The House I Live In documentary

While recognizing the seriousness of drug abuse as a matter of public health, the film investigates the tragic errors and shortcomings that have meant it is more often treated as a matter for law enforcement, creating a vast machine that feeds largely on America’s poor, and especially on minority communities. Beyond simple misguided policy, The House I Live In examines how political and economic corruption have fueled the war for forty years, despite persistent evidence of its moral, economic, and practical failures.

Screening of this important film, followed by a panel discussion and recommendations for action. Panelists include:

Daryl Atkinson, Staff attorney, Southern Coalition for Social Justice

Chris Blue, Chapel Hill Police Chief

Clay Everett, Program Director, Freedom House

Lamar Proctor, Assistant District Attorney, Orange County

Moderator, James Williams, Public Defender, Orange & Chatham

Co-sponsored by Organizing Against Racism (OAR) Alliance, Citizens Advocating for Racial Equity (CARE), the NAACP (Chapel Hill-Carrboro branch) and the Rogers Rd-Eubanks Neighborhood Association.

FREE and open to the public.