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August 2020 Newsletter
Newsletter August 31, 2020
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August 2020 Roundup
News Articles August 28, 2020
COVID-19 Resources and Responses Data: “COVID-19 in Juvenile Facilities” The widespread incidence of COVID-19 inflicts devastating impacts on incarcerated youth, their families, the sta...
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YJLI Alum Rashad D. Hawkins Uses Arts Activism to Build a Better Baltimore
News Articles August 27, 2020
Tell us about your organization BMore Awesome, Inc. We focus on addressing systemic inequity through intersecting arts activism and entrepreneurship training. We were founded as an organization in ea...
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Jemima Abalogu Fights for Her Peers as an Advocate for Justice and Youth Voices
News Articles August 27, 2020
What got you interested in youth justice reform work? How did you start working with the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition (TCJC)? I got started in youth advocacy in the area of police brutality aroun...
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Anti-Racism Resource: Addressing the "All-White Club"
News Articles August 27, 2020
Pt. 2 of Reintroducing the Western States Anti-Racist Organizational Development Tool Last month in our anti-racism resource section, we re-introduced the Western States Center’s ...
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Nebraska Advocates Celebrate Huge Win with Solitary Confinement Reform
News Articles August 27, 2020
Amidst the uncertainty of this year’s legislative session, advocates including our member Voices for Children in Nebraska celebrated a huge youth justice win with the passion of LB 230 and LB 92...
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Press Release: Groups Call on Court to Enforce Protections for People Incarcerated During Pandemic
News Articles August 19, 2020
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Plaintiffs who won an emergency motion in June have notified the Wake County Superior Court that the state of North Carolina is not meeting its obligations under the Court’s ord...
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Federal Juvenile Justice Update - August 2020
News Articles August 19, 2020
COVID-19 Relief Funds Needed - Where is Congress? Our nation is in crisis. The CDC reports that over 5 million Americans have COVID-19 cases and we are approaching 170,000 deaths. Our loved ones ...
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July 2020 Newsletter
Newsletter July 31, 2020
View the July 2020 newsletter here.
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YJLI Alum Tanesha Coach Tea Ingram Fuels Just Write Community Project with a Passion for Justice
News Articles July 30, 2020
Did your time with YJLI impact how you see yourself as an advocate for youth justice or social justice broadly? Oh absolutely. I’ve been doing youth justice work since I was about 15 years old....
