In response to the Supreme Court’s decision today regarding Affirmative Action, JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) President/CEO, DeAnna Hoskins, issued the following statement: “The Supreme Court’s decision today to end Affirmative Action in college admissions will have devastating ramifications for Black and Brown communities that are already over-policed and over-criminalized.
“We know the path to higher education is one that has proven to keep more of our young people from becoming ensnared in the criminal legal system in this country in the first place. Closing those doors to opportunity will only lead to more mass incarceration and increase recidivism rates for those people who are returning to their communities after a period of incarceration.”
“This is just the latest in a series of decisions from this Court to strip away fundamental rights of Black and Brown people and marginalized communities. Instead of upholding the path to higher education, the court is rebuilding the path to legalized systemic discrimination in this country.
“JustLeadershipUSA stands with other organizations in the civil rights community united in our commitment to racial justice and equal opportunity. What we must do collectively now is collaborate to actually ensure that this push toward eliminating civil rights is reversed and dismantled. We must ensure that legislation and legal precedents are no longer overturned, in order to prevent new harms, entrenched harms, and renewed harms against us and our communities.”
In our 10th anniversary year, JustLeadershipUSA’s work of educating, elevating, and empowering justice-impacted leaders continues and is growing even stronger!
This is going to be a very special time to look back on the past decade of JLUSA’s important work, the 1,600+ leaders we have helped get to the next level in their work, and even more importantly, we will look ahead to the next 10 years and beyond!
We can’t do this without you. We need your support to help us continue to do this work now and into the future. By making a donation in honor of JLUSA’s 10th anniversary year, you are saying to the amazing leaders in our network who represent the 70+ million Americans who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system, “I see you, and I support you!”
Please give a one-time $100 gift or set up a recurring $10 monthly donation to celebrate JLUSA’s 10th anniversary year, and together we will build a fair and just U.S. Thank you!
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