a grounding sound bath provided by DarMae Essentials

Acupressure via ear seeds provided by Qi Zone Wellness