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Justice-impacted artists performing at SXSW Music Festival this week
March 14, 2025
By JLUSA

Performing at this year’s SXSW Music Festival are several artists with lived experience of the criminal legal system in this country. Take a look!
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Five years after the police killing of Breonna Taylor, Keturah Herron asks: “Where do we stand today?”
March 13, 2025
By JLUSA

In an op-ed published Tuesday in the Louisville Courier Journal, Sen. Keturah Herron (Leading with Conviction™ 2019) writes ...
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JustLeadershipUSA® and the JustUS Coordinating Council™ Announce #SecondChancesInAction™ Campaign for April, Second Chance Month
March 11, 2025
By JLUSA

The goal of #SecondChancesInAction is to increase activities in Second Chance Month and Fair Chance Employment Month.
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JLUSA board member Willette Benford sits down with CBS Mornings to discuss women’s reentry in Illinois
March 10, 2025
By JLUSA

Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker and Willette Benford (JLUSA board member), who spent 24 years in prison, have formed a powerful alliance.
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New documentary shows how a mural at Rikers Island helped incarcerated women find freedom
March 7, 2025
By JLUSA

“Paint Me a Road Out of Here, released by Aubin Pictures, features conversations with Faith Ringgold before her death last year.”
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Kemba Smith on clemency actions—such as presidential pardons and more
March 5, 2025
By JLUSA

“Regardless of who’s in office, we need to understand that this is about freeing human lives.”
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Keturah Herron pursuing legislation to end felony voter disenfranchisement in Kentucky
March 3, 2025
By JLUSA

Kentucky is one of only three states — along with Iowa and Virginia — that still prohibits people with felony convictions from voting for life.
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Short documentary film about the death penalty nominated for an Academy Award
February 28, 2025
By JLUSA

The short, from MTV Documentary Films, recounts the emotionally charged story of John Henry Ramirez, who was sentenced to death in 2008.
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Museum pays tribute to Johnny Cash and formerly incarcerated artists
February 26, 2025
By JLUSA

“1968: A Folsom Redemption” and “Beyond Confinement: The Untold Stories” are on view at the Fullerton Museum Center now through March 9.
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State of Emergency?
Chazidy Bowman addresses the idea of pursuing “state of emergency” bills for the overcrowding of prisons
February 24, 2025
By Chazidy Bowman

“In Ohio—and if you search your state law on overcrowding—the system has already thought five steps ahead of our advocacy.”
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