Podcasts about Juvenile Law Center

Our guests have spent their careers advocating for some of the most vulnerable citizens in our country's legal system-our nation's children. Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic Initiative at Georgetown Law School and the author of "The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth". Marsha Levick is the co-founder and Chief Legal Officer of the Juvenile Law Center, which has been advocating for young people's rights for nearly 50 years. 

In a recent incident in Columbus, Ohio, an 11 year old girl was manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult. After law enforcement was called by the girl's father, a police officer told the father his daughter could face child porn charges for her actions. So how do we protect our children who are victims of these kinds of crimes? And what needs to change within our laws? In this episode, host Craig Williams is joined by guest attorney Riya Saha Shah, Senior Managing Director of Juvenile Law Center, to explore the misuse of sexual exploitation laws against child victims, advocating for children's rights, and what needs to change within our legal system and inside our police departments.

In a recent incident in Columbus, Ohio, an 11 year old girl was manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult. After law enforcement was called by the girl's father, a police officer told the father his daughter could face child porn charges for her actions. So how do we protect our children who are victims of these kinds of crimes? And what needs to change within our laws? In this episode, host Craig Williams is joined by guest attorney Riya Saha Shah, Senior Managing Director of Juvenile Law Center, to explore the misuse of sexual exploitation laws against child victims, advocating for children's rights, and what needs to change within our legal system and inside our police departments.

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/juvenile-sentencing-in-the-us-is-barbaric-racist-and-ineffective“The United States is the only country in the world that permits youth to be sentenced to life without parole,” the Juvenile Law Center notes. “Sentencing children to die in prison is condemned by international law. For children or adults, a sentence of life without parole is cruel, inhumane, and denies the individual's humanity. For children, the sentence also defies law and research confirming that youth are different than adults and must be treated differently by our legal system.” While many individual states have banned the practice of sentencing juvenile offenders to life without parole, 22 states still permit it, and the conservative majority of the US Supreme Court has shown a troubling openness to overturning past precedents regarding juvenile sentencing. Abd'Allah Wali Lateef, Deputy Director with the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, joins Rattling the Bars to talk about the sordid history behind youth sentencing practices in the US and about the state of the fight to end juvenile life without parole.Abd'Allah Wali Lateef is Deputy Director of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth. In spite of being condemned to life without possibility of parole at 17 years of age—and without hope or expectation of ever being released from prison—Lateef devoted himself to personal and collective transformation, serving as a mentor, religious advisor, faith leader, and reform advocate. He also studied legal jurisprudence and worked as a paralegal at Paraprofessional Law Clinic, Inc. Lateef was released from prison in the fall of 2017.Studio: David Hebden, Cameron GranadinoPost-Production: Cameron GranadinoHelp us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtbSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtbLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/juvenile-sentencing-in-the-us-is-barbaric-racist-and-ineffective“The United States is the only country in the world that permits youth to be sentenced to life without parole,” the Juvenile Law Center notes. “Sentencing children to die in prison is condemned by international law. For children or adults, a sentence of life without parole is cruel, inhumane, and denies the individual's humanity. For children, the sentence also defies law and research confirming that youth are different than adults and must be treated differently by our legal system.” While many individual states have banned the practice of sentencing juvenile offenders to life without parole, 22 states still permit it, and the conservative majority of the US Supreme Court has shown a troubling openness to overturning past precedents regarding juvenile sentencing. Abd'Allah Wali Lateef, Deputy Director with the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, joins Rattling the Bars to talk about the sordid history behind youth sentencing practices in the US and about the state of the fight to end juvenile life without parole.Abd'Allah Wali Lateef is Deputy Director of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth. In spite of being condemned to life without possibility of parole at 17 years of age—and without hope or expectation of ever being released from prison—Lateef devoted himself to personal and collective transformation, serving as a mentor, religious advisor, faith leader, and reform advocate. He also studied legal jurisprudence and worked as a paralegal at Paraprofessional Law Clinic, Inc. Lateef was released from prison in the fall of 2017.Studio: David Hebden, Cameron GranadinoPost-Production: Cameron GranadinoHelp us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtbSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtbLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

On today's relaunch episode, host Mustafa Ali-Smith is joined by Katy Otto, Director of Communications at Juvenile Law Center, to discuss how the idea of Redesign America came to be, its focus, and why the podcast is more critical and urgent now than ever. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit redesignamerica.substack.com

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Marsha Levick is an attorney, law professor and youth justice expert. Marsha founded The Juvenile Law Center in 1975 –– where she has worked on many cases over the years on behalf of child rights –– none more famous than her work exposing the horrific Kids For Cash Scandal in Luzerne County PA. The racket involved two elected judges who accepted cash kickbacks from private prisons in exchange for children (who were improperly found guilty of minor offenses that warranted no prison time). ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Kids For Cash Basic Facts; Ciavarella and Conahan shut down old prison 10:02 - The Private Prison Industry 15:20 - How Ciavorella & Conahan got started 20:10 - Ciavarella locks up teenage girl for MySpace Account 27:13 - The trauma kids suffer in prison; Ciavarella ran on locking kids up 34:44 - The public defenders & prosecutors were compromised 42:06 - Marsha files Supreme Court Petition & the FBI calls 51:01 - How did the judges get away with it for so long? 58:07 - Ciavarella & Conahan Case Results 1:05:10 - The sad story of the Ciavarella victim who committed su1c1de 1:14:11 - The Ethan Crumbley Schoo1 Shootter Case 1:22:14 - How Marsha would fix legal system today; Pandemic crime trends 1:28:25 - Gun regulation 1:32:11 - The story of the father who forgave his son's killer 1:37:04 - The Incarceration Rate in America 1:45:19 - Current cases Marsha is working on Intro Credits: “Instant Family” (2018) “Dead Presidents” (1995) “The Guest” (2014) “Scarface” (1983) “Fracture” (2007) ~ Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “TRENDIFIER”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Music via Artlist.io

I want to share my thoughts about Kerri Connor Matchett whose homegoing took place this week. Co-founder of Praise is the Cure with her mom Anita T Connor, Kerri was a powerful advocate for raising awareness about early breast cancer awareness for Black women through faith-based institutions. In her too short 48 years - Kerri made a measurable difference, no doubt saving many lives. She was a mother, a daughter, a wife and a devoted friend to so many. The image I will always remember is an Instagram photo of Kerri dressed as a member of Wakanda's Dora Milaje - women who represent courage, purpose, strength and most of all Fierceness. Kerri Connor Matchett was all that and so much more. This morning we talk with members of a coalition called Care Not Control which is working to transform the criminal legal system to end youth incarceration in PA. The coalition recently released Care, Not Control: The Album, which showcases the talents, hopes, and dreams of young people directly impacted by the criminal legal system. I speak to Bre Stoves, youth organizer with Care, Not Control and The Village of Arts and Humanities. She is also a youth advocate with Juvenile Law Center. Bre has two songs on the album, including Untold Story, the debut single. Michaela Pommells is Care, Not Control Campaign Organizer. Michaela helped the coalition through the album process. https://carenotcontrol.com/thealbum/ What does it truly mean to rest? Philadelphians can contemplate this question during a visit to an immersive, audiovisual installation by local multimedia artist Gralin Hughes, Jr. (Television Sky.) I speak to Hughes about Supine Horizons, an immersive site for rest, resistance and renewal, featuring synthesized sound and projected visuals by Gralin. Supine Horizons is organized by Philadelphia Contemporary and is open at the Kinesics Dance Dynamics Theatre through Dec. 20. https://philadelphiacontemporary.org/https://www.gralinhughes.com/ First, You've probably heard about food insecurity but what about clothing insecurity - lack of access to affordable, adequate, appropriate clothing. “Lack of clothing” accounts for three of the top ten reasons kids miss school. I speak to Michal Smith, Executive Director at Cradles to Crayons Philadelphia which is working to address the urgent need for new and gently used clothing for kids through donation of items, money and volunteers.https://www.cradlestocrayons.org/philadelphia/ Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @c2cphiladelphia

This morning we talk with members of a coalition called Care Not Control which is working to transform the criminal legal system to end youth incarceration in PA. The coalition recently released Care, Not Control: The Album, which showcases the talents, hopes, and dreams of young people directly impacted by the criminal legal system. I speak to Bre Stoves, youth organizer with Care, Not Control and The Village of Arts and Humanities. She is also a youth advocate with Juvenile Law Center. Bre has two songs on the album, including Untold Story, the debut single. Michaela Pommells is Care, Not Control Campaign Organizer. Michaela helped the coalition through the album process.https://carenotcontrol.com/thealbum/What does it truly mean to rest? Philadelphians can contemplate this question during a visit to an immersive, audiovisual installation by local multimedia artist Gralin Hughes, Jr. (Television Sky.) I speak to Hughes about Supine Horizons, an immersive site for rest, resistance and renewal, featuring synthesized sound and projected visuals by Gralin. Supine Horizons is organized by Philadelphia Contemporary and is open at the Kinesics Dance Dynamics Theatre through Dec. 20. https://philadelphiacontemporary.org/https://www.gralinhughes.com/ First, You've probably heard about food insecurity but what about clothing insecurity - lack of access to affordable, adequate, appropriate clothing. “Lack of clothing” accounts for three of the top ten reasons kids miss school. I speak to Michal Smith, Executive Director at Cradles to Crayons Philadelphia which is working to address the urgent need for new and gently used clothing for kids through donation of items, money and volunteers.https://www.cradlestocrayons.org/philadelphia/Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @c2cphiladelphia

Lead With Your Brand listeners are always asking about which episodes are not to miss. Although we love each of our guests, this week we are reaching into the vault to share an amazing show from our second season. Jayzen is so thrilled to welcome his former colleague and all around amazing person, Susan Jin Davis, to the podcast. Susan has an amazing story to tell that is truly at the intersection of career and life. She has an incredible understanding how intertwined work and life are and need to be. As a self-proclaimed “change agent,” Susan leads with her bold brand to support her community and the world we all share, with a “pay it forward” attitude, constantly trying to open doors for those around her. Susan has had an incredible career journey, serving as Comcast's first Chief Sustainability Officer, working as an attorney and many other roles. She has been a pioneer in the field and currently is the Social Impact Officer for Al Roker Entertainment. In addition to her work in sustainability and social impact, She is a tireless advocate for diversity and the AAPI community. Guest Bio Susan Jin Davis Social Impact Officer, Al Roker Entertainment Susan Jin Davis has 30 years of experience in the telecommunications, media, entertainment, and technology industries. She currently serves as Social Impact Officer for Al Roker Entertainment, a leading producer of TV, digital, branded programming and entertainment. She is also an advisor for ALO Advisors, a firm specializing in areas of sustainability, diversity, and corporate social responsibility. She is also serving as a Senior Advisor on Social Impact & Sustainability for Philadelphia Soccer 2026, as part of Philadelphia's application team to be a host city for the World Cup games in 2026. Her focus is on human rights such as worker rights, housing, discrimination, safety and security, and grievances. Most recently, Ms. Jin Davis was a senior executive at Comcast Corporation, where she held a multitude of roles over a 15-year career at the Company, including becoming the company's first Chief Sustainability Officer, creating the framework for the company's Environmental, Social, and Governance disclosures, operationalizing its renewable energy and energy efficiency strategy, and contributing to transforming its fleet to low-carbon vehicles. Ms. Jin Davis is a well-experienced and well-respected executive in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”). While at Comcast, Ms. Jin Davis negotiated a historic Memorandum of Understanding between Comcast and the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) national community as part of the company's acquisition of NBCUniversal. This created ground-breaking diversity commitments in the areas of programming, supplier, employment, and community investment that are the foundation for the company's current DEI strategy. An advocate for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in business and corporate America, she is active in the AAPI community nationally. She serves as the Chair of the Board of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) and serves on the Board of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (National ACE). Additionally, Ms. Jin Davis is a past board member of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) and the Asian and Pacific American Scholarship Fund (APIA Scholars). Her other volunteer leadership service includes the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Law Center and the Board of Trustees of her undergraduate alma mater, Bryn Mawr College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University. The active runner, arts lover, and foodie lives in Kennett Square, Pa. with her daughter, Sophia. Links To learn more about Lead With Your Brand and the Career Breakthrough Mentoring program, please visit: LeadWithyYourBrand.com To book Jayzen for a speaking engagement or workshop at your company, visit: JayzenPatria.com

On this week's podcast we discuss developments in the legal battles over access to gender-affirming care for youth, the U.N.'s critique of American child welfare laws, and problems with the planned closure of California's state-run youth prisons. Last month, a U.S. district court ordered two former judges to pay damages totaling $206 million to families that were caught up in what came to be known as the Kids for Cash Scandal in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Marsha Levick of the Juvenile Law Center, who helped expose the scandal, joins to reflect on the lessons of this insanely dark moment in juvenile justice history. Reading RoomCourt: Arkansas Can't Ban Treatment of Transgender Kidshttps://bit.ly/3RPZYJeA Proposed Law Would Give Trans Youth Refuge in Californiahttps://bit.ly/3L3cdQNUN Committee Suggests the US Change or Repeal Major Child Welfare Policieshttps://bit.ly/3RZNLlzWashington Will Stop Using Child Support to Fund Foster Carehttps://bit.ly/3RQ08jOCalifornia's Historic Shuttering of State-run Youth Prisons is Moving Forward, But Remains Far From its Progressive Visionhttps://bit.ly/3BsePTZChild Welfare Ideas from The Expertshttps://bit.ly/3AVgYaeJudges in “Kids for Cash” Scandal Must Compensate Familieshttps://bit.ly/3U3VsbYZero Tolerance Breeds Zero Justice https://bit.ly/3RzuSG1

Marsha Levick, Juvenile Law Center, on the "Kids for Cash" scandal // Hanna Scott on the DOJ lawsuit against Idaho over criminalizing abortion // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- WSF fuel, staffing, and schedule difficulties // Dose of Kindness -- donations via haircuts // Gee Scott on ferry problems/ college football scholarships // Scott MacFarlane live on the various Trump-related investigations/ Jan 6th prosecutions // Rachel Belle talks with the authors of Behind Their ScreensSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A nationally recognized writer, trainer, and consultant in juvenile justice reform, Kristin Henning speaks on the intersection of race, adolescence, and policing. Her book, The Rage of Innocence, is a powerful analysis of how the legal system criminalizes normal adolescent behavior in communities of color. In it, she lays bare the long-term consequences of racism and trauma that Black children experience at the hands of police (and their vigilante surrogates) and explains how discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear and resent the police. In her lectures and workshops, Henning examines how normal adolescent behaviors are distorted into crime and deviance among Black youth, who are denied the grace and tolerance society extends to their white peers. Drawing upon her experience working in D.C.'s juvenile courts, she examines the physical and psychological harms of constant discriminatory and aggressive police surveillance during adolescence – the last period of significant flexibility in the brain – and discusses the devastating long-term consequences criminalization has on the development of Black youth.In her timely and essential workshops, Kristin Henning helps organizations identify unconscious racial bias and challenge racial injustice and inequality. In her educational and dynamic talks, she discusses the challenges she encountered in her legal career and the need for police, prosecutors, and judges to examine their personal biases and combat them in favor of equitable treatment.Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law, where she teaches students about criminal law, family law, and racial bias in the juvenile and criminal legal systems. Before joining Georgetown University, she worked as a public defender, where she organized and led a juvenile unit representing children arrested in the Washington D.C. area. She is currently the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center and serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Children's Law and Policy. Henning received her B.A. from Duke University and J.D. from Yale University. She has received numerous awards for commitment to justice, including the 2021 Juvenile Leadership Prize from the Juvenile Law Center, the 2015 Award for Youth Justice from the DC Lawyers for Youth and 2013 Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Award for Excellence in Juvenile Defense by the National Juvenile Defender Center.Join our Patreon community of Difference-MakersThe A World of Difference Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Missio Alliance.Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen.   Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook, on Twitter at @loriadbr & on Clubhouse @loriadbr.https://linktr.ee/aworldofdifference or loriadamsbrown.comInterested in one-on-one or group coaching on how to live a life that makes a difference? Check out: https://www.loriadamsbrown.com/coachingBecome a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. Mentioned in this episode:Join Difference MakersJoin us in our membership community for exclusive content for only $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/aworldofdifference. We go deeper with each guest, and it makes such a difference.PatreonDo you want to go deeper?Join us in Difference Makers, a community where we watch and discuss exclusive content that truly makes a difference. Give us $5 a month (the price of a latte), and join in on the conversation with our host Lori and others who want to make a difference. We'd love to have you join us!PatreonThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

A nationally recognized writer, trainer, and consultant in juvenile justice reform, Kristin Henning speaks on the intersection of race, adolescence, and policing. Her book, The Rage of Innocence, is a powerful analysis of how the legal system criminalizes normal adolescent behavior in communities of color. In it, she lays bare the long-term consequences of racism and trauma that Black children experience at the hands of police (and their vigilante surrogates) and explains how discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear and resent the police. In her lectures and workshops, Henning examines how normal adolescent behaviors are distorted into crime and deviance among Black youth, who are denied the grace and tolerance society extends to their white peers. Drawing upon her experience working in D.C.'s juvenile courts, she examines the physical and psychological harms of constant discriminatory and aggressive police surveillance during adolescence – the last period of significant flexibility in the brain – and discusses the devastating long-term consequences criminalization has on the development of Black youth.In her timely and essential workshops, Kristin Henning helps organizations identify unconscious racial bias and challenge racial injustice and inequality. In her educational and dynamic talks, she discusses the challenges she encountered in her legal career and the need for police, prosecutors, and judges to examine their personal biases and combat them in favor of equitable treatment.Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law, where she teaches students about criminal law, family law, and racial bias in the juvenile and criminal legal systems. Before joining Georgetown University, she worked as a public defender, where she organized and led a juvenile unit representing children arrested in the Washington D.C. area. She is currently the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center and serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Children's Law and Policy. Henning received her B.A. from Duke University and J.D. from Yale University. She has received numerous awards for commitment to justice, including the 2021 Juvenile Leadership Prize from the Juvenile Law Center, the 2015 Award for Youth Justice from the DC Lawyers for Youth and 2013 Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Award for Excellence in Juvenile Defense by the National Juvenile Defender Center.Join our Patreon community of Difference-MakersThe A World of Difference Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Missio Alliance.Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen.   Find Us Online: @aworldof.difference on Instagram and A World of Difference on Facebook, on Twitter at @loriadbr & on Clubhouse @loriadbr.https://linktr.ee/aworldofdifference or loriadamsbrown.comInterested in one-on-one or group coaching on how to live a life that makes a difference? Check out: https://www.loriadamsbrown.com/coachingBecome a patron of this podcast, and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at Patreon. Mentioned in this episode:Join Difference MakersJoin us in our membership community for exclusive content for only $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/aworldofdifference. We go deeper with each guest, and it makes such a difference.PatreonDo you want to go deeper?Join us in Difference Makers, a community where we watch and discuss exclusive content that truly makes a difference. Give us $5 a month (the price of a latte), and join in on the conversation with our host Lori and others who want to make a difference. We'd love to have you join us!PatreonThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacyPodtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

A nationally recognized writer, trainer, and consultant in juvenile justice reform, Kristin Henning speaks on the intersection of race, adolescence, and policing. Her book, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623467/the-rage-of-innocence-by-kristin-henning/ (The Rage of Innocence), is a powerful analysis of how the legal system criminalizes normal adolescent behavior in communities of color. In it, she lays bare the long-term consequences of racism and trauma that Black children experience at the hands of police (and their vigilante surrogates) and explains how discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear and resent the police. In her lectures and workshops, Henning examines how normal adolescent behaviors are distorted into crime and deviance among Black youth, who are denied the grace and tolerance society extends to their white peers. Drawing upon her experience working in D.C.'s juvenile courts, she examines the physical and psychological harms of constant discriminatory and aggressive police surveillance during adolescence – the last period of significant flexibility in the brain – and discusses the devastating long-term consequences criminalization has on the development of Black youth. In her timely and essential workshops, Kristin Henning helps organizations identify unconscious racial bias and challenge racial injustice and inequality. In her educational and dynamic talks, she discusses the challenges she encountered in her legal career and the need for police, prosecutors, and judges to examine their personal biases and combat them in favor of equitable treatment. Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law, where she teaches students about criminal law, family law, and racial bias in the juvenile and criminal legal systems. Before joining Georgetown University, she worked as a public defender, where she organized and led a juvenile unit representing children arrested in the Washington D.C. area. She is currently the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center and serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Children's Law and Policy. Henning received her B.A. from Duke University and J.D. from Yale University. She has received numerous awards for commitment to justice, including the 2021 Juvenile Leadership Prize from the Juvenile Law Center, the 2015 Award for Youth Justice from the DC Lawyers for Youth and 2013 Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Award for Excellence in Juvenile Defense by the National Juvenile Defender Center. Join our https://www.patreon.com/aworldofdifference (Patreon community of Difference-Makers) The A World of Difference Podcast is brought to you in partnership with https://www.missioalliance.org/ (Missio Alliance). Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen.   Find Us Online: https://www.instagram.com/aworldof.difference/ (@aworldof.difference) on Instagram and https://www.facebook.com/A-World-of-Difference-613933132591673/ (A World of Difference) on Facebook, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/loriadbr (@loriadbr) & on Clubhouse https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@loriadbr (@loriadbr).https://linktr.ee/aworldofdifference (https://linktr.ee/aworldofdifference) or http://loriadamsbrown.com/ (loriadamsbrown.com)Interested in one-on-one or group coaching on how to live a life that makes a difference? Check out: https://www.loriadamsbrown.com/coaching (https://www.loriadamsbrown.com/coaching) https://www.patreon.com/aworldofdifference (Become a patron of this podcast), and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at https://www.patreon.com/aworldofdifference (Patreon). Mentioned in this episode: Patreon Support us for as little as $5/month at...

A nationally recognized writer, trainer, and consultant in juvenile justice reform, Kristin Henning speaks on the intersection of race, adolescence, and policing. Her book, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623467/the-rage-of-innocence-by-kristin-henning/ (The Rage of Innocence), is a powerful analysis of how the legal system criminalizes normal adolescent behavior in communities of color. In it, she lays bare the long-term consequences of racism and trauma that Black children experience at the hands of police (and their vigilante surrogates) and explains how discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear and resent the police. In her lectures and workshops, Henning examines how normal adolescent behaviors are distorted into crime and deviance among Black youth, who are denied the grace and tolerance society extends to their white peers. Drawing upon her experience working in D.C.'s juvenile courts, she examines the physical and psychological harms of constant discriminatory and aggressive police surveillance during adolescence – the last period of significant flexibility in the brain – and discusses the devastating long-term consequences criminalization has on the development of Black youth. In her timely and essential workshops, Kristin Henning helps organizations identify unconscious racial bias and challenge racial injustice and inequality. In her educational and dynamic talks, she discusses the challenges she encountered in her legal career and the need for police, prosecutors, and judges to examine their personal biases and combat them in favor of equitable treatment. Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law, where she teaches students about criminal law, family law, and racial bias in the juvenile and criminal legal systems. Before joining Georgetown University, she worked as a public defender, where she organized and led a juvenile unit representing children arrested in the Washington D.C. area. She is currently the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center and serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Children's Law and Policy. Henning received her B.A. from Duke University and J.D. from Yale University. She has received numerous awards for commitment to justice, including the 2021 Juvenile Leadership Prize from the Juvenile Law Center, the 2015 Award for Youth Justice from the DC Lawyers for Youth and 2013 Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Award for Excellence in Juvenile Defense by the National Juvenile Defender Center. Join our https://www.patreon.com/aworldofdifference (Patreon community of Difference-Makers) The A World of Difference Podcast is brought to you in partnership with https://www.missioalliance.org/ (Missio Alliance). Stay In Touch: Connect on Facebook and Instagram with thoughts, questions, and feedback. Rate, review and share this podcast with anyone that would love to listen.   Find Us Online: https://www.instagram.com/aworldof.difference/ (@aworldof.difference) on Instagram and https://www.facebook.com/A-World-of-Difference-613933132591673/ (A World of Difference) on Facebook, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/loriadbr (@loriadbr) & on Clubhouse https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@loriadbr (@loriadbr).https://linktr.ee/aworldofdifference (https://linktr.ee/aworldofdifference) or http://loriadamsbrown.com/ (loriadamsbrown.com)Interested in one-on-one or group coaching on how to live a life that makes a difference? Check out: https://www.loriadamsbrown.com/coaching (https://www.loriadamsbrown.com/coaching) https://www.patreon.com/aworldofdifference (Become a patron of this podcast), and enjoy free merch. Join other patrons of this podcast at https://www.patreon.com/aworldofdifference (Patreon). Mentioned in this episode: Patreon Support us for as little as $5/month at...

On Episode 42: Professor and author Kristin Henning talks about her new book The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth.  Unfortunately, the epidemic of Black youth being overly criminalized continues and we all have an opportunity to do something about. Yes, even you! Professor Henning will share what each of us can do. All children and adolescents deserve the chance to be young and dumb and make the mistakes that all youth make. We talk about how to walk the fine line as Black parents of not traumatizing our children but making sure we "give them talk" and prepare them for the realities of life in America as a Black youth. Do our children have an accurate picture of justice are some of the questions we explore in this interview. After you listen to this podcast you will realize this book is a MUST read. Drawing upon 25 years of experience representing Black youth in D.C's juvenile court, Henning confronts America's irrational, manufactured fears of Black youth and makes a powerfully compelling case that the crisis in racist American policing begins with its relationship to Black children. Discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear and resent the police, and details the long-term consequences of racism and trauma Black youth experience at the hands of police and their vigilante surrogates. Unlike white youth, who are afforded the freedom to test boundaries, experiment with sex and drugs, and figure out who they are and who they want to be, Black youth are seen as a threat to white America and are denied healthy adolescent development. Henning examines the criminalization of Black adolescent play and sexuality, and of Black fashion, hair, and music.  She highlights the effects of police presence in schools, and the depth of policing-induced trauma in Black adolescents. Especially in the wake of the recent unprecedented, worldwide outrage at racial injustice and inequality, THE RAGE OF INNOCENCE Is an essential book for our moment. KRISTIN HENNING has been representing children accused of crime in Washington, DC for more than twenty-five years and is a nationally recognized trainer and consultant on the intersection of race, adolescence, and policing. Henning now serves as the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law and was previously the Lead Attorney of the Juvenile Unit at the D.C. Public Defender Service. Henning is the recipient of many awards, including the 2021 Leadership Prize from the Juvenile Law Center and the 2013 Robert E. Shepherd Jr. Award for Excellence in Juvenile Defense by the National Juvenile Defender Center. She has written numerous law review articles and other publications advocating for reform in the juvenile legal system. https://www.rageofinnocence.com/. 

In conversation with Marsha Levick, cofounder, deputy director, and chief counsel of the Juvenile Law Center The Blume Professor of Law and director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at the Georgetown University Law Center, Kristin Henning represents young people in Washington, D.C.'s Superior Court and conducts nationwide training of criminal justice institutions across the U.S. on the intersection of race, adolescence, and policing. She is the former lead attorney of the Juvenile Unit at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia and serves on the board of directors for the Center for Children's Law and Policy. In The Rage of Innocence, Henning exposes the day-to-day but widely hidden ways in which discriminatory and aggressive policing traumatizes Black children and leads them to fear, resist, and resent the police. Marsha Levick is the cofounder, deputy director, and chief counsel of the Juvenile Law Center, the oldest public interest law firm for children in the United States. For more than 35 years, Ms. Levick has been an advocate for children's and women's rights, earning recognition as a national leader in juvenile law. Ms. Levick has authored or co-authored numerous briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court and many federal and state courts, contributing to cases including Roper v. Simmons, striking the juvenile death penalty; Graham v. Florida, striking juvenile life without parole sentences for non-homicide crimes; JDB v. North Carolina, requiring consideration of youth status in the Miranda custody determination; and Miller v. Alabama, striking mandatory juvenile life without parole sentences in homicide cases. (recorded 11/15/2021)

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Kristin Henning, the author of “The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth”, to discuss the day-to-day brutalities endured by Black youth growing up under constant police surveillance and the persistent threat of physical and psychological abuse. Kristin Henning is a nationally recognized trainer and consultant on the intersection of race, adolescence, and policing. She is the Blume Professor of Law and director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at the Georgetown University Law Center. From 1998 to 2001 she was the lead attorney of the Juvenile Unit at the Public Defender Service for the District of Colum­bia. Awards she has received include the 2021 Leader­ship Prize from the Juvenile Law Center and the 2013 Robert E. Shepherd Jr. Award for Excellence in Juvenile Defense from the National Juvenile Defender Center. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankeen/ Watch the show live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lithub Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryHub/videos Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter: https://andrew2ec.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Description: Jayzen is so thrilled to welcome his former colleague and all around amazing person, Susan Jin Davis, to the podcast. Susan has an amazing story to tell that is truly at the intersection of career and life. She has an incredible understanding how intertwined work and life are and need to be. As a self-proclaimed “change agent,” Susan leads with her bold brand to support her community and the world we all share, with a “pay it forward” attitude, constantly trying to open doors for those around her. Susan has had an incredible career journey, serving as Comcast's first Chief Sustainability Officer, working as an attorney and many other roles. She has been a pioneer in the field and currently is the Social Impact Officer for Al Roker Entertainment. In addition to her work in sustainability and social impact, She is a tireless advocate for diversity and the AAPI community. Guest Bio Susan Jin Davis Social Impact Officer, Al Roker Entertainment Susan Jin Davis has 30 years of experience in the telecommunications, media, entertainment, and technology industries. She currently serves as Social Impact Officer for Al Roker Entertainment, a leading producer of TV, digital, branded programming and entertainment. She is also an advisor for ALO Advisors, a firm specializing in areas of sustainability, diversity, and corporate social responsibility. She is also serving as a Senior Advisor on Social Impact & Sustainability for Philadelphia Soccer 2026, as part of Philadelphia's application team to be a host city for the World Cup games in 2026. Her focus is on human rights such as worker rights, housing, discrimination, safety and security, and grievances. Most recently, Ms. Jin Davis was a senior executive at Comcast Corporation, where she held a multitude of roles over a 15-year career at the Company, including becoming the company's first Chief Sustainability Officer, creating the framework for the company's Environmental, Social, and Governance disclosures, operationalizing its renewable energy and energy efficiency strategy, and contributing to transforming its fleet to low-carbon vehicles. Ms. Jin Davis is a well-experienced and well-respected executive in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”). While at Comcast, Ms. Jin Davis negotiated a historic Memorandum of Understanding between Comcast and the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) national community as part of the company's acquisition of NBCUniversal. This created ground-breaking diversity commitments in the areas of programming, supplier, employment, and community investment that are the foundation for the company's current DEI strategy. An advocate for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in business and corporate America, she is active in the AAPI community nationally. She serves as the Chair of the Board of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) and serves on the Board of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (National ACE). Additionally, Ms. Jin Davis is a past board member of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) and the Asian and Pacific American Scholarship Fund (APIA Scholars). Her other volunteer leadership service includes the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Law Center and the Board of Trustees of her undergraduate alma mater, Bryn Mawr College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University. The active runner, arts lover, and foodie lives in Kennett Square, Pa. with her daughter, Sophia. Links To learn more about Lead With Your Brand and the Career Breakthrough Mentoring program, please visit: LeadWithyYourBrand.com To book Jayzen for a speaking engagement or workshop at your company, visit: JayzenPatria.com

 Co-founder of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia in 1975;key player in     landmark decisions banning life without parole for juveniles and the juvenile death penalty.

 Co-founder of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia in 1975;key player in     landmark decisions banning life without parole for juveniles and the juvenile death penalty.

42. Susan Jin Davis - People First “If people aren't first, I don't think you can have a good team. And I don't think you remember that there's people on that team and that those people are individuals that you have responsibility for as a leader.”   Guest Info: Susan Jin Davis has 30 years of experience in the telecommunications, media, entertainment, and technology industries. She currently serves as Social Impact Officer for Al Roker Entertainment, a leading producer of TV, digital, branded programming and entertainment. She is also an advisor for ALO Advisors, a firm specializing in areas of sustainability, diversity, and corporate social responsibility. Ms. Jin Davis serves as on-call faculty for the Center for Creative Learning in the areas of organizational leadership, women's leadership, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She likewise serves as adjunct faculty for the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, Betsy Magness Graduate Institute, and the Rising Leaders Program of Women In Cable Telecommunications and she is a highly-demanded public speaker on diversity, equity, & inclusion, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. Over the past decade, she has helped to create leadership development programming for Comcast's Asian American employees and is currently creating curriculum and programming focusing on executive leadership development for AAPI professional women. She is also serving as a Senior Advisor on Social Impact & Sustainability for Philadelphia Soccer 2026, as part of Philadelphia's application team to be a host city for the World Cup games in 2026. Her focus is on human rights such as worker rights, housing, discrimination, safety and security, and grievances.   Most recently, Ms. Jin Davis was a senior executive at Comcast Corporation, where she held a multitude of roles over a 15-year career at the Company.  Ms. Jin Davis is an experienced executive in the area of sustainability and environmental responsibility. As Comcast NBCUniversal's first Chief Sustainability Officer, Ms. Jin Davis was responsible for identifying sustainable strategies and priorities and for implementing the company's Sustainability Program across all of Comcast NBCUniversal business units and functions. She created the framework for the company's Environmental, Social, and Governance disclosures; she established Comcast NBCUniversal's renewable energy strategy and implemented energy efficiency initiatives across Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal and Comcast Spectacor. Plus, Ms. Jin Davis created Comcast NBCUniversal's zero waste strategy and she co-led its future of fleet strategy, transforming the company's fleet to low-carbon vehicles.   Ms. Jin Davis is highly experienced in a multitude of areas of corporate compliance. Prior to her promotion as CSO, Ms. Jin Davis served as Senior Vice President of Operations Compliance at Comcast, where she implemented product policies, operationalized regulatory and legal requirements, reduced costs to the cable business, and managed business compliance. In this capacity, she established and managed a customer call center that dealt with customer issues on privacy, data security, piracy, and cybersecurity. She was also responsible for Comcast's environment, health, and safety function. Ms. Jin Davis also served as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Communications and Data Services and Vice President of Corporate Development, Voice Services where she managed voice, data, and wireless policies such as emergency services, privacy/customer proprietary network information (CPNI), interconnection, and online safety and security.   Ms. Jin Davis is a well-experienced and well-respected executive in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion. While at Comcast, Ms. Jin Davis negotiated a historic Memorandum of Understanding between Comcast and the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) national community as part of the company's acquisition of NBCUniversal. This created ground-breaking diversity commitments in the areas of programming, supplier and employment, and community investment. She served on Comcast's Internal Diversity Council and she was the company liaison to the external Comcast NBCUniversal Joint Diversity Council. Ms. Jin Davis was the executive sponsor of Asian Pacific Americans at Comcast, a company-sponsored employee resource group, which focuses on the recruiting, promotion and development of Asian American and Pacific Islander talent. Ms. Jin Davis established Comcast's partnerships with AAPI national community organizations in the areas of civic involvement and political representation, media and entertainment, leadership development, civil and human rights, and youth empowerment. She was also responsible for the creation of Comcast's Cinema Asian America, the first-ever video-on-demand offering of Asian and Asian American television and movie content on the Comcast network.   She led the launch of Comcast's Internet Essentials Program, which offers affordable high-speed internet for low-income households. Now in its tenth year, Internet Essentials is Comcast's largest, most successful community investment initiative, which has connected more than 10 million low-income Americans to all the opportunities of a digital world through low-cost, high-speed internet at home. She was responsible for the pricing and packaging strategy, marketing and community engagement, and managing the call center that handled customer applications, installation, and trouble ticketing.   Prior to Comcast NBCUniversal, the trained attorney served in various roles of increasing responsibility at the Silicon Valley-based technology company, Covad Communications, where she held roles such as Assistant General Counsel, Interim General Counsel, Vice President of Government and External Affairs, and Vice President of Investor Relations. Other experience includes MCI Communications Company in a multitude of counsel roles in government and external affairs, specifically in federal and state regulatory affairs, and federal legislative affairs, as well as the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, as an Assistant Consumer Advocate in the Office of Consumer Advocate. There, Ms. Jin Davis was responsible for representing Pennsylvania consumers on energy, water, and telecommunications matters.   Recognized by Forbes as one of “Five Women of Color Who Should Be On Your Radar Screen,” she completed the Women in Cable Telecommunications Senior Executive Summit at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, the Women's Executive Leadership Program at the Wharton School of Business and the Cable & Telecommunications Association (CTAM) Executive Management Program at the Harvard Business School. She received the 2010 Paragon Award of the National Association of Multi-Ethnicity in Communications and was a Fellow in the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute of the Women in Cable Telecommunications esteemed program. She has been named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Cable” by CableFAX Magazine and one of the “Top 50 Most Influential Minorities in Cable” by CableWorld for many years.   An advocate for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in business and corporate America, she is active in the AAPI community nationally. She serves as the Chair of the Board of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) and serves on the Board of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (National ACE). Additionally, Ms. Jin Davis is a past board member of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) and the Asian and Pacific American Scholarship Fund (APIA Scholars). Her other volunteer leadership service includes the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Law Center and the Board of Trustees of her undergraduate alma mater, Bryn Mawr College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.   She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University. The active runner, jazz lover, and foodie lives in Kennett Square, Pa. with her daughter, Sophia.   Favorite Quote: "The time is always right to do what is right." — Martin Luther King, Jr.   Resources: Susan on LinkedIn (@susanjindavis) Susan on Twitter (@sjindavis) Credits: Susan Jin Davis. Production team: Ian Devitt, Sheep Jam Productions.

July 1 marked the 10th anniversary of Tennessee's Juvenile Sex Offender Registry. In Tennessee, kids can be placed on a lifetime private registry if adjudicated of certain offenses involving delinquent sexual behaviors. There are hundreds of kids on Tennessee's registry and nationally the Juvenile Law Center estimates there are over 200,000 kids on registries in 38 states…some states have no bottom age when kids can be placed on registries and so there are kids who were as young as 8 when their alleged delinquency occurred that placed them on a registry. With Host Christina Kleiser, Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau discusses her 30 years of research on child sexual abuse and tells us why registries harm children, families, communities and public safety. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/indefenseofchildrenpod/message

In this episode, the gang is reunited as Battle comes back as a new baby daddy, Kelly covers the disappearance of a young black girl, Andre dives into the case of an evil stepmother who aided in touring children, and Robert gets on his soapbox to talk about an issue affecting our youths. This one is all about saving the children.Musical feature: Make It Break By Ofrin The organization highlighted: The Juvenile Law Center, which advocates for rights, dignity, equity, and opportunity for youth in the child welfare and justice systems.https://jlc.orgLinks to social media and more: https://linktr.ee/BruhissamurderSources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bHOQLw6XdC7OW15mKXTXL_bcaF6jA00vYjwEGsppeWg/edit?usp=sharingSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bruh-issa-murder/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, which holds that public school officials may regulate speech that would materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school, applies to student speech that occurs off campus. DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)Aug 28 2020 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 1, 2020)Sep 21 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 1, 2020 to November 30, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.Sep 28 2020 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 30, 2020.Oct 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Principals Association filed.Oct 01 2020 | Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed.Nov 30 2020 | Brief of respondents B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy in opposition filed.Dec 14 2020 | Reply of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed.Dec 16 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.Jan 08 2021 | Petition GRANTED.Feb 22 2021 | Brief of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed.Feb 22 2021 | Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)Feb 24 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Cyberbullying Research Center, et al. filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National School Boards Association, et al. filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. in support of neither party filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Nation Education Association in support of neither party filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Pupil Services Administrators and Pennsylvania Association of Pupil Services Administrators filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Principals Association filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of First Amendment and Education Law Scholars filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Huntsville, Alabama City Board of Education, et al. filed.Mar 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice in support of neither party filed.Mar 12 2021 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.Mar 15 2021 | Record requested.Mar 24 2021 | Brief of respondent B.L., a minor, by and through her father Lawrence Levy and her mother Betty Lou Levy filed.Mar 26 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)Mar 29 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.Mar 30 2021 | CIRCULATEDMar 30 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Parents Defending Education filed. (Distributed)Mar 30 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Liberty Justice Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Life Legal Defense Foundation filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Alliance Defending Freedom and Christian Legal Society filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Independent Women's Law Center filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of College Athlete Advocates filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Law and Education Professors filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation and The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Jane Bambauer, Ashutosh Bhagwat, and Eugene Volokh filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of School Discipline Professors filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of States of Louisiana, et al. filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of First Liberty Institute filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Student School Board Members filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Advancement Project, Juvenile Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Student Press Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of VanHo Law filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Mary Beth Tinker & John Tinker filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of HISD Student Congress, et al. filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, et al. filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Teachers, School Administrators, and the National Council of Teachers of English filed. (Distributed)Mar 31 2021 | Brief amici curiae of The Electronic Frontier Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)Apr 05 2021 | Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.Apr 16 2021 | Reply of petitioner Mahanoy Area School District filed. (Distributed)Apr 28 2021 | Argued. For petitioner: Lisa S. Blatt, Washington, D. C.; and Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: David D. Cole, of Washington, D. C.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

29. AAPI Voices - Susan Jin Davis - Global Impact Leader "The answer was like, shut up and be like these model minorities who are not asking for such outrageous things as equality and justice. They're not complaining!" Guest Info: Susan Jin Davis, former Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) of Comcast NBCUniversal, is an industry expert and senior CSR executive with over 25 years of experience in communications, media, entertainment and technology. As Comcast NBCUniversal’s first Chief Sustainability Officer, Ms. Jin Davis was responsible for identifying sustainable strategies and priorities and for implementing the company’s Sustainability Program across all of Comcast NBCUniversal business units and functions.  Prior to her promotion as CSO, Ms. Jin Davis served as Senior Vice President of Operations Compliance at Comcast, where she implemented product policies, operationalized regulatory and legal requirements, reduced costs to the cable business, and managed business compliance in the areas of privacy, data security, piracy, and environmental health and safety.  In 2011, Ms. Jin Davis negotiated a historic Memorandum of Understanding between Comcast and the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) national community as part of the company’s acquisition of NBCUniversal. This created ground-breaking diversity commitments in the areas of programming, supplier and employment, and community investment. She served on Comcast’s Internal Diversity Council and she was the company liaison to the external Comcast NBCUniversal Joint Diversity Council and to the AAPI community. Ms. Jin Davis was the executive sponsor of Asian Pacific Americans at Comcast, a company-sponsored employee resource group, which focuses on the recruiting, promotion and development of Asian American and Pacific Islander talent. Over the past decade, she has helped to create leadership development programming for Comcast’s Asian American employees. She led the launch of Comcast’s Internet Essentials Program, which offers affordable high-speed internet for low-income households. Now in its tenth year, Internet Essentials is Comcast’s largest, most successful community investment initiative, which has connected more than 10 million low-income Americans to all the opportunities of a digital world through low-cost, high-speed internet at home.  Recognized by Forbes as one of “Five Women of Color Who Should Be On Your Radar Screen,” she completed the Women in Cable Telecommunications Senior Executive Summit at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, the Women’s Executive Leadership Program at the Wharton School of Business and the Cable & Telecommunications Association Executive Management Program at the Harvard Business School. She has been named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Cable” by CableFAX Magazine and one of the “Top 50 Most Influential Minorities in Cable” by CableWorld for many years.  An advocate for AAPIs in business and corporate America, she is active in the community nationally. She serves as the Chair of the Board of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies and is a director on the Board of the Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship. Additionally, Ms. Jin Davis is a past board member of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics and the Asian and Pacific American Scholarship Fund. Her other volunteer leadership service includes the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Law Center and the Board of Trustees of her undergraduate alma mater, Bryn Mawr College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.  She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Dickinson School of Law of Penn State University. The active runner resides in the Philadelphia area with her daughter, Sophia. Favorite Quote: "The time is always right to do what is right." — Martin Luther King, Jr. Resources: Susan on Twitter (@sjindavis) Susan on LinkedIn (@susanjindavis) Anti-Asian Racism Piece Stop AAPI Hate AAPI Community Fund (GoFundMe) “Together” Historical reference 2021 AAPI Heritage Month Credits: Susan Jin Davis, Laarni Rosca Dacanay, Sylvie Viola. Production team: Nani Shin, Sheep Jam Productions, qodpod

Instead of assuming what people want, we should be asking them what they need.  This week Amanda speaks with Juvenile Law Center lawyer, Christina Sorenson, about the foster care to prison pipeline and the history of foster care in the United States. It's difficult to understand how foster care got where it is today without discussing the history of it's origin in the commodification of children.  Foster care isn't always to the benefit of the child, either. The common (puritan) perception of what is needed isn't what has been linked to healthy child development, but many find themselves in situations that are beyond their control. This often puts children into institutional care where there isn't an opportunity to acquire skills that are needed to healthily exist in society. Does the United States government give communities what they need in order to succeed? The short answer is ‘no'.  Christina and Amanda discuss the differences in determining age between white children, native children, and children of color--it wasn't the same for everyone. How does this system continue to perpetuate the adultification of children of color and the pipeline to prison? Why is removing a child from their home more cost effective than giving families the tools they need to thrive.  Christina graduated from the Richmond School of Law in 2015. Afterwards she clerked at the Unified Family Court in Delaware. Christina is a Soros Justice Fellow, which funds outstanding individuals to undertake projects that advance reform, spur debate, and catalyze change on a range of issues facing the United States criminal justice system.  Additional resources: Financial incentives Blind removals Historical perspective Follow the Juvenile Law Center on Instagram Follow the show on Instagram Follow the Missing Sock Network and donate to our Patreon for access to bonus content and more! Questions about this episode? Comments? Wanna say 'hi'? Email the show!

“Because we could all watch it and we could see it and we could see that slow transformation from no to yes, it just seemed to typify in a way everything that is wrong with police interrogation of children in this country,” said Professor Marsha Levick. As Brendan Dassey’s case hurled through the federal appellate court system, a chorus of eminent voices joined the fight for justice as a day of reckoning with the United States Supreme Court loomed. Battling false promises of special care and the immovable stain of judicial ignorance, a coalition of the country’s brightest minds including The Juvenile Law Center staged a learned intervention. In this episode, I discuss Brendan, the amicus journey, juvenile law decisions that have reshaped the landscape of juvenile justice in the US, and the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child with Professor Marsha Levick, Chief Legal Officer for the Juvenile Law Center.  

The treatment of the children in two distinct areas of the law – child welfare and juvenile justice – is fraught with difficulty even under the best of circumstances. But with the onslaught of the COVID pandemic, the regular challenges and the need to protect children have only been compounded.In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, juvenile justice scholar and Chief Reporter of the Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, Elizabeth Scott guides our Children and the Law-exclusive panel through a series of discussions centering on child advocacy and juvenile law during a pandemic. The panel explores how the law defines parental authority, what rights a child has in custody, how lawyers can best represent a child in the system during a pandemic, and more.Panelists:Kristin Henning, Georgetown University Law CenterClare Huntington, Fordham University School of LawMarsha Levick, Juvenile Law Center

In this episode Christina Sorenson, 2019 Sorors Justice Fellow at the Juvenile Law Center, shares how she has turned the pain from growing up in the foster care system into a passion for helping create space for youth caught up in the child welfare system. She acknowledges that her experience was traumatizing, yet it was contrary to what Black youth, especially Black girls experience.  References made in this episode as well as follow up resources:  Pushout: by fellow Soros fellow – Monique Morris Fostering Change Network Alumni Coaching program - Ran by Shalita O'Neale, a foster care alum and change agent powerhouse for any current or former foster youth looking for mentorship.  No Place For Kids 1988: Iowa Admin. Code 441-101.9(218) "Any individual who believes the individual's rights have been violated by the Iowa juvenile home or who has a complaint concerning the individual's treatment at the Iowa juvenile home may file a grievance. The individual's parent, family, or legal representative may file a grievance on behalf of the individual by submitting the grievance in writing to the superintendent.”  ***CORRECTION*** Juvenile Law Center, with co-counsel ACLU of Wisconsin and Quarles & Brady, LLP, filed a federal civil rights class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against Wisconsin juvenile corrections officials and administrators of two correctional facilitates, the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and the Copper Lake School for Girls. Sibling Separation - “common practice” – based on what youth have shared about their experience, but yes it's against federal law. See https://jlc.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2019-02/2018-YFCPermanencyToolkit-FINAL-DIGITAL.pdf  Youth Focus Group Making Reunification for older youth https://jlc.org/resources/broken-bridges-how-juvenile-placements-cut-youth-communities-and-successful-futures

This week the podcast continues the theme for Series 3, Gap Filling. Each episode will introduce listeners to organizations that are filling the gaps when government and governmental institutions fail. This week Ashley and Casey speak with Adrienne Wallace, founder of Underground with Black Students. Underground was created to disrupt systemic racism inherent in the juvenile justice system, with the primary goal to get Black kids free from the systems that oppress them. Links to sites mentioned in the show: Underground with Black Students - https://blackkidsgetfree.org/ Irene Morgan Schools - https://www.irenemorganschools.org/ Coalition for Juvenile Justice - http://www.juvjustice.org/ Justice for Families - https://www.justice4families.org/ Juvenile Law Center - https://jlc.org/ Organizations in NEOhio: Juvenile Justice Coalition (Ohio) - http://jjohio.org/ ACLU Ohio - https://www.acluohio.org/ EYEJ – Empowering Youth, Exploring Justice (Cleveland) - http://eyej.org/

A CASA leader and the Director of the Juvenile Law Center of Philadelphia give their opinions and the book “Burn the house down” by Nell Bernstein is featured giving a real and comprehensive look at the system

Griffin Hardy, Sister Helen Prejean’s Ministry Against the Death Penalty, on Rodney Reed. Cameron Browne, Maastricht University, on AI recreating ancient games. Mike Joner, BYU, on Apollo 12. Marsha Levick from the Juvenile Law Center on juvenile sentencing. Melody Jackson from Georgia Tech’s College of Computing on talking dogs. Alonzo Cook, Rex Cates, and Mike Alder of BYU on a new cold sore treatment.

Welcome to the first episode of Making Sense with Tanjeen! Today on the show, I had a conversation with Katy Otto, the Director of Communication of The Juvenile Law Center. The Juvenile Law Center is a non-profit organization located in Philadelphia. It’s a public interest law firm for children in the child welfare and justice systems. In this episode, we discussed how youth are being affected by today's justice system. Also, about existing policies and those being created to help children.

Manuela Arciniegas, Interim Director of AFF, kicks off a new season of Out of the Margins with a brand new episode.On this episode, Manuela sits down with the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, PA to hear about their motivation for doing this work, obstacles to overcome and the 10 year celebration of their Youth Advocacy Program.

What does it take to be born an American citizen? And then, once you are, how do you prove it? And what does it get you? Today on Civics 101, we talk to Dr. Mary Kate Hattan of Concord Hospital, Dan Cassino of Farleigh Dickinson University, Susan Pearson of Northwestern University and Sue Mangold of the Juvenile Law Center to find out where (American) babies come from, and what that means. 

Robert Schwartz, Phyllis W. Beck Chair in Law at Temple University Beasley School of Law, talks Professor Ursula Kilkelly through the history of Juvenile Law Center, describing how the center evolved from representing individual children and young people to become a national advocacy organisation fighting to better the lives of thousands.

In this episode I catch up with Katy Otto, a drummer, writer, activist, and parent who hails from the Washington DC area and currently lives in Philadelphia. She has played in bands such as Del Cielo, Trophy Wife, and Bald Rapunzel and currently plays in the band Rainbow Crimes. She has also run the independent record label Exotic Fever for 20 years. Katy currently works as Director of Communications for the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia and has worked at a number of organizations dedicated to social justice issues – reproductive health and rights, sexual violence prevention, intimate partner violence, homelessness, and veterans’ issues.During our conversation we discuss how Katy fell in love with drums at a Hole concert, being a girl drummer who quote “hits hard,” the administrative work of creativity, DIY touring, punk and sobriety, talking a “both and” approach to political liberation and reform, and punk, feminism, and the act of parenting, with bonus parenting advice by way of Ian MacKaye.Featuring the songs “Half Lie” by Taleen Kali. Riot Woman artwork and logo by Aurora Lady.

In this episode, Juvenile Law Center’s Co-Founder Marsha Levick and Columbia Law Professor Elizabeth Scott discuss the vulnerability of children when they enter the justice system. Marsha and Elizabeth agree that much has improved since the “adult time for adult crime” 1990s mentality – today youth are recognized as developmentally different from adults, and with care, may be more easily rehabilitated. However, they argue that there are still improvements to be made, and the problems become obvious when you look at statistics comparing the race of children entering the system.

In this episode, Bernie is joined by Susan Vivian Mangold Executive Director of the Juvenile Law Center to talk about the juvenile justice system. Founded in 1975, the Juvenile Law Center was the first non-profit, public interest law firm for children in the country.Today, the Juvenile Law Center advocates rights, dignity, equity and opportunity for youth in the child welfare and justice systems. To find out more about the amazing work that Susan and the Juvenile Law Center are doing right, please visit www.jlc.org And to find out more about Munley Law please visit www.munley.com

Episode 5: From Selfies to Social Justice “Technology is best when it brings people together,” Matt Mullenweg, a founder of WordPress, wrote several years ago. As the reach of mobile devices continues to grow, non-profit organizations have recognized the utility of tech as useful tool in the pursuit of social justice. In this episode, we take a closer look at how technology – with a particular eye toward mobile devices - is being used for social good through a case study of Youth Matters Philly, an online resource bank designed to address youth homelessness by forging connections between young people and social services in Philadelphia. We speak with two women instrumental in its creation – Marcía Hopkins of the Juvenile Law Center and Dr. Johanna Greeson – in order to learn how professional expertise, youth centered design, and interagency collaboration led to a unique solution to an entrenched problem. Learn More About How Tech is being Harnessed for Good Youth Matters Philly: https://www.youthmattersphilly.org/ SP2 Expert Johanna Greeson Youth Matters Philly Team Juvenile Law Center: Hack4Impact Youth Fostering Change Other Resources to Learn More & Get Involved Youth Matters Philly Launch Video Street Change Crisis Text Line CHOP Policy Lab: Internet & Social Media Use Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness Pew Research Center: Mobile Fact Sheet Juvenile Law Center Donate Page

Episode 5: From Selfies to Social Justice “Technology is best when it brings people together,” Matt Mullenweg, a founder of WordPress, wrote several years ago. As the reach of mobile devices continues to grow, non-profit organizations have recognized the utility of tech as useful tool in the pursuit of social justice. In this episode, we take a closer look at how technology – with a particular eye toward mobile devices - is being used for social good through a case study of Youth Matters Philly, an online resource bank designed to address youth homelessness by forging connections between young people and social services in Philadelphia. We speak with two women instrumental in its creation – Marcía Hopkins of the Juvenile Law Center and Dr. Johanna Greeson – in order to learn how professional expertise, youth centered design, and interagency collaboration led to a unique solution to an entrenched problem. Learn More About How Tech is being Harnessed for Good Youth Matters Philly: https://www.youthmattersphilly.org/ SP2 Expert Johanna Greeson Youth Matters Philly Team Juvenile Law Center: Hack4Impact Youth Fostering Change Other Resources to Learn More & Get Involved Youth Matters Philly Launch Video Street Change Crisis Text Line CHOP Policy Lab: Internet & Social Media Use Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness Pew Research Center: Mobile Fact Sheet Juvenile Law Center Donate Page

Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast series Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Brooke McCarthy a fellow at the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia, PA. Brooke is here to discuss mandatory life without parole sentences for Juveniles who have committed very serious crimes.   The Juvenile Law Center works to help over-turn or re-negotiate sentences of youths that have been convicted of violent crimes. Brooke tells us about three crucial cases that paved the way for organizations like the Juvenile Law Center to do what they are doing: Roper v. Simmons, Graham v. Florida, and Montgomery v. Louisiana.   Here are the cases we discuss on the show: Roper v. Simmons made it illegal for courts to hand down the death penalty to minors. Graham v. Florida declared it was cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile to a life without parole sentence. Montgomery v. Louisiana made the courts go back and re-try cases where a juvenile had been given a life without parole sentence.   Join us for this riveting conversation as we discuss the Juvenile Law Center and mandatory life sentences for juveniles.   Remember to tune in every Friday for new episodes of Good Law | Bad Law!   Host: Aaron Freiwald Guest: Brooke McCarthy     Follow Freiwald Law: Twitter: @FreiwaldLaw Facebook: @FreiwaldLaw Youtube: Good Law | Bad Law Instagram: @goodlawbadlaw Website: http://www.freiwaldlaw.com

In part two of Good Law | Bad Law 47, host Aaron Freiwald is joined for the first time by three guests: Joanna Visser Adjoian, Giovanni Reid, and John Pace. Joanna runs the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project in Philadelphia PA.   The YSRP works with juveniles who have been prosecuted in the adult criminal justice system, including those who have been sentenced to life without parole. They help kids and young adults through the entire process from sentencing through their time in jail, offering them support and guidance, and finally with re-entry back into their community.   Joanna brought along two gentlemen that had benefited from the YSRP services Giovanni and John. Both gentlemen have been recently released and were kind enough to come in and share their stories with us.   To learn more about what YSRP does you can visit their website: https://ysrp.org/ To learn more about the Juvenile Law Center you can visit their website: http://jlc.org/ To learn about the cases that have made it possible for these young adults to have a chance at a free life click on the links below: Roper v. Simmons made it illegal for courts to hand down the death penalty to minors. Graham v. Florida declared it was cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile to a life without parole sentence. Montgomery v. Louisiana made the courts go back and re-try cases where a juvenile had been given a life without parole sentence.   Remember to tune in every Friday for new episodes of Good Law | Bad Law!   Host: Aaron Freiwald Guest: Joanna Visser Adjoian, Giovanni Reid, and John Pace       Follow Freiwald Law: Twitter: @FreiwaldLaw Facebook: @FreiwaldLaw Youtube: Good Law | Bad Law Instagram: @goodlawbadlaw Website: http://www.freiwaldlaw.com

On January 25, 2016, in a 6-3 opinion written by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court ruled that those sentenced as juveniles to mandatory life imprisonment for murder, “should have a chance to be resentenced or argue for parole.” This ruling plays off of the 2012 decision in Miller v. Alabama, which struck down mandatory life terms without parole for juveniles. This now must be applied retroactively and could affect at least 1,000 inmates in similar situations across the country. In this episode of Lawyer 2 Lawyer, host Bob Ambrogi joins Emily C. Keller, a supervising attorney at Juvenile Law Center, and professor Christopher Slobogin from Vanderbilt Law School as they look at the recent Supreme Court decision, inside Montgomery v. Louisiana and Miller v. Alabama, the impact on past and future cases involving juveniles, the decision’s impact on the families of victims and juvenile justice reform. Emily C. Keller engages in litigation and policy efforts to improve the child welfare and justice systems, including efforts to eliminate juvenile life without parole. Emily served as co-counsel for Henry Montgomery in Montgomery v. Louisiana before the U.S. Supreme Court and co-authored an amicus brief in Miller v. Alabama, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2012 case banning mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles. Emily has also submitted amicus briefs in cases around the country challenging the imposition of life without parole and other extreme sentences on juvenile offenders. Professor Christopher Slobogin occupies the Milton Underwood Chair at Vanderbilt Law School, where he directs the criminal justice program.  He has authored several books, including Juveniles at Risk: A Plea for Preventive Justice, published by Oxford University Press. Links: http://www.jlc.org/ http://www.jlc.org/about-us/who-we-are/staff/emily-keller http://law.vanderbilt.edu/bio/christopher-slobogin

On January 25, 2016, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Montgomery v. Louisiana that Miller v. Alabama would apply retroactively. These two cases concern the unconstitutionality of juveniles being sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. On Thursday, February 11, 2016, guests Marsha Levick, Deputy Director and Chief Counsel of the Juvenile Law Center and Jody Kent Lavy, Director and National Coordinator, Fair Sentencing of Youth discussed the decision and implications for state level advocacy.  Audio of the call and resources will be posted soon.

McKinney law school project "Rupturing the School to Prison Pipeline." The law school students found that many student offenses that would have previously been addressed with detention or in-school suspension are now landing students in the criminal justice system. Guests: Heather Kinser, M.Ed. JD anticipated '16' Marcus McGhee, M.P.A., JD anticipated '16; Cynthia Baker, Clinical Professor of Law, the founding Director of the Program on Law and State Government, and faculty advisor for Heather and Marcus; Riya Shah, lawyer for the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia.