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Image for post titled Mark Rice testifies at state budget hearing on “Wisconsin’s disastrous system of mass supervision”

Mark Rice testifies at state budget hearing on “Wisconsin’s disastrous system of mass supervision”

By JLUSA

April 21, 2025

Mark Rice (Leading with Conviction™ 2017) recently gave testimony at a state budget hearing in West Allis, WI. Here’s what he had to say.
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Ronald Simpson-Bey on “Second Chances Under the Second Trump Administration”

By JLUSA

April 9, 2025

On April 3, JustLeadershipUSA Executive Vice President of Strategic Partnerships Ronald Simpson-Bey joined a bipartisan panel discussion. Watch!
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“For America to make ‘second chances’ a reality through good jobs, we must act now”: Michael Saine at Newsweek

By JLUSA

April 7, 2025

Michael Saine (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) co-authored this op-ed published by Newsweek for Second Chance Month.
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Maggie Luna and Latecia Hill participate in Texas reentry panel discussion

By JLUSA

March 17, 2025

Maggie Luna (Leading with Conviction™ 2021) and Latecia Hill (LwC 2024) participated in a panel discussion on reentry in Texas. Watch video!
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Five years after the police killing of Breonna Taylor, Keturah Herron asks: “Where do we stand today?”

By JLUSA

March 13, 2025

In an op-ed published Tuesday in the Louisville Courier Journal, Sen. Keturah Herron (Leading with Conviction™ 2019) writes ...
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Chazidy Bowman addresses the idea of pursuing “state of emergency” bills for the overcrowding of prisons

By Chazidy Bowman

February 24, 2025

“In Ohio—and if you search your state law on overcrowding—the system has already thought five steps ahead of our advocacy.”
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Brandon Smith lost his Altadena home in the recent California wildfires — here’s what he had to say about what happened

By JLUSA

January 30, 2025

Brandon Smith (Leading with Conviction™ 2020) is a California resident and the co-founder of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program.

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Tamara Springs on how JustLeadershipUSA helped her find her voice and empowered her leadership

By JLUSA

January 29, 2025

Tamara Springs (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) says, “[LwC] guided me in finding my voice, which has been incredibly empowering.”
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Tony McCright on challenges and solutions for providing housing for formerly incarcerated people in small cities

By JLUSA

January 27, 2025

“Finding stable housing is one of the most significant challenges for people reentering their communities after incarceration.”
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David Gaspar on why mutual aid is vital for criminal justice reform’s next chapter

By JLUSA

January 20, 2025

“In the words of [John] Lewis: ‘When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up ... you have to do something.’”
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JLUSA leaders speak out on restoring voting rights for people incarcerated in Illinois

By JLUSA

January 17, 2025

Avalon Betts-Gaston (Leading with Conviction™ 2022) and Marlon Chamberlain (LwC 2019) speak to The Triibe about voting rights in Illinois.
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Chandra Bozelko calls on California to make incarcerated firefighters “what they are: employees”

By JLUSA

January 16, 2025

“These firefighters deserve something even better than raised wages or celebrations. They should be designated what they are: employees.”
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D’Marria Monday calls on President Biden to commute life sentences

By JLUSA

January 13, 2025

In an op-ed published by Truthout, D’Marria Monday (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) calls on President Biden to commute federal life sentences.
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Cecilia Zavala on presidential pardons and “the stigma that harms generations”

By JLUSA

January 6, 2025

I know firsthand how society judges parents like me—not by the love and care we provide our children but by the labels of our past.
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Melissa Ludin on the importance of physical mail for incarcerated people in Wisconsin

By JLUSA

December 12, 2024

During my time in prison, letters were my lifeline.
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Khalif Ali on “Biden pardon drama”

By JLUSA

December 11, 2024

President Joe Biden’s recent decision to pardon his son Hunter has set off the usual storm of commentary.

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