From Occupy Wall Street to Rikers: Cecily McMillan's Story

Cecily McMillan during her court trial for assaulting an officer at the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Cecily McMillan, an Occupy Wall Street organizer, prison reform advocate and the author of The Emancipation of Cecily McMillan: An American Memoir (Nation Books, 2016), shares the story of her controversial arrest during the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and what she learned about herself and the system while incarcerated at Rikers Island.

→ You can see the author tonight at 7 p.m.