Onward Blog

JLUSA leader David Gaspar on Rattling the Bars

By JLUSA

May 30, 2023

2019 Leading with Conviction graduate David Gaspar joins Mansa Musa on Rattling the Bars to talk about the cash bail system in the U.S.

Queer Eye season 7 features formerly incarcerated business owner

By JLUSA

May 27, 2023

Maryam Henderson-Uloho owns SisterHearts Thrift Store and employs other formerly incarcerated people like herself.

JLUSA President and CEO attends White House Convening on Equity

By JLUSA

May 26, 2023

On Tuesday, May 23, JustLeadershipUSA President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins attended a White House Convening on Equity.

JLUSA leader Maggie Luna speaks out against proposed Texas legislation that would make illegal voting a felony

By JLUSA

May 25, 2023

2021 Leading with Conviction™ graduate Maggie Luna is speaking out against legislation that would make illegal voting a felony.

JLUSA’s Ninth Annual Benefit Gala auction

May 24, 2023

JLUSA is excited to auction pieces from young artists generously donated by the Assembly program at Recess Art.

Free Download: Our History Has Always Been Contraband ebook

By JLUSA

The new book edited by Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is not coming out in print until this summer!

Dismantling Jim Crow: Listen now to special episodes of the JustUs Speaks Podcast

By JLUSA

May 23, 2023

These special episodes of the JustUs Speaks Podcast are taken from a livestream event that was recorded in February for Black History Month.

DeAnna Hoskins interview on Rattling the Bars

By JLUSA

May 22, 2023

JLUSA President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins sat down recently with Mansa Musa, host of Rattling the Bars on The Real News Network.

JLUSA leader Jamira Burley on the role of technology in authentic activism

By JLUSA

May 19, 2023

Leading with Conviction™ 2015 graduate Jamira Burley spoke on a panel at the 2022 One Young World Summit.

Prison to Promise podcast amplifies the voices of formerly incarcerated individuals

By JLUSA

May 18, 2023

Craig Waleed is on a mission to show others that successful reentry to society is possible through his weekly podcast, Prison to Promise.

“The Truth About Crime” Airs This Week on Scripps News

By JLUSA

May 17, 2023

JLUSA President and CEO DeAnna Hoskins and Leading with Conviction 2019 graduate Eric Weaver interviewed for Scripps News

JustUS Coordinating Council called “spearhead for the criminal justice reform movement”

By JLUSA

May 11, 2023

Chris Stevens, founder of A More Just America, writes [The JCC is] “working to create … a defined spearhead for the criminal justice reform movement.”