Onward Blog

JLUSA co-hosts “Municipal Courts and the Promise of Community Justice” convening at Rutgers University

October 30, 2025

Last week, JLUSA leaders, alumni, and partners joined advocates and practitioners from across the country in Newark, NJ, at Rutgers University.

JustLeadershipUSA® Launches Leading with Conviction+™, with C-Suite Leaders from Across the Country

By JLUSA

October 14, 2025

JustLeadershipUSA® (JLUSA®) is excited to announce the launch of Leading with Conviction+™ (LwC+™), for C-Suite leaders from across the United States.

JustLeadershipUSA Honors the Legacy of Former Congresswoman, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

By JLUSA

October 8, 2025

JustLeadershipUSA mourns the passing of Former Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, mother of our board member, Kwame Kilpatrick.

Tamara Springs talks about her book Sordid Injustice and Atlanta’s biggest school scandal

By JLUSA

September 16, 2025

Tamara Springs (Leading with Conviction™ 2024) discusses one of the most controversial chapters in Atlanta’s history.

JustLeadershipUSA® Opposes Effort to End “Cashless Bail” Policies in D.C. and Nationwide

By JLUSA

August 25, 2025

Today’s directive is yet another example of a solution in search of a problem.

JustLeadershipUSA decries the Congressional passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

By JLUSA

July 7, 2025

Last week’s decision is a devastating cut to key resources for satisfying basic human needs. In response, JustLeadershipUSA issued this statement.

JustLeadershipUSA President/CEO DeAnna Hoskins First Formerly Incarcerated Person to Serve on the Board of the American Probation and Parole Association

By JLUSA

July 2, 2025

JLUSA is proud to announce that President/CEO DeAnna Hoskins has officially been sworn in as an At-Large Board Member of the APPA.

JustLeadershipUSA’s #HalfBy2030 Campaign Validated by New Analysis Published in The Atlantic Magazine

By JLUSA

June 26, 2025

Stanford University professor Keith Humphreys reports that “the next decade could see this goal [#HalfBy2030] met and exceeded.”

JustLeadershipUSA Joins Nation’s Top Progressive and Conservative Groups to Develop New Set of Bipartisan Principles for Criminal Justice Policy

By JLUSA

June 3, 2025

Today, JLUSA, along with 13 prominent national organizations representing the political left and right, released a sweeping set of shared principles.

JustLeadershipUSA Statement on the Bipartisan Reintroduction of the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2025

By JLUSA

May 22, 2025

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has signaled support for critical investment that would advance economic mobility of directly impacted people.

JustLeadershipUSA Opposes Danger Posed in the House Ways and Means Budget Bill

By JLUSA

May 15, 2025

The proposed language in Section 112209, “Termination of Tax-Exempt Status of Terrorist-Supporting Organizations,” should be excluded.

As Second Chance Month Comes to a Close, JustLeadershipUSA Calls for Continued Investment and Support for Criminal Justice Reform

By JLUSA

April 30, 2025

JLUSA and the JCC are committed to defending the rights of everyone here in the U.S. to due process, a fair trial, and second chances all year round.

Hakim Crampton on Michigan ruling life without parole for 18-year-olds “unconstitutional”

By JLUSA

April 11, 2025

A new Michigan Supreme Court rule says people facing life in prison without parole for a crime they committed when they were 18 can be resentenced.

JustLeadershipUSA® and the JustUS Coordinating Council™ Announce #SecondChancesInAction™ Campaign for April, Second Chance Month

By JLUSA

March 11, 2025

The goal of #SecondChancesInAction is to increase activities in Second Chance Month and Fair Chance Employment Month.

JLUSA board member Willette Benford sits down with CBS Mornings to discuss women’s reentry in Illinois

By JLUSA

March 10, 2025

Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker and Willette Benford (JLUSA board member), who spent 24 years in prison, have formed a powerful alliance.

JustLeadershipUSA Releases 2025-2029 Roadmap for the Trump Administration and New Congress on Key Solutions for the Criminal Legal System

By JLUSA

January 22, 2025

JustLeadershipUSA is proud to announce the release of its 2025-2029 Roadmap, a guide for the Trump administration and new Congress.