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  • August 6, 2026
  • 6:00 pm EDT
  • Ivy Bookshop
    5928 Falls Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21209
  • Free Admission

ARC Executive Director Liz Vartkessian will read from her book, The Deserving: What the Lives of the Condemned Reveal About American Justice at Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, MD.

She’ll discuss her book on the Ivy Patio with Dr. Khalilah M. Harris, Executive Director of the Public Justice Center, where we’ll consider the argument for true rehabilitation replacing retribution.

Founded in 1985, the Public Justice Center is a nonprofit civil rights law firm that uses legal tools to challenge poverty and racial inequity in Maryland and beyond. Read more at www.publicjustice.org.

Book purchases at this event raise funds for the Public Justice Center as part of CLLCTIVGIVE, an annual 24 hour period of community-powered giving in support of Black-led organizations across Greater Baltimore. More than a fundraising campaign, CLLCTIVGive is a movement to move resources, amplify the work, and celebrate the organizations building what our communities need to thrive.

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