Onward Blog

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.”

His Name Is George Floyd book wins Pulitzer Prize — read an excerpt

By JLUSA

May 10, 2023

The book written by two Washington Post reporters won a Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. Read a free excerpt.

DeAnna Hoskins on the FDA’s proposed federal criminal ban on menthol products

By DeAnna Hoskins

May 9, 2023

Menthol and flavored tobacco are the tobacco products predominantly preferred by people of color, with over 80 percent of Black smokers using menthol.

JLUSA leaders and alumni join the JustUS Coordinating Council launch in Washington, D.C.

By JLUSA

2023 Leading with Conviction cohort members joined JLUSA alumni for the JCC launch weekend and forum two of this year's program.

John Legend is one of 113 million American adults who has had a family member incarcerated

By JLUSA

May 6, 2023

John Legend speaks with NPR about the new documentary short film HOME/FREE on the challenges to finding work after a period of incarceration.