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INNOCENCE PROJECT PARTNERS WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT

Black Lives Matter Movement invites the Innocence Project to their next

teach-in session at Morehouse University.

ATLANTA (September 17, 2017)The Innocence Project will team up with the activist group Black Lives

Matters at their next teach-in session that will be located at Morehouse University in Atlanta, Ga. The event will

take place on Saturday, Oct. 18th. This partnership will be one of many efforts to spread the awareness of the

Innocence Project across the African American culture.

Morehouse University is an all-male, historical black, liberal arts college located in metropolitan Atlanta. The

University houses over 2,000 males students whom are working towards higher education goals. The teach-in

session hosted at Morehouse University will consist of a variety of speakers to address many injustice matters

such as police brutality, racial inequality and wrongful imprisonment.

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This collaboration is necessary to bring awareness to the black community, said Alicia Garza, co-founder of

the Black Lives Matter movement. These men need to be knowledgeable in the different forms of injustices

that they may face or their family my face at one point.

Approximately 62 percent of the total exoneration in the United States were African American males. Bringing

awareness to a predominately black and all-male student population will shed the light on not only police

brutality but also wrongful convictions.

The Black Lives Matter movement focuses on the unruly killings of innocent black men and women, while the

Innocence Project focuses on the wrongful conviction of innocent citizens. Both organizations work to their

fullest potential to fight and reform the justice system.

About The Innocence Project:

This Innocence Project is a non-profit organization, headquartered in New York City. Their mission is to free

the staggering number of innocent people who remain incarcerated, and to bring reform to the system

responsible for their unjust imprisonment For more information or to make a generous donation please visit our

website at https://www.innocenceproject.org/.

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