Next week, @nytimes best-seller @DrIbram will join Vera President @NickTurner718 for a discussion on the importance of changing prison policies and culture using an antiracist lens.
Save your seat for our 10/27 Championing Dignity conference: https://t.co/jhSLqZXFmV
@DemocracyColor- Hey folks! Your newsletter yesterday mentioned the @verainstitute's prison reform initiative that creates a restorative culture & uplifts Indigenous voices. Given your podcast’s focus on race, I'm happy to connect you w/ criminal legal reform experts for a chat
The mental, emotional, and physical toll of COVID-19 is substantially magnified in jails and prisons – yet the suffering is hidden in plain sight. Our Restoring Promise initiative asked people who are incarcerated to share their stories through their art. https://t.co/ChJovCaYbA
We must end the overcriminalization of young Black girls.
“...Black girls were more likely to be viewed as behaving and seeming older than their stated age... (and) this dynamic is in place for girls as young as 5 years old.”
#FreeGrace
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Glad Grace is able to sleep peacefully in her home tonight, but it’s maddening we needed a national movement to #FreeGrace from jail simply because she didn’t do her homework. https://t.co/7ufAH5BPwH