Geneseo is hosting four events related to the Attica prison uprising, including a talk by Pulitzer Prize winning author Heather Thompson, as well as a panel of people with connections to the Attica uprising and its aftermath.

The second event is a panel including: 

Michael Smith, Corrections Officer and Hostage

Minister Raymond B.T. Scott, Observer and Rochester activist for racial and economic justice

Judge Ellen Yacknin, civil legal team attorney

Dee Quinn Miller, father was a Corrections officer who died from injuries sustained during the takeover; one of the founders of the Forgotten Victims of Attica

Joe Heath, Civil and Indigenous rights lawyer, and attorney for Attica inmates

Gary Craig, journalist who has covered Attica developments for decades

Chris Christopher, documentary filmmaker and co-producer of film on Attica (see Sep. 11, 3:30 event)