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JustLeadershipUSA Applauds Resolution to Recognize April as “Fair Chance Jobs Month”

By JLUSA

April 29, 2026

Today, U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) re-introduced a resolution recognizing April as “Fair Chance Jobs Month.”

Robyn Hasan-Simpson on the Survivor Justice Act in Georgia—and what comes next

By JLUSA

February 23, 2026

Robyn Hasan-Simpson (Leading with Conviction™ 2022) says women coming out of prison need more reintegration support than is currently available.

JustLeadershipUSA Continues Its Support for the Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act

By JLUSA

January 15, 2026

This legislation is literally a matter of life or death for people who are incarcerated.

Captivated: JLUSA’s Annual Year-End Best of List for 2025

By JLUSA

December 17, 2025

As the year wraps up, here are the top recommendations that captivated us in each of these categories in 2025—music, movies, TV, podcasts, and books!

New Report: In America, the Price of Freedom Is Debt

By JLUSA

November 12, 2025

“The Cost of Conviction” is a new collaborative policy brief from JustLeadershipUSA, the Hip Hop Caucus, and Americans for Financial Reform.

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.