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Image for post titled JustLeadershipUSA Supports the Eliminating BIAS Act and Urgently Calls on Congress to Pass It

JustLeadershipUSA Supports the Eliminating BIAS Act and Urgently Calls on Congress to Pass It

By JLUSA

January 16, 2026

The Eliminating BIAS Act is legislation that we feel strongly needs to be adopted urgently.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
Image for post titled JustLeadershipUSA Releases 2025-2029 Roadmap for the Trump Administration and New Congress on Key Solutions for the Criminal Legal System

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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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