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Pauline Rogers calls Mississippi prison conditions “a clear violation of basic human rights”

By JLUSA

February 23, 2024

Incarcerated people at a Mississippi prison were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment.
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Kyle Giddings on Colorado’s move to become the first state to require in-person voting in jails

By JLUSA

February 21, 2024

Colorado could become the first state to require county jails to set up in-person voting stations for incarcerated voters.
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Systems-impacted leaders in Chicago join one of the largest ever Emerging Leaders™ trainings in JLUSA history

By JLUSA

February 16, 2024

JLUSA held one of the largest-ever Emerging Leaders™ trainings in the organization’s 10-year history. See photos.
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New documentary short film “Forging Heroes” features Brandon Smith and forestry firefighting in California

By JLUSA

February 15, 2024

This week, ABC7 released a 22-minute short documentary film highlighting the work of the Forestry & Fire Recruitment Program. Watch now!
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End The Exception campaign presents Lincoln: “The most famous speech never given”

By JLUSA

February 14, 2024

JustLeadershipUSA is a partner in the campaign to End the Exception in the 13th amendment that abolished slavery, except for those incarcerated.
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Chivas Watson on the power of community

By JLUSA

February 13, 2024

Leading with Conviction™ 2023 graduate Chivas Watson leverages the power of community to support people released from incarceration.
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Formerly Incarcerated Man Shares Long Road To Voting Again

By Lisa Landrum

February 9, 2024

Reporter Lisa Landrum tells the story of one man in Virginia who recently had his day in court to confirm his voting rights were restored.
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Dominique Grant speaks out on Georgia’s Senate Bill 63

By JLUSA

February 7, 2024

Dominique Grant (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) co-authored an op-ed to address the recently passed Georgia Senate Bill 63. Here’s what she said.
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Tracey Syphax celebrates Black History Month with special menu items at Booker’s restaurant

By JLUSA

February 6, 2024

Tracey Syphax (Leading with Conviction™ 2019) and his wife Cheri were featured for Black History Month recently on ABC 6 in Philadelphia.
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Mark Rice on Wisconsin’s prison lockdowns: “A hellish limbo”

By JLUSA

January 31, 2024

Mark Rice (Leading with Conviction™ 2017), coordinator of the Wisconsin Transformational Justice Campaign, joins the “Rattling the Bars” podcast.
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60 Minutes on the Federal Bureau of Prisons: “An Agency in Crisis”

By JLUSA

January 29, 2024

60 Minutes went inside a federal women’s prison where inmates had a message for the crisis-plagued Bureau of Prisons: “Fix it.”
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Avalon Betts-Gaston on supporting immigrants and the formerly incarcerated in Aurora, Illinois

By JLUSA

January 27, 2024

Avalon Betts-Gaston (Leading with Conviction™ 2022) speaks to Illinois public radio about the need for affordable housing.
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Rep. Tarra Simmons proposes bill to give incarcerated people in Washington state the right to vote

By JLUSA

January 23, 2024

Washington House Bill 2030 would effectively allow anyone incarcerated in a state prison to vote or sit on a jury.
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Ronald Simpson-Bey shares his story on “The Stories Behind the Sentence”

By JLUSA

January 19, 2024

In December, JustLeadershipUSA Executive Vice President of Strategic Partnerships Ronald Simpson-Bey joined a virtual panel discussion.
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JLUSA collaborates with Vera Institute on new “Dignity Principles” report/guide

By JLUSA

January 17, 2024

The new report released last week is entitled Dignity Principles: A Guide to Ensure the Humane Treatment of People in U.S. Carceral Settings.
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JLUSA leader Candice Bailey set to deliver monologue on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2024

By JLUSA

January 12, 2024

For Candice Bailey (Leading with Conviction™ 2023), delivering a monologue is her way of paying homage to the fearless leaders who came before.

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