2025 - 2026 Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Speaker Series

These talks are free and open to the public, as well as the Yale and Quinnipiac communities!

“The Strike” Screening and Discussion

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street, Room 129

A new documentary chronicles how thousands of incarcerated individuals at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison overcame decades of extreme solitary confinement practices by orchestrating the largest prison hunger strike in U.S. history. 

The screening will be followed by a discussion with JoeBill Muñoz, one of the directors, and Michael Saavedra, one of the strikers featured in the documentary.

Cosponsored by the Yale Investigative Reporting Lab, the Yale Prison Education Initiative, the Yale Ludwig Program in Public Sector Leadership, and the Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop. Open to the Yale University and Quinnipiac Law School communities. Registration required by October 12. Register Here.