Podcast appearances and mentions of justice initiative

Episode 101: Pro Bono This month on Calendar Call, Matt Berardino talks Pro Bono with Attorney Jenn Shukla, Director of Access to Justice Initiatives and Interim Director of DEI at the Connecticut Bar Association and Attorney Dan Brody, Co-Chair of the CBA's Pro Bono Committee. Matt, Attorney Shukla, and Attorney Brody discuss a number of topics including why do pro bono, pro bono obligations, potential MCLE credits for pro bono, and critical areas of need for pro bono. Other topics include opportunities available through the CBA, training for practitioners, concerns and issues, as well as many resources available. Rule 6.1 of Professional Conduct CTbar.org/volunteer

Send us a textLeigh Anne McKingsley shares her journey as Senior Director of Disability and Justice Initiatives for the ARC, where she oversees the National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability to address the invisibility and injustices faced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the justice system.• The ARC began as a parent advocacy group fighting against institutionalization of children with disabilities and has evolved over 70+ years to promote inclusion through policy work and direct support• McKingsley's "Pathways to Justice" training brings together law enforcement, attorneys, and service providers to create community-based solutions through Disability Response Teams• Studies show 2 in 10 prisoners and 3 in 10 jail inmates report cognitive disabilities, yet proper accommodations and understanding remain limited• People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are 30-40% more likely to also have mental health conditions, creating complex support needs• Misinterpretation of behaviors like stimming can lead to unnecessary criminalization when officers don't recognize disability-related behaviors• Personal stories from those with lived experience are crucial for creating change, though "double stigma" of disability and justice involvement creates barriers• Success often comes from asking simple questions like "What accommodation do you need?" rather than focusing on specific diagnosesTo learn more or get involved with the ARC's National Center on Criminal Justice and Disability, visit their website or contact them directly to help create pathways to justice in your community.https://tonymantor.comhttps://Facebook.com/tonymantorhttps://instagram.com/tonymantorhttps://twitter.com/tonymantorhttps://youtube.com/tonymantormusicintro/outro music bed written by T. WildWhy Not Me the World music published by Mantor Music (BMI)

According to National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS) data, a little under 25% of APS reports are called into APS regarding adults aged 18-59. In this podcast, we will discuss how APS can better serve people with disabilities who are under 60 years old. Jennifer Spoeri, APS TARC Subject Matter Expert, will speak with Patty Quatieri of the Disabled Persons Protection Commission and Leigh Anne McKingsley, Senior Director of Disability & Justice Initiatives for The ARC.

For today's Diversity Dialogue segment, we're going to commemorate National Wellness Month, albeit just a little bit late, with a program that will largely focus on legal, judicial, and court workforce practice. Our guest is Dr. Aimée Neri Gueye of the Office for Justice Initiatives, Child Welfare and Family Justice Division. Transcript: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/files/2024-09/AimeeNeri.pdf #wellness #traumainformed #circlekeepers #cwcip #icwa

Black August began in the 1970s to mark the assassination of incarcerated political prisoners like the revolutionary organizer and writer George Jackson during a prison rebellion in California. Black August honors the freedom fighters, especially those inside the walls of our sprawling prison-industrial complex, who, with their vision, tenacity, and deep love for our communities, are leading us toward the horizon of abolition. The Center for Constitutional Rights is proud to be part of a rich legacy of inside-outside organizing to transform material conditions and build a world of collective safety without prisons, surveillance, and police.This Black August we bring to you an episode discussing the ongoing inside-outside organizing taking place to put an end to involuntary servitude in prisons or, more appropriately named, prison slavery. We are proud to represent incarcerated workers in Alabama as they seek to abolish forced prison labor, and we will continue to support them until slavery is banned everywhere, once and for all, in all its forms – not just in the law but in practice. Alabama is one of several states to join the growing movement to abolish prison slavery and involuntary servitude at the state and federal levels. Voters in Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, and Vermont have approved similar changes to their states' constitutions to remove the loophole permitting slavery as a form of punishment for incarcerated people.Speakers:Theeda Murphy - Abolish Slavery National Network, Organizer & Operations ManagerMax Parthas - Abolish Slavery National Network, National Campaign Coordinator & Paul Cuffee Abolitionist Center in Sumter, SC., Acting DirectorClaude-Michael Comeau - Promise of Justice Initiative, Staff AttorneyModerator:maya finoh, Political Education and Research Manager

Paige Joki, Staff Attorney at the Education Law Center in Philadelphia, is leading a groundbreaking initiative aimed at upholding the rights of young black girls within the education system. The initiative, aptly named the Black Girls Justice Initiative, comes in response to the pervasive inequities faced by black girls due to various forms of discrimination including anti-Black racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and economic injustice. In Joki's view, public schools should serve as supportive and affirming environments where black girls are championed in their academic and personal growth, yet the current reality falls short of this ideal. Black girls continue to encounter systemic barriers that hinder their ability to learn and thrive in educational settings. The Black Girls Justice Initiative operates on the principle of centering the needs and voices of black girls themselves, recognizing them as experts on the challenges they face in schools. Through this approach, the initiative aims to identify and address the interlocking educational barriers that disproportionately affect black girls. ELC's Black Girls Education Justice Initiative, spearheaded by Paige Joki and former ELC legal intern Brandon Miller, Esq., is guided by several key principles. Firstly, it asserts the belief that black girls deserve full and holistic support in their educational journey. Secondly, it emphasizes the necessity of investing time and resources to dismantle the various forms of oppression that black girls encounter in schools. Lastly, the initiative focuses on developing and implementing unique legal strategies to tackle these barriers effectively. Through legal, policy, and communication strategies, the Education Law Center is committed to challenging the root causes of inequity in education. By advocating for the rights of black girls and addressing the systemic injustices they face, the Black Girls Justice Initiative seeks to create educational spaces where black girls can thrive without fear of discrimination or marginalization. Paige Joki's leadership in this initiative underscores the importance of centering marginalized voices in the fight for educational equity. As the initiative continues to grow and evolve, it serves as a beacon of hope for black girls striving for justice and equality in education.Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to The Criminal Justice Evolution Podcast. Thank you for listening to t the show and please like and subscribe. If you are new to this podcast welcome, long time listener welcome back. Please share with family and friends and thank you all for the continued support. A big THANK YOU to all the brave men and women who serve, and who have served. This country owes you gratitude and respect. Remember you are honored, cherished and loved - Keep up the great work and be safe. I struggled. I was in a dark place for a long time. I was in pain, and I masked it with alcohol.  I was contemplating hurting myself.  I finally decided to reach out and ask for help, and I am grateful I did. FHE Health and The Shatterproof Program saved my life. If you are struggling, you don't have to stay there. We can and will help you. Reach out today at 303.960.9819. https://fherehab.com/ https://www.cjevolution.com/shatterproof/ Clark Pennington has dedicated his entire career to his passion for public service in the field of Law Enforcement and Education. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the First Responders Action Group (FRAG), a Veteran and first responder-focused nonprofit whose hallmark program, Veteran's Justice Initiative, trains and works side-by-side with law enforcement agencies to recognize Veterans in crisis while avoiding the unnecessary criminalization of mental illness and substance abuse. FRAG is an initiative of The Verardo Group. Clark additionally is the Chief Operating Officer for The Independence Fund. Clark previously served as the Chief of Police for the Matthews, NC Police Department after retiring from the Frederick, MD Police Department as the Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division and SWAT Team. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from Mount Saint Mary's University and a Master of Science Degree in Management, with a focus in Leadership Studies, from Johns Hopkins University. Prior to his employment with the Frederick Police Department, he served with the United States Army in the Military Police Corps for 6 years. He is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigations National Academy, executive leadership program, Class #239, and PERFs Senior Management Institute for Policing, Class #79. A great man who continues to give back to the brave men and women who serve. Find Clark here: https://www.fragheroes.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/clark-pennington-9b946641/   www.cjevolution.com   Patrick  

The Greenest Global Companies podcast features Corporate Knights and As You Sow's 2024 Clean 200 global green company rankings. Plus Ron Robins, MBA Transcript & Links, Episode 124, February 23, 2024 Hello, Ron Robins here. So, welcome to this podcast episode 124 titled “The Greenest Global Companies.” It's presented by Investing for the Soul. Investingforthesoul.com is your site for vital global ethical and sustainable investing mentoring, news, commentary, information, and resources. And look at my newly revised website at investingforthesoul.com! Tell me what you think. Now, remember that you can find a full transcript, and links to content – including stock symbols and bonus material – on this episode's podcast page located at investingforthesoul.com/podcasts. Also, a reminder. I do not evaluate any of the stocks or funds mentioned in these podcasts, nor do I receive any compensation from anyone covered in these podcasts. Furthermore, I will reveal to you any personal investments I have in the investments mentioned herein. Additionally, quotes about individual companies are brief. Please go to this podcast's webpage for links to the actual articles for more company and stock information. Also, some companies might be covered more than once and there are also 8 article links below that time didn't allow me to review them here. ------------------------------------------------------------- List of Clean 200 companies captures the green transition in full flight I'm beginning this podcast with one of my favorite company rankings that has just been released! It's on corporateknights.com and titled List of Clean 200 companies captures the green transition in full flight. The introduction is by Rick Spence. Here are some quotes by Mr. Spence. “Released by Corporate Knights and California-based shareholder advocates As You Sow on February 15, the 11th Clean200 ranking captures the green transition in full flight, cataloguing those public companies that are earning the most from sustainable sources. Crucially, it also signals to investors – venture capitalists, institutions and individuals alike – that a wide range of companies are capitalizing on new-economy principles without sacrificing annual returns or opportunities for growth. Between July 1, 2016, and January 15, 2024, Clean200 companies generated a total return of 103.5%. Although they underperformed the MSCI ACWI broad market index, which grew 114.4%, the Clean200 trounced the key index of global fossil fuel companies (the MSCI ACWI/Energy Index), which gained only 64.5% through those years. And that's the big deal, says As You Sow CEO Andrew Behar, who co-authored the 2024 study. ‘In 2016, we created the Clean200 in response to investors saying, if we divest fossil fuels, there is nothing to invest in.' Eight years later, the message is clear: ‘Investors who are not tilting their portfolios toward a clean future do so at their own peril.' Top Companies In first place again is Apple (AAPL)… Other blue-chip names on the list include Tesla (TSLA) (number three), HP (HPQ) (five), Microsoft (MSFT) (six), Daimler (DTG.DE) (12), BMW (BMW.DE) (16), Nissan (NSANY) (36), Nike (NKE) (50), Swatch (UHR.SW) (157) and even the iconic U.S. Steel (X) (177) – which recently committed to being zero-carbon by 2050. ‘Our mission is to shine a light on the heroes of the battle against climate change,' notes report co-author Toby Heaps, CEO of Corporate Knights. ‘The 2024 Clean200 proves there are true sustainability champions out there. The key is to rigorously apply a scientifically inspired method to identify these gems.' In total, Clean200 companies earned more than $2.2 trillion in sustainable revenue in 2022, deriving on average 54.7% of their revenues from sustainable business activities, versus 13.6% for their MSCI ACWI peers… The ranking excludes firms involved in industries such as fossil fuels, deforestation, prisons, weapons and tobacco – as well as companies that engage in blocking climate policies. Leading the pack is the U.S., with 39 companies making the list this year. Other blooming centres of corporate sustainability are China (23), Japan (18) and France (13), followed by Brazil, Canada and Germany with 10 companies each.” End quotes ------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Best Renewable Energy Stocks To Buy According to Hedge Funds Next up is back to energy with this article titled 13 Best Renewable Energy Stocks To Buy According to Hedge Funds. It's by Fatima Farooq and seen on finance.yahoo.com. Here's some of what Ms. Farooq says. “We selected the names for our list of the best renewable energy stocks to buy by consulting Insider Monkey's hedge fund data for the third quarter… Hedge funds' top 10 consensus stock picks outperformed the S&P 500 Index by more than 140 percentage points over the last 10 years (see the details here)”. 13. Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE:DQ) Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 18 It manufactures and sells polysilicon to photovoltaic product manufacturers in China to be used in ingots, wafers, cells, and modules for solar power solutions. 12. Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE:AGR) Hedge Fund Holders: 19 Anthony Crowdell at Mizuho holds a Neutral rating and a $34 price target on Avangrid, Inc. as of January 3… Avangrid… engages in the renewable energy generation business in the US, focusing on onshore wind power, solar, biomass, and thermal. 11. Clearway Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CWEN) Hedge Fund Holders: 23 Clearway Energy… has about 5,500 net megawatts of installed wind and solar generation projects… Oppenheimer's Noah Kaye maintains an Outperform rating and a $37 price target on Clearway Energy… as of January 19. 10. Green Plains Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRE) Hedge Fund Holders: 24 Green Plains… produces, stores, distributes, and sells clean fuel… On January 30, Goldman Sachs analyst Adam Samuelson maintained a Buy rating and a $34 price target on Green Plains. 9. Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ:RUN) Hedge Fund Holders: 26 Sunrun Inc. designs, develops, installs, and sells residential solar energy systems in the US … A Buy rating and a $28 price target were maintained on Sunrun Inc. on January 3 by Mizuho's Maheep Mandloi. 8. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEDG) Hedge Fund Holders: 27 Christopher Souther at B. Riley Securities maintains a Buy rating and a $133 price target on SolarEdge Technologies… as of February 5. SolarEdge Technologies designs, develops, and sells direct current optimized inverter systems for solar photovoltaic installations. 7. Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (NYSE:AQN) Hedge Fund Holders: 28 On January 8, Ben Pham at BMO Capital upgraded Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. from Market Perform to Outperform and placed a $7.50 price target on the stock… Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a renewable energy and utility company. 6. Enbridge Inc. (NYSE:ENB) Hedge Fund Holders: 35 Enbridge is an energy company with a proactive Renewable Power Generation segment that operates assets such as wind, solar, geothermal, and waste heat recovery. 5. Enphase Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENPH) Hedge Fund Holders: 40 Enphase Energy designs and manufactures home energy solutions for the solar photovoltaic industry in the US and internationally… A Buy rating and a $140 price target were maintained on Enphase Energy… on February 1 by Philip Shen at Roth MKM. 4. Constellation Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:CEG) Hedge Fund Holders: 45 Constellation Energy Corporation is a producer of carbon-free energy with about 32,355 megawatts of generating capacity consisting of nuclear, wind, solar, natural gas, and hydroelectric assets. 3. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) Hedge Fund Holders: 49 First Solar is a provider of photovoltaic solar energy solutions… On January 3, Maheep Mandloi maintained a Buy rating on First Solar alongside a $196 price target. 2. NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) Hedge Fund Holders: 58 NextEra Energy… generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear, coal, and natural gas facilities. RBC Capital's Shelby Tucker reiterated an Outperform rating and a $74 price target on NextEra Energy on January 30. 1. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) Hedge Fund Holders: 76 GE… provides green energy solutions by combining onshore and offshore wind, blade manufacturing, grid solutions, hydro storage, hybrid renewables, and more… Overweight rating and a $153 price target were maintained on General Electric on January 24 by Julian Mitchell at Barclays.” End quotes ------------------------------------------------------------- Profit and Purpose: 7 Standout Stocks for the Ethical Investor This next article covers some well-known companies. It's titled Profit and Purpose: 7 Standout Stocks for the Ethical Investor by Josh Enomoto, on investorplace.com. Here are some quotes on each of his picks. “1. Waste Management (NYSE:WM) It's one of the leaders in environmental sustainability with a focus toward waste reduction and renewable energy initiatives. For one thing, the company owns a vast network of recycling facilities… Second, the company forwards a waste-gas-to-energy project. Per its website. Analysts rate shares a consensus moderate buy with a high-side target hitting $230. 2. NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) Commanding a presence in 49 states… (and) through its vast network of facilities – including solar and wind turbines – NextEra Energy features about 72 gigawatts (GW) of operating capacity… Rough economic conditions hurt NextEra Energy bad in the final months of 2023. However, analysts anticipate a recovery, pegging shares a moderate buy with a $69.60 average price target. 3. Costco (NASDAQ:COST) I don't think it's an anecdote to say that most Americans love the open-warehouse-style big-box retailer… But where it really shines is how well Costco treats its employees… In 2022, data from Glassdoor noted that the retailer's employees rated the business a four out of five regarding worker satisfaction… Analysts rate Costco stock a strong buy with a high-side target of $825. 4. Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) Starbucks… appeals to modern investors by emphasizing the ‘S' component of ESG stocks… the company proudly boasts of its ethical sourcing of its key ingredients, from coffee beans to tealeaves to cocoa. In addition, its manufactured goods – from the merchandise on its shelves to the furniture in its stores – involve ethical sourcing… Also, I'd be remiss not to mention Starbucks' youth empowerment, hunger relief, and inclusivity programs… And analysts love it, pegging shares a consensus strong buy. 5. Visa (NYSE:V) According to a Forbes article in 2023, Visa represents the most carried card, printing a market share of 52.8%... Lots of folks love talking about the ‘E' and the ‘S' in ESG stocks. However, governance is also a major component of holistic ethics. Here, Visa's corporate governance practices help promote long-term value and accountability to its shareholders. Part of this involves ensuring diversity and inclusion and not just in the workforce itself but in the upper echelons of leadership… Analysts rate shares a consensus strong buy with a $303.74 average price target. 6. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) Maintaining high standards of governance, Apple focuses on a range of important issues. In June 2020, the company launched its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative, advancing opportunities for many people of color and Indigenous communities…. Also, Apple implements a shareholder voting process focused on executive compensation. That's one distinct mechanism to keep the company accountable to stakeholders. Overall, analysts peg shares a moderate buy with a $208.07 average price target. Notably, the high-side target hits $250, implying robust bullishness despite a soft start to 2024. 7. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Thanks to the tech giant's big investments in artificial intelligence, it has steadily rocketed higher since the 2022 doldrums. Further, as AI becomes more ingrained into everyday life, Microsoft stands to be a massive winner. And when it comes to ethical stocks, the company may be the all-around champion… management set out ambitious environmental targets, most conspicuously being its aim to be carbon negative; that is, it will remove its historical emissions since its founding in 1975. In addition, it's a huge player in social equity, promoting directives focused on encouraging women to participate in technology. Finally, MSCI Ratings awarded Microsoft an AAA rating, the highest rating available to organizations. Unsurprisingly, analysts love Microsoft, rating it a consensus strong buy with a $469.45 price target.” End quotes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Other Honorable Mentions – not in any order. 1. Title: Top 10: Solar Companies found on energydigital.com. By Maya Derrick. 2. Title: 3 Solar Energy Stocks Poised for a Strong Comeback on investorplace.com. By Faisal Humayun. 3. Title: ESG Funds Bucking The Trend on fa-mag.com. By Ron Delegge. 4. Title: BK Named A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock on nasdaq.com. By BNK Invest. 5. Title: Get Rich Quick with These 7 Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy Now on investorplace.com. By Ian Cooper. 6. Title: 3 Strong Buy Renewable Energy Stocks to Add to Your February Must-Watch List on investorplace.com. By Tomas Levani. 7. Title: 3 Renewable Energy Stocks to Own Before the Election Frenzy Begins on investorplace.com. By Jeremy Flint. 8. Title: 3 Hidden-Gem Renewable Energy Stocks Ready to Ride a Massive Market Wave on investorplace.com. By Matthew Farley. ------------------------------------------------------------- Ending Comment Well, these are my top news stories with their stock and fund tips -- for this podcast titled: “The Greenest Global Companies.” Now, please be sure to click the like and subscribe buttons on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you download or listen to this podcast. That helps bring these podcasts to others like you. And please click the share buttons to share this podcast with your friends and family. Let's promote ethical and sustainable investing as a force for hope and prosperity in these deeply troubled times! Contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for listening. And, again, please look at my new totally revised website at investingforthesoul.com. Tell me what you think! I'll talk to you next on March 8th. Bye for now.   © 2024 Ron Robins, Investing for the Soul

In this podcast, Jennifer Spoeri, APS TARC Subject Matter Expert, will speak with Bill Benson and Peggy Jo Archer from the Native American Elder Justice Initiative (NAEJI). We will learn more about how NAEJI works to address the lack of culturally appropriate information and community education materials on elder abuse in Indian Country.

How did the family policing system become what it is today?  We'll take a look at some of the key policies and ideas from the early 1900s through 1970s that are still in place today including the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) and other white supremacist ideas that emerged at the time. About Our Guests:  Angela Olivia Burton was recently Special Counsel for Interdisciplinary Matters in the New York State Office of Court Administration's Office for Justice Initiatives. Prior to this position, she served for 10 years as New York's first Director for Quality Enhancement, Parent Representation, at the NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services. Angela has taught courses in lawyering practice, constitutional family law, and children's rights with a focus on the family policing system.  Richard Wexler is Executive Director of NCCPR. His interest in child welfare grew out of 19 years of work as a reporter for newspapers, public radio and public television. During that time, he won more than two dozen awards, many of them for stories about child abuse and foster care. He is the author of Wounded Innocents: The Real Victims of the War Against Child Abuse.  Mical Raz MD PhD is the Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health at the University of Rochester and a practicing adult hospitalist at Strong Memorial Hospital. A scholar of the history of child welfare policy, she is the author of three books, most recently Abusive Policies: How the American Child Welfare System Lost its Way.  Episode Notes:  Richard Wexler references an article in Boston Magazine called “The Really High Housewives of MetroWest Boston.” Richard Wexler mentions Kelly Fong's book, “Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services” which is releasing in October 2023.  Richard Wexler cites a paper by Anna Arons called “An Unintended Abolition: Family Regulation During the COVID-19 Crisis.” Episode Transcript: upendmovement.org/episode1-3 Continue learning by taking our self-guided couse, “Introduction to Family Policing Abolition” which is a companion to The upEND Podcast: upendmovment.org/syllabus Support the work of upEND: upendmovement.org/donate

Dr. Yohuru Williams - Prominent Black historian, Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas - joins Tavis for a conversation on a range of recent headlines impacting the Black community including: the challenge of ensuring proper reparations, his thoughts on the battle against critical race theory, and his perspective on how far we've come since the March on Washington (his new book that just came out last month is titled: More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (August 29, 2023)

On today's episode we speak with Dr. Lisa Jaegers about working with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health, founding the Saint Louis University (SLU) Transformative Justice Initiative (TJI), directing the OT Transition and Integration Services (OTTIS) program, and Facilitating the Justice Based Occupational Therapy network. She details how occupational therapy can play a role in the justice system and provides recommendations for practitioners across settings.  Please help AOTA improve it's podcasts and the translation of research to practice and receive your contact hour for listening by completing this one-minute survey: https://forms.aota.org/forms/everyday_evidence_copy?PODCAST=Everyday Evidence: The Transformative Justice Initiative Additional resources: https://linktr.ee/drljaegers https://linktr.ee/slu_ottis https://linktr.ee/ot4justice

In this podcast, Jennifer Spoeri, APS TARC Subject Matter Expert, will speak with Shelly Jackson and Talitha Guinn-Shaver of the Department of Justice Elder Justice Initiative. Listeners will learn about the ongoing work of the Elder Justice Initiative and more specifically about how the MDT Resource Center can support APS programs.

This episode features Paige Joki, a staff attorney at the Pennsylvania Education Law Center. After graduating from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, Joki was selected as an NAACP LDF Earl Warren Fellow and a Temple University Beasley School of Law Rubin-Presser Social Justice Fellow. In recognition for her notable contributions to public service at Temple University and for pursuing a legal career in social justice, Joki received the Beth Cross Award.  Since joining the Education Law Center in 2017, Joki has focused on eliminating individual and systemic barriers to quality education for students experiencing homelessness in the Philadelphia region as well as providing “Know Your Rights” training for students, parents, providers and organizations serving students experiencing homelessness. Most recently, she has led the Law Center's Black Girls Education Justice Initiative. In collaboration with a number of groups advocating for more just social conditions for Black girls, the Law Centered conducted five focus groups with students attending school in the Philadelphia area. Emerging from these group discussions were eight principles for ameliorating the individual and systemic racism faced by Black girls. A copy of the report generated through this initiative can be accessed from the Education Law Center's website:   https://www.elc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/FINAL-Supportive-Spaces-for-web.pdf  

Guest: Human rights lawyer and social justice activist and the founder of the HJI (Health Justice Initiative) Fatima Hassan joins John to discuss the disclosure of the covid-19 contracts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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How does society treat people based on their criminal conviction history and how can we better understand the unique experiences of people who are convicted of sexual offenses? Why, in an age where second chances and demands to reduce mass incarceration have become mainstream, are people with these convictions often excluded from reform and relief efforts? In this episode of Amplified Voices, Jason and Amber speak with Emily Horowitz, a professor of sociology and criminal justice at St. Francis College, ahead of the release of her new book: From Rage to Reason: Why We Need Sex Offense Laws Based on Facts Not Fear.  During this conversation, Professor Horowitz details her own personal and professional journey, along with powerful stories from the years she spent  interviewing people impacted by the registry. The discussion reveals a deep empathy that comes from being in close proximity to people who are experiencing banishment and stigma, as well as an exploration of how laws based on vengeance rather than justice or evidence create new forms of harm while failing to address the real and pervasive problem of sexual violence. About Emily Horowitz, PhDProfessor Emily Horowitz teaches courses in sociology at St. Francis College. She is the founder and co-director of the Justice Initiative. Her scholarly research addresses the causes and consequences of mass incarceration, with a focus on the harms of conviction registries and banishment laws.Her latest book, From Rage to Reason: Why We Need Sex Crime Laws Based on Facts, Not Fear (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023), explores the human carnage wrought by decades of draconian and fear-based sex offense policies. She is also the author of Protecting Our Kids?: How Sex Offender Laws Are Failing Us (Praeger, 2015), which was awarded a 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association, and co-editor, with Law Professor Larry Dubin, of Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System: Autism, Developmental Disabilities and Sex Offenses.Professor Horowitz frequently engages in advocacy efforts and public scholarship aimed at challenging myths and misinformation that lead to ineffective and draconian laws. Select recent news publications and media include The Real Monsters (a 2022 essay in Inquest: A Decarceral Brainstorm), a Reason article about the man wrongfully convicted of raping prominent author Alice Sebold (2021), a NY Daily News editorial about the Supreme Court hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (2022), and participation in an Intelligence Squared podcast (2023) debating the sex offense registry.Support the show

This special episode of Legally Bond in recognition of Juneteenth, Kim speaks with Professor Paula Johnson, Syracuse University College of Law professor and co-founder of the Cold Case Justice Initiative. Professor Johnson discusses her own path toward her career in social, racial and economic justice activism as well as her co-founding of CCJI. Through the stories of Frank Morris and Wharlest and Exerlena Jackson, Professor Johnson talks about how CCJI was formed, and the important legacy work the program continues to do today in pursuit of justice for the families. For more information on CCJI and to donate, click here.To view the Peabody-nominated documentary American Reckoning discussed in the episode, click here.

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Jacey Cooper, California's Medicaid Director, gives us an on-the-ground look at California's pathbreaking CalAIM initiative that pairs intensive care management with access to a broad range of social services. It's been a year since the program launched and Jacey reflects on how much communication, coordination, planning and agility was needed to implement a program of this size and breadth. Claudia and Jacey talk about opportunities and challenges as plans and providers navigate new benefits and participate in local housing, food, and community development conversations. We discuss: Lessons learned from the first year of CalAIM including the need for more standardization of social care benefits across health plans More details about the first-of-its-kind Justice Initiative which provides pre-release Medicaid services to people in jail and prisonBehavioral health redesign, payment reform, transitions of care, and administrative integration of mental health and substance use disorder servicesJacey says whole person care is truly a community effort:"As a collective force, we're making sure that plans are adapted to work with community-based organizations that have been championing these efforts for years. This is why we're focusing on embedding ourselves in the different aspects of care continuums - like housing and homelessness - within our local groups. We have to be present to have a voice in the decision-making, planning, and connection of individuals to vital services. It's not just about navigating people to housing, but ensuring they're connected to voucher programs too."#healthcare #investments #housing #medicaid #health #socialdeterminantsofhealth #managedcare Relevant LinksCalAIM Primer [PDF]Final Evaluation of California's Whole Person Care Pilots [PDF]Fact Sheet on CalAIM Justice-Involved Initiative [PDF]Fact Sheet on CalAIM Population Health Management [PDF]Fact Sheets on CalAIM Community Supports

//SPOILERS FOR LONG DIVISION//Mississippi author Kiese Laymon joins us for our season finale. We discuss the revised version of his novel Long Division, explore themes of freedom, language, and timelessness, and talk about creating art separate from the white imagination.Kiese Laymon is a Black southern writer from Jackson, Mississippi. Laymon is the Libby Shearn Moody Professor of English and Creative Writing at Rice University. Laymon is the author of Long Division, which won the 2022 NAACP Image Award for fiction, and the essay collection, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, named a notable book of 2021 by the New York Times critics. Laymon's bestselling memoir, Heavy: An American Memoir, won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, the Barnes and Noble Discovery Award, the Austen Riggs Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media, and was named one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years by The New York Times. The audiobook, read by the author, was named the Audible 2018 Audiobook of the Year. Laymon is the recipient of 2020-2021 Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard. Laymon is at work on the books, Good God, and City Summer, Country Summer, and a number of other film and television projects. He is the founder of “The Catherine Coleman Literary Arts and Justice Initiative,” a program based out of the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University, aimed at aiding young people in Jackson get more comfortable reading, writing, revising and sharing on their on their own terms, in their own communities. Kiese Laymon was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2022.RESOURCES Long Division by Kiese Laymon "We Need to Reckon with the Rot at the Core of Publishing" by Elaine Castillo. LitHub.BOOKSHOPhttps://bookshop.org/shop/hoodooplantmamasBE A PATRON!https://www.patreon.com/hoodooplantmamasSOCIAL MEDIATwitter: @hoodooplantsInstagram: @hoodooplantmamasDONATEPaypal: paypal.me/hoodooplantmamasCashapp: cash.me/$hoodooplantmamasThis podcast was created, hosted, and produced by Dani & Leah.Our music was created by Ghrey, and our artwork was designed by Bianca.

Alisha Johnson Wilder is the Director of the Racial Equity and Justice Initiative at Apple and also leads external engagement for Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives which is a big job. She describes her many contributions to the organization as the "Heart Work". After going through her journey, it isn't that surprising how she collected the experience and understanding to deliver impact across her professional and personal life. Listen to this convo to hear how she built foundational skills to serve her throughout her career and develop her superpower to thrive in chaos.You will learn:the benefits of proactively seeking change to get to the next step in your journey.having proximity to the challenges you are facing is the best way to learn, understand and activate solutions.that anger can be leveraged in productive and necessary ways. You can follow Alisha's story at:Apple Racial Equity and Justice Initiatives

Araceli Esparza is a first-generation Chicana from the Midwest, she is a speaker, poet, published author, podcast host, entrepreneur, and connector of regional campaigns and social justice initiatives. As a social entrepreneur, Araceli has coached many women and minority business owners on branding and social media marketing. For universities and non-profits, she counsels on strategic outreach, building relationships with community leaders and movements. ​Named as 2018 Wisconsin's Most Influential Latina, Araceli used her status and created a platform, Midwest Mujeres Collective,​ for Latinas and women of color who want to grow their professional development or business. Araceli's mission is to break the isolation of Latinas living in the Midwest. She speaks on the power of networking and intersectionality. Her goal is to spread awareness of using social capital for social justice, and through her group classes, she teaches self-empowerment to Black, Indigenous, Latinos people in our community. She inspires and captivates audiences with her authenticity, poetics, and ability to see the connection between the boardroom and the communities they belong to. Visit www.midwestmujeres.com to find out about her movement: Midwest Mujeres!

Join us for part 2 of this emotional panel from our Ideas We Should Steal Festival. Hosted by Emily Bazelon, criminal justice reporter for the New York Times, we hear stories of hardship and redemption and a light at the end of the tunnel. Bazelon speaks with Marc Howard (director of Georgetown's Prisons and Justice Initiative) and Cherri Greg (co-founder of the Law and Justice Journalism Project).

Join us for part 1 of this emotional panel from our Ideas We Should Steal Festival. Hosted by Emily Bazelon, criminal justice reporter for the New York Times, we hear stories of hardship and redemption and a light at the end of the tunnel. Bazelon speaks with Marc Howard (director of Georgetown's Prisons and Justice Initiative) and Cherri Greg (co-founder of the Law and Justice Journalism Project).

Monica Crowley discusses bank failures over the weekend, ESG and social justice being the cause, and how risk assessment measures put into place after the 2008 financial crisis were ignored. The former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury dispels the rumors that Trump's banking reforms are the cause of the bank failures, commenting “on the deregulation part, that is not part of this equation whatsoever from the Trump years. If that were the case, you'd see more far more widespread problems in the banking sector. And again, we hope this doesn't spread but did the Trump deregulation aspects on the financial sector came into play? Not at all.” She says that, “in this situation the DEI and ESG are part of this. It is 100% true that we are seeing industries, companies across the board that changed their focus to a social justice platform more than their actual core business, there are deleterious effects on that core business. Is that reverberate all the way down to the customer, but certainly through the board, shareholders, etc, all the way down, because they're not focused on their core mission.” Commenting, “What we do know about this Silicon Valley Bank is that the risk assessment person was focused on again, DEI stuff, she had just done a full month on LGBTQ pride, focused on underrepresented entrepreneurs. So again, one of the things that contributed to the first financial crisis back in 2008, were all these affected banks were handing out loans like candy to people who could not service those loans, they couldn't afford mortgage backed securities, all of this stuff, because they were engaged in this kind of social justice approaches to their business, rather than focusing on the bottom line serving their customers and taking care of their shareholders. And so when you go off on that tangent, bad things are going to happen.” Crowley comments that her “particularly outraged” in this situation, is that “even though the administration is saying no bailout, it is going to be a bailout, and you know who in the end is going to cover the costs for this, you and me, the average American who is very careful and responsible for with our money. We're going to be the ones that are going to cover the costs for bailing out venture capitalists, and tech people for the most part.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Bios Featured in this episode: heath pearson, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology Amanda Phillips, Associate Professor, Departments of English, Women's and Gender Studies, Film & Media Studies, and American Studies Sivagami Subbaraman, Adjunct Professor, Department of Performing Arts; Former Founding Director for LGBTQ Resource Center (2008-2021) Elizabeth Velez, Adjunct Professor, Prisons and Justice Initiative; Professional Lecturer, Women's Studies Program Georgetown Resources LGBTQ Resource Center at Georgetown Women's and Gender Studies ResearchGuide- GU Library LGBTQ+ & Queer Studies Research Guide - GU Library LGBTQ History at Georgetown - GU Library Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) The Prospect blog Additional Research/Scholarship Berheide, C. W., Carpenter, M. A. & Cotter, D. A. (2022). Teaching College in the Time of COVID-19: Gender and Race Differences in Faculty Emotional Labor. Sex Roles, 86, 441–455. Cheryan, S., Plaut, V. C., Davies, P. G., & Steele, C. M. (2009). Ambient belonging: How stereotypical cues impact gender participation in computer science. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 1045–1060. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0016239 Chin, M. J., Quinn, D. M., Dhaliwal, T. K., & Lovison, V. S. (2020). Bias in the Air: A Nationwide Exploration of Teachers' Implicit Racial Attitudes, Aggregate Bias, and Student Outcomes. Educational Researcher, 49(8), 566–578. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X20937240 Davis, H.F.. (2017). Beyond trans: Does gender matter? New York: NYU Press. Good, C. , Rattan, A. & Dweck, C. S. (2012). Why Do Women Opt Out? Sense of Belonging and Women's Representation in Mathematics. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(4), 700-717. doi: 10.1037/a0026659. Harbin, B. (2016). Teaching beyond the gender binary in the university classroom. Updated by Roberts, L.M. et al., (2020). Vanderbilt Center for Teaching. Retrieved [2/9/23] from: https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-beyond-the-gender-binary-in-the-university-classroom/ For more research, visit our episode webpage.

The top federal prosecutor in central Illinois says his office is ready to bolster enforcement as part of a national environmental justice initiative.

The session, titled The Importance of Now: Maintaining Momentum in Criminal Justice Transformation, ranges from the personal to the national, covering how both these experts began in criminal justice change, and how to address the particular needs of women involved in the criminal legal system. The discussion also addresses how misinformation impacts reform strategies, the tendency to focus on wins and then move on—rather than maintaining those wins—and the need to reach wider audiences with our messages.Guest BiosErica BondVice-President, Social Justice Initiatives, John Jay College of Criminal JusticeErica Bond has experience in the government, non-profit, public policy, and legal sectors. Prior to becoming Vice President of Justice Initiatives at John Jay College, Erica was the Policy Director at the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College, a research organization that seeks to advance safe, just and equitable communities through data and research on criminal justice policy, operations and reforms.  Previously, she served as Special Advisor for Criminal Justice to the First Deputy Mayor of New York City.Prior to joining city government, Erica was a Director of Criminal Justice at the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (now called Arnold Ventures), where she worked to develop new research, policy reforms and evidenced-based innovations with the goal of transforming criminal justice systems nationwide. In this role, she partnered with criminal justice practitioners, researchers, and policymakers on initiatives to improve community safety, increase trust and confidence in the criminal justice system and ensure fairness in the criminal justice process. Erica is a mayoral designee to New York City's Civilian Complaint Review Board. She has a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.DeAnna HoskinsPresident and CEO, JustLeadershipUSADeAnna R. Hoskins is President & CEO of JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA). Dedicated to cutting the U.S. correctional population in #halfby2030, JLUSA empowers people most affected by the criminal justice system to drive reform. DeAnna is a nationally recognized leader and a formerly incarcerated person with experience as an advocate and policy expert at the local, state, and federal level. Prior to joining JLUSA as its President and CEO, DeAnna served as a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice, managing the Second Chance Act portfolio and serving as Deputy Director of the Federal Inter-Agency Reentry Council. Before that, she served as a county Director of Reentry in her home state of Ohio. DeAnna has always worked alongside advocates who have been impacted by incarceration, and knows that setting bold goals and investing in the leadership of directly impacted people is a necessary component of impactful, values-driven reform. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, The Aspen Institute is nonpartisan and does not endorse, support, or oppose political candidates or parties. Further, the views and opinions of our guests and speakers do not necessarily reflect those of The Aspen Institute.Visit us online at The Aspen Institute Criminal Justice Reform Initiative and follow us on Twitter @AspenCJRI.

THE THESIS: Our government is either terrified of the CPP (with good reason, as the CCP could topple our Country by simply refusing to ship us the addictive drugs Pharma has pushed ~70,000,000 Americans to take), or many US government officials and major companies are co-opted by China. Retired Lt. General Boykin told me the government is co-opted by the CCP all the way to the top and Apple is now officially helping the CCP to stop protests from human being who do not want to to be literally welded into their apartments or locked in in the prison camps the CCP has built for a flu.THE SCRIPTURE & SCRIPTURAL RESOURCES: People like Tim Cook, who is doing the bidding of the CCP and reporters who are demanding the government censor you are spiritual captives. They literally cannot see they are aiding blatant evil.The Weapon of Prayer for Freedom from CaptivityTHE NEWS & COMMENT:This is what people are protesting: their phone blinks red because of a flu--sure, a flu--and they are taken by the CCP's thugs and placed into one of these metal containers until the CCP decides to let them out. Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, likes to virtue signal about freedom and the right to protest, he enjoys wagging his finger at Americans who pass laws he hates, like protesting kids from porn in the schools. [AUDIO] - Apple CEO Tim Cook pretends to care about racism and people's healthHow much of this money went to Black Lives Matter, Inc.? Apple announces latest efforts in its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. . . But, when it comes to China, the stunning and brave Tim Cook helps the CCP stop people from protesting being grabbed by thugs and locked up for no crime. Apple turned off a private communication tool in China just before major protests broke outProtesters were using Apple's AirDrop feature to directly share uncensored messages.The USA must either confront the CCP or we will be admitting we never will. But, we must plan our confrontation by bringing vital production home. We can't just turn off the switch as Charles Payne suggests we can do . . .[AUDIO] - Charles Payne: "Worries over whether the COVID protests in China could actually derail the entire global economy...I say you know what, if that's the case, let it happen."Apple is also making noises about taking Twitter out of its app store. Why? Clearly because Tim Cook likes how the CCP treats human beings who question the State . . . [AUDIO] - "There is a precedent here for @Apple taking down social media apps that have content issues Apple finds problematic. Apple took down Parlor in the wake of issues on the Capitol," says @timkhiggins. "We've had concerns here with @Twitter following @elonmusk's takeover.". . . and people who still want the title of “journalist” are begging for more censorship. They are spiritual captives who cannot see that they are actually demanding that they themselves be censored. [AUDIO] - Reporter asks if the White House is "concerned" about @elonmusk's claims that "more and more subscribers" are joining Twitter:

494. We interview Congressional Candidate Lessie LeBlanc. Lessie is one of the eight candidates running in the 3rd congressional district race. She's hoping to defeat current congressman Clay Higgins. Leblanc currently works policy and organizing for the Promise of Justice Initiative.  She also holds the District 42 seat on the Democratic State Central Committee and says if elected to Congress, her main focus will be reproductive rights and gun legislation. “The recent Roe versus Wade decision complied with the absolutely abysmal legislation that has been passed at the state level and the absolutely abysmal amendment that was added to our constitution last year stripped these rights. We have stripped these rights away from women, and women want them back. We're going to take them back,” Leblanc said.  She says polls show most Americans want abortion access to be available to people who need it. “If state legislatures refuse to do the will of the people, then we will have to take care of it at the federal level,” she added. Leblanc says she also has big plans for gun control. She says banning assault weapons should be addressed. She also wants people to be aware of ghost guns, or 3D printed guns, that could become a growing problem. In addition, she says the national criminal background check system needs to be re-vamped. “I think firearms do have a place in our society. I don't think an outright ban is the answer. No ban has ever worked. Why would it start working now?” This week in Louisiana history. November 5, 1996. Mary Landrieu, first Louisiana woman to be elected to US Senate. This week in New Orleans history. Buried Alive November 5, 1970. Many still remember the guy who had himself "buried" in front of the Taco Bell at 4001 Veterans Highway back in 1970 but few remember the details. Below is a November 5, 1970 article which describes why 23 year-old Gretna resident John Diffley found himself in a home-made 3x3x8 foot coffin on public view via a peek-through shoot for the cost of a mere quarter. Diffley's aim was to break a 63-day "buried alive" record by enduring 65 days underground to earn college money. On day 22 at 11 P.M., two men dropped a five-foot Blue Runner snake down the shoot and Diffley wound up at Ochsner hospital -- treated for shock.  The men, both Avondale Shipyard workers,  were arrested for criminal mischief, although they claimed to be merely playing a practical joke. Several days later, Diffley returned to the tomb, determined to break the record, but had to start over again at day one.  I can find no information as to whether John Diffley successfully met his goal. This week in Louisiana. Kent House Plantation 3601 Bayou Rapides Road Alexandria, LA 71303 Phone 318-487-5660 Website $11.00 - Adults $9.00 - Senior Adults (65+), Military, and AAA $3.50 - Children Ages 6-12  Free - Children Under 6 Tours begin in our Gift Shop at the top of the hour Monday through Saturday 9:00am | 11:00am | 1:00pm | 3:00pm Postcards from Louisiana. Lily the Bone Jeweler. You can find her jewelry on Instagram  @abrasax.Listen on Google Play.Listen on Google Podcasts.Listen on Spotify.Listen on Stitcher.Listen on TuneIn.The Louisiana Anthology Home Page.Like us on Facebook.   

494. We interview Congressional Candidate Lessie LeBlanc. Lessie is one of the eight candidates running in the 3rd congressional district race. She's hoping to defeat current congressman Clay Higgins. Leblanc currently works policy and organizing for the Promise of Justice Initiative. She also holds the District 42 seat on the Democratic State Central Committee and says if elected to Congress, her main focus will be reproductive rights and gun legislation. “The recent Roe versus Wade decision complied with the absolutely abysmal legislation that has been passed at the state level and the absolutely abysmal amendment that was added to our constitution last year stripped these rights. We have stripped these rights away from women, and women want them back. We're going to take them back,” Leblanc said.  She says polls show most Americans want abortion access to be available to people who need it. “If state legislatures refuse to do the will of the people, then we will have to take care of it at the federal level,” she added. Leblanc says she also has big plans for gun control. She says banning assault weapons should be addressed. She also wants people to be aware of ghost guns, or 3D printed guns, that could become a growing problem. In addition, she says the national criminal background check system needs to be re-vamped. “I think firearms do have a place in our society. I don't think an outright ban is the answer. No ban has ever worked. Why would it start working now?” This week in Louisiana history. November 5, 1996. Mary Landrieu, first Louisiana woman to be elected to US Senate. This week in New Orleans history. Buried Alive November 5, 1970. Many still remember the guy who had himself "buried" in front of the Taco Bell at 4001 Veterans Highway back in 1970 but few remember the details. Below is a November 5, 1970 article which describes why 23 year-old Gretna resident John Diffley found himself in a home-made 3x3x8 foot coffin on public view via a peek-through shoot for the cost of a mere quarter. Diffley's aim was to break a 63-day "buried alive" record by enduring 65 days underground to earn college money. On day 22 at 11 P.M., two men dropped a five-foot Blue Runner snake down the shoot and Diffley wound up at Ochsner hospital -- treated for shock.  The men, both Avondale Shipyard workers,  were arrested for criminal mischief, although they claimed to be merely playing a practical joke. Several days later, Diffley returned to the tomb, determined to break the record, but had to start over again at day one.  I can find no information as to whether John Diffley successfully met his goal. This week in Louisiana. Kent House Plantation 3601 Bayou Rapides Road Alexandria, LA 71303 Phone 318-487-5660 Website $11.00 - Adults $9.00 - Senior Adults (65+), Military, and AAA $3.50 - Children Ages 6-12  Free - Children Under 6 Tours begin in our Gift Shop at the top of the hour Monday through Saturday 9:00am | 11:00am | 1:00pm | 3:00pm Postcards from Louisiana. Lily the Bone Jeweler. You can find her jewelry on Instagram  @abrasax.Listen on Google Play.Listen on Google Podcasts.Listen on Spotify.Listen on Stitcher.Listen on TuneIn.The Louisiana Anthology Home Page.Like us on Facebook.   

We should be finding solutions--as a global community--to the environmental and social issues that we face . Our guest today, Karla Brollier, is focused on prioritizing those who are most affected. Karla is the Founder and Director of the Climate Justice Initiative (CJI). CJI is the only indigenous women-led and focused organization that addresses the multifaceted issue of climate change and climate justice in Indigenous peoples, groups, and communities. Karla is also the Founder and Senior Consultant at Saghani Consulting.For our show notes, visit https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/mba4The spring cohort of the Next Economy MBA is officially open! Save 20% when you register before 1/29 with our early-bird sale ➡️ https://lifteconomy.com/mba

Our interview episode is host to an amazing guest this week – Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia, Managing Director of Justice Initiatives at Chicago Beyond. Dr. Jones Tapia provides a lens on incarceration and its impact inside and outside of prison walls. From her work with the system and as a psychologist she helps paint the picture of what incarceration does to the people incarcerated, their families, their communities, and other stakeholders. In our conversation, she also provides insights on how to change the system through her work at Chicago Beyond, and create systems-level change. We also chat terms, from the difference between jail and prison, to the prison pipeline to collective trauma, and more. PS top stories this week and this week only are in an abridged version at the top of the episode. Follow us on social media: Instagram: @girlandthegov and @girlandthegovthepodcast TikTok: @girlandthegov YouTube: @girlandthegov LinkedIn: @girlandthegov Pinterest: @girlandthegov Chicago Beyond: https://chicagobeyond.org/ Public Wise + Drag Out The Vote Fundraiser: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/pw-pride #VIRAL by Girl and the Gov®: https://www.girlandthegov.com/newsletter Girl and the Gov®'s Etsy Page - Shop Here: https://etsy.me/3zMNRoW Brand Ambassador Program: https://bit.ly/3OsNrK0 Fall Internship: www.girlandthegov.com/careers --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/girl-and-the-gov-the-podcast/support

Dawn Deaner is the Founder and Executive Director of the Choosing Justice Initiative. Before launching CJI in November 2018, Dawn spent 10 years as the Metropolitan Public Defender for Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee, and 11 years before that as an Assistant Public Defender in Nashville. Support DDC's educational and community impact by becoming a supporter: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=D9ZS6PAJHVJLC Website: https://www.deepdishconversations.com/ Follow on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deepdishconvos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deepdishconvos/ Subscribe Via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JeromeMooreCommunityChangers Original Release Date: 09/07/2021

BrownTown shares virtual space with Sandra Brown, formerly incarcerated survivor and current Senior Advisor and Visiting Scholar with the Women's Justice Institute (WJI). In Part One of the "We Are More" series, BrownTown and Sandra discuss the four leading criminal legal system trends that have spurred the rise in women's mass incarceration and meet them with five fundamental rights and needs as pathways to justice (WJI). At the intersection of carcerality and patriarchy, the team collectively addresses and assesses root causes and ways to reverse women's incarceration on the path towards prison abolition. Watch the micro-docs, listen to the series, and take action at SoapBoxPO.com/We-Are-More and IllinoisPrisonProject.org. Mentioned in episode:Women's Incarceration Rates Are Skyrocketing. These Advocates Are Trying to Change That by Nazish Dholakia (Versa)Twitter thread on crime reporting in the media (Alex Karakatsanis)Organizations: Black and Pink, Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration, Restorative Justice Illinois, Live Free Illinois, Life Span "Justice for women isn't only what happens between arrest and prison. It's what happens before, during, and after it." --Women's Justice Institute GUESTSandra Brown is a Chicago native with a love for learning and helping others. When she became an incarcerated survivor, she spent over half of her sentence working as a teaching assistant while striving to earn an education via correspondence courses. She has helped countless women earn their GEDs as well as complete various vocational programs. For almost a decade, she served as president of Toastmasters: A Woman's Voice, where she developed communication and leadership opportunities for up to 60 women each session. Barriers that Brown experienced during her own educational and empowerment journey while incarcerated undergirds the work that she does now as a Senior Advisor and Visiting Scholar with the Women's Justice Institute (WJI) in Chicago. Though Brown lives in Los Angeles, she works to promote economic and educational opportunities to other justice-impacted women. Some of her advocacy work entails developing curriculum aimed at understanding decarceration and domestic violence as well as writing policy papers recommending ways to support quality higher education degree programs to women who are incarcerated. Her book Odyssey in Progress is now available and she has a piece featured in the reSentencing Journal, published by Tufts University. ILLINOIS PRISON PROJECT (IPP)Through advocacy, public education, and direct representation, the Illinois Prison Project brings hope to and fight in community with incarcerated people and their loved ones for a brighter, more humane, more just system for us all. Learn more about the IPP on their site; follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.  CREDITS: Intro music from the Women's Justice Initiative website and outro soundbite from Sandra Brown. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. This series is sponsored by the Illinois Prison Project.--Bourbon 'n BrownTownFacebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | PatreonSoapBox Productions and Organizing, 501(c)3Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Site | Linktree | Support

The academy in Detroit is the first in the United States, launched as part of Apple's Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. The free program offers students an opportunity to become entrepreneurs and app developers by learning the fundamentals of coding, design, marketing, and project management — with an emphasis on inclusivity and making a positive impact in local communities.HEAR the ceremony HERE: (00:00) Sarah Gretter, PhD – Director of the Apple Developer Academy(:55) – “Supa” Mario Crippen, Academy graduate(3:48) - MSU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., M.D.(6:57) – Raven Scott, Academy graduate(7:45) - James Feagin, Director of Economic Mobility for the Gilbert Family Foundation(12:13) – Detroit Mayor Michael Duggan(15:18) - Team Powerhouse BiteSight presentation(21:14) – The Crew Expose presentation(26:49) – BeAware presentation(34:04) - Lisa Jackson, Apple's Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives(42:33) – Raven Scott's final commentsFor more information on the programs and ways to get involved, visit the Apple Developer Academy.MSU Today airs Saturdays at 5 p.m. and Sundays at 5 a.m. on WKAR News/Talk and Sundays at 8 p.m. on 760 WJR. Find “MSU Today with Russ White” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your shows.

In this special episode of From Chains to Change, our host Bruce Reilly sits down with a number of special guest including our executive director Norris Henderson, Jamila Johnson, attorney with the Promise of Justice Initiative and state representative Matthew Willard to discuss the continued fight around non unanimous juries, than later joined by Earl Hagans to discuss equal opportunity in housing and his own lived experience with housing discrimination. 

Jia is reading a poem of lament from Stacy Krisik. Stacy is a student in McCormick Theological Seminary's program for seminary education in jail. This program is one of 4 offered by the Solidarity Building Initiative for Liberative Carceral Education at McCormick, also known as SBI. Stacy wrote her lament during COVID-19 while in pretrial incarceration at the Cook County Jail in the summer of 2021. Stacy's poem is included in SBI's annual publication entitled The Prayer Collective, which will be available soon at sbimccormick.org. --- RESOURCES The statistics offered in this mediation are cited in the following articles: “Like being in hell': Detainees offer window into Cook County Jail's Covid-19 surge” in Injustice Watch on Feb. 8, 2022. New Report Looks at Strategies to Cut Incarceration of Illinois Women by Half in Truthout in April 29, 2021. Criminalization of Mental Illness To learn more about women and incarceration visit the Women's Justice Initiative at womensjustice.net Visit SBIMcCormick.org to download a copy of the Prayer Collective. --- ABOUT OUR CO-HOSTS Camille Hernandez www.camillehernandez.com Instagram, Twitter, TikTok: @hellocamilleh Jia Johnson www.jiajohnson.com Instagram & Twitter: @jiaajohnson Facebook: Jia Johnson -- This podcast is hosted in collaboration with McCormick Theological Seminary's Solidarity Building Initiative for Liberative Carceral Education.

Dave Worland is Executive Director for The Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and introduces us to Savannah Quintero, who serves with the Tennessee Supreme Court's "Access to Justice Initiative" as their Pro Bono Coordinator. There are opportunities for you to receive the assistance you need. This initiative provides churches with a tangible way to get involved in their community. Simply email their office if you would like more information: ATJinfo@tncourts.gov See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Q talks to Shana V. White, and educator and activist, about her love of RomComs, her passion for equitable education, and how she copes with the extraordinary challenges she sees in the world around us. ---------- Shana V. White is currently the Senior Associate, CS Equity and Justice Initiatives at the Kapor Center. Shana is a passionate educator who works as an advocate for marginalized groups in education and has an unwavering commitment to providing opportunities for all students to engage in unique and relevant learning experiences. She believes in purposeful disruption of the status quo and encourages teachers to exercise autonomy and humanize schools for students. Find Shana online at: Website Twitter

DTR Modern GalleriesHalim FlowersAutodidact, Halim A. Flowers (b. 1980, Washington, DC) visual artist, spoken word performer, businessman, and author of eleven published non-fiction works, is married to L. Patrice McKinney, raising a family in Washington, DC. A Member of the Board of Directors of The Frederick Douglass Project for Justice and Cultural DC, he is an ardent advocate for human rights and is best known for his quote, “Love is the Antibody”. In the short time since the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act of 2016 effectuated his 2019 release from prison, he has created a stunning spectrum of paintings and spoken word comprised of a benevolent mission forged and galvanized over decades in a pressure cooker.In 1997, as a minor, Halim A. Flowers was arrested and wrongfully sentenced to two life sentences in Washington, DC. His experiences aired on HBO in the Emmy award-winning documentary “Thug Life in DC”. Released under a new juvenile lifer resentencing law, Flowers' 2019 freedom was documented by Kim Kardashian-West's “The Justice Project” film. Upon release, he was awarded the Halcyon Arts Lab and Echoing Green fellowship awards. In 2020, Flowers' TEDx Talk, “Criminal Justice Reform”, and his prolific production and exhibition of his visual art, e.g., The Museum of Modern Art's “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration” exhibit, continue to advance his mission to promote love among all humans. A beneficiary of Georgetown University's Prison and Justice Initiative, Flowers studied Government, Philosophy, Reparations: African-American Literature, and English 101 in a mentorship with academic advisor, Professor Marc Morjé Howard (2018-2019). More recently, as a grant recipient from the Art for Justice Fund, Flowers was featured as a “Justice Ambassador” in the film “Halim's Hope” (2020).Elizabeth Howard is the host and producer of the Short Fuse Podcast.  Elizabeth has never had barriers between her life, work, art and writing. Experience, sense of place and exploration define the choices she makes, seeking collaboration, flexibility, spontaneity and responsiveness in the projects she designs and engages with.   As the host and producer of the Short Fuse Podcast, she engages individuals in lively and provocative conversations around how the arts can affect social change.Music for the Short Fuse PodcastJeannine Otis recorded the music for this episode of the Short Fuse Podcast. Music has always been a part of Jeannine's life.  Her mother was a musical director and her family  includes the Jones Brothers, Hank, Thad, and Elvin who formed the basis of exposure to music that began a career that started with Jeannine's debut as a vocalist with the Detroit Symphony with American Youth Performs at age 12.She has shared the stage with great musicians of every genre (especially jazz) who have served as mentors including Grover Washington Jr., Arthur Prysock, Kool and the Gang, Joe Chambers and Donald Byrd, Rudy Mwangozi, Saul Ruin, Stanley Banks bassist, Finnish Jazz composer Heikki Sarmanto and Vishnu Wood, bassist, and his band Safari East.She has been a featured vocalist at many jazz festivals including the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, JazzMobile with Safari East, and the Universal Temple of the Arts yearly jazz festival and trombonist Art Baron and Friends. Jeannine has also appeared on Broadway in THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN' at the Supper Club in the Edison Hotel with Larry Marshall and the Michael E Smith Big Band and the New York Big Band at Tavern on the Green.She has toured extensively worldwide as a featured vocalist, in theater, and with her own ensemble. Anthony Tomassini of the New York Times labeled Jeannine a “show-stopper” in a review of a Downtown Music Production's version of THE CRADLE WILL ROCK. As the STRAWBERRY WOMAN in Porgy and Bess, Jeannine toured extensively in Europe singing in many of the great opera houses in Europe including those in Rome, Cologne, Venice, and Modena—home of Luciano Pavorotti.Her “little” book THE GATHERING was made into a Musical Theater piece entitled WHO AM I, and debuted at The La MaMa Theater in 2014. She is an honors graduate of Wellesley College (BA) and of Emerson College (MA) and the Director of Music at Saint Marks Church, known for its progressive outreach programming through the arts. Alex Waters is a technical producer  for the Short Fuse Podcast. He is a music producer and a student at the  Berklee College of Music. He has written and produced music and edited for podcasts such as The Faith and Chai Podcast and Con Confianza. He writes, produces and records music for independent artists, including The Living. Alex lives in Brooklyn.  You can reach him with inquiries by emailing alexwatersmusic12@gmail.com.

As schools continue to think about how they can positively impact the mental health of their students, they should also consider the mental health of the staff supporting those students. In this episode, our host and Program Director of School and Justice Initiatives, Christopher Chun-Seeley, MSW, sits down with the Director of the APA Foundation's Center for Workplace Mental Health, Darcy Gruttadaro, JD. The two discuss how school leaders can better support staff's mental health and well-being and how staff can recognize when their colleagues might need support. Resources from the Center for Workplace Mental Health  Notice. Talk. Act. at Work: https://workplacementalhealth.org/employer-resources/notice-talk-act-at-work Workplace Stress: https://workplacementalhealth.org/mental-health-topics/workplace-stress Mental Health and Well-being During and Beyond Covid-19: https://workplacementalhealth.org/employer-resources/employee-mental-health-well-being-during-beyond-co Blog on Resilience: https://workplacementalhealth.org/News-Events/News-and-Blog/The-Value-of-Resiliency

Mercedes Montagnes of the Promise of Justice Initiative and PAC for Justice talks to host Lynda Woolard about the success of the Unanimous Jury Coalition's efforts to change the Louisiana Constitution, and explores other opportunities for Criminal Justice Reform in our state. Connect with the Promise of Justice Initiative on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Connect with PAC for Justice on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Find more Louisiana Lefty content on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and at LouisianaLefty.Rocks. Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

“We have to get out of this notion that revenge is going to heal us in any way.” Mercedes Montagnes grew up wanting to be an actress. Instead, she found herself taking the LSATs on a whim and, eventually, becoming a lawyer. As the Executive Director of The Promise of Justice Initiative, Mercedes and her litigation team are challenging racist laws and practices in prisons in Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world. In our conversation, we explore what meaningful healing looks like (including for survivors), her continuing fight for justice for those convicted by the Jim Crow era practice of nonunanimougs juries, prison plantation labor, Covid—and, of course, change. “There is hope,” she told me. “It's hard,” but change is possible. Mercedes Montagnes is the Executive Director of The Promise of Justice Initiative. Mercedes jumped into her legal career feet first by litigating prison conditions throughout Louisiana. Her first impact litigation case challenged the alarming heat conditions on Death Row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, otherwise known as Angola. Today, her litigation team is tackling a myriad of issues ranging from medical care to over detention. In addition to leading the litigation team, Mercedes oversees the projects at PJI. In the last year, this has included exposing corruption and violence in law enforcement in Jefferson Davis Parish, building the Jim Crow Juries Project on behalf of people incarcerated from non-unanimous juries, establishing and building Louisiana Survivors for Reform—a group of justice minded survivors, and coordinating litigation and policy responses to COVID-19 for those in prisons and jails throughout the state. Mercedes' work is rooted in the belief that our criminal court system must be reformed in order to keep our communities, both inside and outside prison, safe. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and clerked for Judge Carl Barbier in the Eastern District of Louisiana and Chief Judge Roger Gregory on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Connect with Promise of Justice Initiative: Website: https://promiseofjustice.org Instagram: @justicespromise Twitter: @justicespromise Facebook: @promiseofjustice --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ashley-asti/message

Join Kristan in this re-broadcast of our August 2020 interview, What is Justice?, while also asking Enumale Agada to give us an update on The Justice Initiative, a pilot project she oversaw between the Systemic Justice Project and the Thurgood Marshall Center for Civil Rights at Howard University School of Law. The original August 2020 Tea Time featured Professor Jon Hanson, the Alan A. Stone Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Systemic Justice Project at Harvard Law School.

On April 12, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights filed petitions on behalf of clients who were sentenced to Death By Incarceration by non-unanimous juries in Louisiana, where they remain in the Louisiana State Penitentiary colloquially known as “Angola,” despite the Supreme Court's clear ruling that their convictions were unconstitutional. We joined more than 700 volunteer attorneys across the country in filing petitions in the cases of more than 1,000 people, mostly Black men, imprisoned in Louisiana from convictions by non-unanimous juries. They are known as “Jim Crow Juries” because they are a relic of the Jim Crow era that has systematically discounted the votes of jurors of color, led to a significant number of wrongful convictions, and helped maintain disproportionately high rates of incarceration of Black people in Louisiana. In this episode of the Activist Files, Angelo Guisado, staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, speaks with Jamila Johnson, managing attorney for the Jim Crow Juries: Unanimous Jury Project at Promise of Justice Initiative in New Orleans, who coordinated the massive effort, about what comes next. Resources:●      The Promise of Justice Initiative●      State v. Henry / State v. Allen (Jim Crow Juries)

In this episode of the Cohort Sistas Podcast, you'll hear from today's guest, Dr. Norrell Edwards, who shares her perspective on thinking about your Ph.D. as just one part of your career journey, not the be-all and end-all! Dr. Edwards completed her doctorate in English literature from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a specialization in 20th and 21st century Black Diaspora Literature. Dr. Edwards recently joined Texas Christian University as Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow from her position at Georgetown University, where she served as Assistant Director of Education of their Prison and Justice Initiative. She currently serves as the volunteer director of communications for the Next Step Forward Initiative, a New York-based grassroots organization focused on making progress to eradicate systemic racism. Tuning in, you'll hear how Dr. Edwards found her way into academia and why she says that landing on the doctoral path was somewhat accidental, and she shares the programs she enrolled in, the challenges she encountered and how she overcame them, as well as the successes she experienced along the way. Tune in today to find out more!Connect with Dr. Norrell Edwards on LinkedIn, on Twitter, or on her website, NorellEdwards.com.Mentioned in Today's Episode:Next Step Forward InstituteThe Dew BreakerGeorgetown University Prison and Justice Initiative‘New Rochelle Police Department's Complaint Suppression and the Need for Civilian Oversight'McNair ScholarsThe Leadership AllianceMellon-Mays Undergraduate FellowshipColumbia Undergraduate Scholars Program (CUSP)Drug Policy AllianceIf you are a Black woman interested in joining the Cohort Sistas community or you're looking for more information on how to support or partner with Cohort Sistas, please visit our site at www.cohortsistas.com.Find us on Twitter and Instagram, and don't forget to follow the Cohort Sistas podcast, rate, and leave us a quick review wherever you're listening.

Climate justice is gaining attention as more people realize that the impact of climate change will disproportionately affect indigenous and under resourced communities. We welcome Karla Brollier from the Climate Justice Initiative to learn how climate change is impacting indigenous communities, why politics are an unhelpful distraction from major challenges ahead of us, and how matriarchal leadership could help generate positive adaptations for communities affected by our changing climate. Notes: Climate Justice Initiative: https://climatejusticeinitiative.org Project Drawdown: https://www.drawdown.org Fifty Miles from Tomorrow, William L. Iggiagruk Hensley: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312429362