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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
John Thompson Legacy Center
1212 St. Bernard Ave, New Orleans
Speakers
Alexis Martin, Executive Director, Freedom to Grow
Everett “Buff” Offray, Peer Advocate at Orleans Public Defenders and Ambassador for the Visiting Room Project
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Mon, March 16, 2026
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
South Branch Library
2210 Glasgow Ave, Baton Rouge
Speakers
Rev. Alexis Anderson, Executive Director, PREACH
Pastor Ron Hicks, Pastor, The Sanctuary
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Friday, March 13, 2026
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Resistencia Bookstore
2000 Thrasher ln, Austin, TX
Speakers
Jorge Renaud, Regional Director of Policy and Advocacy, Latino Justice
Darwin Hamilton, Oversight Board, Travis County Public Defender Office
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Mon, Jan. 26
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
University of Central Florida
UCF John C. Hitt Library, Room 402, University of Central Florida
Speakers
Walter Dunn, author of How to Navigate through Criminal Justice System and Through Innocent Eyes
Benjamin K. Cohn, PhD Candidate, University of Central Florida
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Sunday, January 25, 2026
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
For Keeps Bookstore
171 Auburn Ave NE
Speakers
Josie Duffy Rice, journalist & writer
Dominique Morgan, activist, artist and changemaker
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Thursday, January 22, 2026
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Firestorm Books
1022 Haywood Rd
Speakers
Rev. Philip Cooper, Founder, Operation Gateway
Noel Nickle, Executive Director, NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
5517 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd
Speakers
Katie Crisp, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Dr. Craig Waleed, Project Manager for Unlock the Box (UTB) and the End Solitary NC Campaign, Disability Rights North Carolina
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Tuesday. January 20, 2026
6:00 to 8:00 pm
Black Iris Social Club
321 West Broad St.
Speakers
Senator Jennifer Boysko, Representative, 38th district of Virginia
Jesse Crosson, Founder, Second Chancer Foundation
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Georgetown University
500 First, Room 750
Speakers
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
Brittany Lovely, Co-Founder & President, Abolition Advocacy Project
John Foreman, FreeMinds poet ambassador
Georgetown Law's Abolition Advocacy Project is hosting a book talk on “The Prison Industry: How it Works and Who Profits" with author Bianca Tylek, founder of Worth Rises, a leading organization that spotlights corporations profiting from the underpaid labor of incarcerated individuals. Joining Bianca will be returning citizen John Foreman, who will share his perspective on the system from the inside. Today, John serves as an ambassador for Free Minds, engaging incarcerated youth in art, writing, and peacebuilding skills in their communities. Refreshments provided.
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Monday, October 6, 2025
Lake City Books
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speakers
Jerome Dillard, Executive Director, EXPO Wisconsin
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Tues, September 23
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Princeton University
Speakers
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
SWELL Cafe, 2936 Colerain Ave
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Speakers
Tamaya Dennard, Programs and Partnership Manager, Represent Women (moderator)
Tyra Patterson, Artist and Activist
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Monday, September 15, 2025
UC Berkeley Law - 295 Warren Room
12:50 PM - 2:00 PM
Speakers
Chesa Boudin, Executive Director, Berkeley's Criminal Law & Justice Center (moderator)
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Sun, Sept 14
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Norcal Resist
2775 Cottage Way
Speakers
Julius Thibadeaux, Executive Director, Movement 4 Life
LaMills Garrett, Vice President, Greater Sacramento NAACP
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
George Pearl Hall, Dept of Architecture and Planning, University of New Mexico
Doors open at 6:30PM | Program begins at 7:00PM | Book signing to follow
Speakers
Bernadine Hernández, associate professor, University of New Mexico, and author of Border Bodies: Racialized Sexuality, Sexual Capital, and Violence in the Nineteenth Century Borderlands (moderator)
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
sheri crider, artist and Founder, Sanitary Tortilla Factory
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Easy Does It
2354 N Milwaukee Ave
Speakers
James Kilgore, activist and author of Understanding Mass Incarceration and Understanding E-carceration (moderator)
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director of Worth Rises and author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits
Richard Wallace, Executive Director of Equity and Transformation
This event is an opportunity to learn more about the ways the carceral system profits at the expense of marginalized communities and explore the transformative work of Worth Rises and our partners.
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May 20th
Just Impact Conference
Event for conference attendees only.
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Thursday, May 15
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
CultureRoad
Speakers:
Marcus Glover, Managing Partner, Lockstep Ventures
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director, Worth Rises
DeEtta Jones, Founder & CEO, CultureRoad By Detta Jones & Associates
Come join us for a salon-style, eye-opening discussion led by criminal justice activist, Bianca Tylek, based on her new book The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. We'll delve into the complexities of the prison system, exploring its impact on society and individuals.
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Wed, May 14
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Roots Collective Bookstore & Market
6610 NW 15th Ave
Speakers:
Phil Agnew, Co-Director of Black Men Build
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director of Worth Rises
Maya Ragsdale, Co-Executive Director of Beyond the Bars Miami
Join us for a compelling conversation to celebrate the release of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. The event will feature a panel conversation offering a deep dive into the complex dynamics of the prison industry, the false ethics of carceral capitalism, and its far-reaching consequences on communities.
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Tuesday, April 29
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Village Well Books & Coffee
9900 Culver Blvd #1b
Speakers:
Alec Karakatsanis, Founder and Executive Director of Civil Rights Corps
Bianca Tylek, Founder and Executive Director of Worth Rises
Join for a powerful conversation on the far-reaching harms of the prison industrial complex with two leading voices for justice: Alec Karakatsanis, author of Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News, and Bianca Tylek, author of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. The event will feature a panel conversation offering a deep dive into the complex dynamics of the prison industry, the false ethics of carceral capitalism, and its far-reaching consequences on communities.
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Tues, April 15
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Columbia Business School
Cooperman Commons, David Geffen Hall
Speakers:
Damon Philips, Professor of Management at Wharton Business School and adjunct senior research scholar at Columbia Business School (Welcome)
Jelani Cobb, Dean of Columbia Journalism School and staff writer at The New Yorker (Moderator)
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director of Worth Rises
Johnny Perez, Director, U.S. Prisons Program, National Religious Campaign Against Torture
Join us for a compelling conversation to celebrate the release of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. The event will feature a panel conversation offering a deep dive into the complex dynamics of the prison industry, the false ethics of carceral capitalism, and its far-reaching consequences on communities.
Refreshments will be served. This event is co-hosted by the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change at Columbia Business School, the Columbia University Center for Justice, and the Columbia Journalism School.
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Thursday, April 10
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
Speakers:
Dr. Kerry Sautner, President and CEO of Eastern State (Welcome)
Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black (Moderator)
Bianca Tylek, Executive Director of Worth Rises
Robert Saleem Holbrook, Executive Director of Abolitionist Law Center
Jesse Krimes, artist and Executive Director of the Center for Art & Advocacy
Join us for an exclusive evening to celebrate the release of The Prison Industry: How It Works and Who Profits. The event will feature a fireside chat offering a deep dive into the complex dynamics of the prison industry and its far-reaching consequences on communities.
This event was co-hosted by Eastern State Penitentiary State Historic and Abolitionist Law Center.
More dates in other cities coming soon!