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Image for post titled JustLeadershipUSA’s #HalfBy2030 Campaign Validated by New Analysis Published in <em>The Atlantic</em> Magazine

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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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JustLeadershipUSA Recognizes President Biden for Issuing a Record 1,500 Commutations and Calls on Him to Continue Doing Even More

By JLUSA

December 12, 2024

Today, President Joe Biden announced he would commute the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardon 39 others convicted of nonviolent crimes.

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Reuben Jonathan Miller dissects the impact of mass incarceration

By JLUSA

November 18, 2024

JLUSA board member Reuben Jonathan Miller dissects the impact of mass incarceration

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JustLeadershipUSA calls on newly re-elected President Trump and his administration to advance criminal justice reform

By JLUSA

November 8, 2024

JLUSA calls on newly re-elected President Trump and his administration to advance criminal justice reform

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Kelly Olson speaks about working to inform formerly incarcerated people of their right to vote

By JLUSA

November 1, 2024

Washington advocates are working to inform formerly incarcerated people of their voting rights.

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DeAnna Hoskins Is the First Formerly Incarcerated Person in U.S. History to Become a White House Fellow

By JLUSA

October 3, 2024

Today the President’s Commission on White House Fellows announced that DeAnna Hoskins has been appointed as one of the program’s next 15 leaders.

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JustLeadershipUSA Receives Grant to Conduct Community-Based Research Aimed at Reducing Inequities, Improve Health Outcomes

By JLUSA

August 22, 2024

JLUSA is one of four teams of scientists and community leaders to engage historically underrepresented communities in research to improve health.

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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.