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Kyle Giddings on informing people in custody in Colorado about their voting rights

By JLUSA

September 9, 2024

Kyle Giddings (Leading with Conviction™ 2024 participant) talks about his work with educating people in Colorado jails about their voting rights.
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Is Alabama just keeping people incarcerated to continue using them as cheap labor?

By JLUSA

September 5, 2024

If the Alabama Parole Board followed its own guidelines, it would grant parole in ~80% of cases. Instead, that number dropped to just 8% in 2023. Why?
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Timothy Burgess discusses extreme heat in Vermont prisons with The Appeal

By JLUSA

September 3, 2024

Like much of the Northeast, Vermont is heating up at a troubling pace, making it one of the fastest-warming states in the country.
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SaulPaul’s new album “Speak Hope, Sing Joy” is out now!

By JLUSA

August 30, 2024

Known for blending R&B, hip-hop, Afrobeat, folk, pop, and reggae, SaulPaul’s highly anticipated new album is out today!
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Are Biden and the Democratic Party breaking their promise to end the death penalty?

By JLUSA

August 26, 2024

Last week, the Democratic Party approved its 2024 platform, which includes no mention of the death penalty for the first time.
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Tim Walz was arrested once in 1995 for DUI — he gave up drinking, but some still judge him for it three decades later

By JLUSA

August 21, 2024

Walz described his arrest as a “gut check moment,” when he recommitted to being a role model to his students.
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Brian Beals on expanding the Mud Theatre Project in Chicago

By JLUSA

August 19, 2024

Brian Beals was recently awarded a grant for the Mud Theatre Project as part of the Chicagoland Community Leadership Development Investment Program.
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JustLeadershipUSA Announces Chicago Beyond Grant Recipients for Directly Impacted People to Enact Change Within the Criminal Justice System

By JLUSA

August 14, 2024

JLUSA is excited to announce the recipients of grants from Chicago Beyond for The Chicagoland Community Leadership Development Investment Program.
Image for post titled Kamala Harris sat down with us as a presidential candidate in 2019 — here’s what she said about criminal justice reform

Kamala Harris sat down with us as a presidential candidate in 2019 — here’s what she said about criminal justice reform

By JLUSA

August 8, 2024

Five years ago, JLUSA was involved in the planning and production of the “Justice Votes 2020 Town Hall,” featuring Kamala Harris. Watch video!
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Jennifer Toon discusses lawsuit to force Texas to put air conditioning in all state prisons

By JLUSA

August 5, 2024

A federal judge in Austin is heard a lawsuit last week that aims to force Texas to put air conditioning in all state prisons.
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Harold Doc Trulear named new director of the Black Congregations Resource Center at the Howard University School of Divinity

By JLUSA

August 1, 2024

Trulear’s work will empower African American preachers and congregations by equipping them with the necessary tools to address social justice issues.
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JLUSA Leaders React to Kamala Harris Becoming the Presumptive Democratic Party Candidate for President

By JLUSA

July 31, 2024

DeAnna Hoskins and Robyn Hasan Simpson were both interviewed by Capital B News for a story this week.
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Sign on to ask Vice President Kamala Harris to maintain her commitment to criminal justice reform

By JLUSA

July 26, 2024

This letter calls for Vice President Harris to maintain her commitment to criminal justice reform and resist harmful rhetoric that dehumanizes.
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JLUSA team member Lester Young receives recognition from Columbia, SC, mayor and city council

By JLUSA

July 22, 2024

“I experienced a moment that will forever be etched in my heart.” Watch video!
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Paul Rothschild receives Canary Impact Award for “Movement Mix-tape” project

By JLUSA

July 19, 2024

Paul Rothschild (Leading with Conviction™ 2024 participant) has been awarded a $10,000 prize from the Canary Impact Fund.
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JLUSA leaders celebrate victory in campaign against new $2 billion Atlanta jail project

By JLUSA

July 16, 2024

“Our communities need resources, not more jails.”

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