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JLUSA leader David Gaspar on Rattling the Bars

By JLUSA

May 30, 2023

2019 Leading with Conviction graduate David Gaspar joins Mansa Musa on Rattling the Bars to talk about the cash bail system in the U.S.
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DeAnna Hoskins interview on Rattling the Bars

By JLUSA

May 22, 2023

JLUSA President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins sat down recently with Mansa Musa, host of Rattling the Bars on The Real News Network.
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“The Truth About Crime” Airs This Week on Scripps News

By JLUSA

May 17, 2023

JLUSA President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins and Leading with Conviction 2019 graduate Eric Weaver interviewed for Scripps News
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DeAnna Hoskins on the FDA’s proposed federal criminal ban on menthol products

By DeAnna Hoskins

May 9, 2023

Menthol and flavored tobacco are the tobacco products predominantly preferred by people of color, with over 80 percent of Black smokers using menthol.
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DeAnna Hoskins interviewed on Roland Martin Unfiltered

By JLUSA

May 3, 2023

On April 28, JLUSA President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins appeared on Roland Martin Unfiltered to speak about the launch of the JustUS Coordinating Council.
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Missouri becomes first state to join Reentry 2030

By JLUSA

April 26, 2023

Missouri has become the first state to join Reentry 2030, a national effort focused on improving people’s chances of success upon reentry to society.
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Michigan has sentenced more kids to die in prison than any other U.S. state or country in the world

By JLUSA

April 4, 2023

Ronnie Waters says no child should have to die in prison.
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Keturah Herron speaks out against new anti-trans law

By JLUSA

March 30, 2023

Leading with Conviction 2019 graduate and Kentucky State Representative Keturah Herron speaks out against the passage of Senate Bill 150.
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Tracey Syphax speaks out about civilian review boards following Najee Seabrooks’ killing

By JLUSA

March 23, 2023

JLUSA leader Tracey Syphax speaks out following Najee Seabrooks’ killing
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Lester Young testifies in support of South Carolina’s Workforce Opportunity Act

By JLUSA

March 6, 2023

JLUSA Senior Movement and Capacity Building Specialist Lester Young was featured on WIS News 10.
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Breonna Taylor Three Years Later. What Have We Learned?

By JLUSA

February 27, 2023

Leading with Conviction 2019 graduate Rep. Keturah Herron reflects on the state of things three years after the police killing of Breonna Taylor.
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Philip Cooper speaks about barriers to reentry

By JLUSA

February 15, 2023

Leading with Conviction 2022 graduate Philip Cooper speaks about barriers to reentry on CBS17.
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Paying a Debt to Society: Expunging Criminal Records as a Pathway to Increased Employment

By JLUSA

January 24, 2023

Hakim Crampton writes that expungement is a pathway to increased employment.
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Does our criminal justice system allow for true redemption?

By JLUSA

January 17, 2023

Rick Speck speaks about redemption and criminal legal reform with WDET.
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Free to Succeed: Marlon Chamberlain

By JLUSA

Leading with Conviction 2019 graduate Marlon Chamberlain tells his story.
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JLUSA leader Savvy Shabbaz joins community protest after 13th death at Louisville jail

By JLUSA

January 15, 2023

Leading with Conviction 2023 cohort member Savvy Shabazz and other concerned community members held a vigil across from the jail.