Eliminating Crack / Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
In July, the House Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly passed, 36 to 5, the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act, which would finally eliminate…
Category: justice
The Healing Journey: from Incarceration to Healing Artist with Alex Anderson
Join us to hear the personal story of Alexander Anderson: his time spent incarcerated, his journey to becoming a Social Worker, to finding the profound…
A New Lease on Life – People Convicted of Violent Crimes Are Rarely Rearrested for New Violent Crimes
Analysis from a new report by the Sentencing Project, released June 30, 2021, show most state-level studies show that people who are released from life…
Conscious Discipline
If you were able to see our most recent youth webinar series featuring our Assistant Director, Nicole Hellthaler, you would have heard the words Conscious…
Youth Justice News
The Sentencing Project recently released an update on their fight for youth justice. They are devoting increased time and energy to address racial disparities and…
Opinion: I was sentenced to 30 years to life at 16. I shouldn’t have been sent into the adult system.
The article below was recently shared with me by Carol Sullivan, a fellow yoga facilitator in Denver and leader of Yoga And Then Some. Author…
Healing After Chauvin Murder Conviction: Is It Possible?
Racial trauma therapist Resmaa Menakem was featured on NPR’s Here and Now. He discusses the impact of the murder of George Floyd on communities of…
How to Dismantle Mass Incarceration
UnCommon Law and ChangeLawyers partnered to deliver a series of webinars on mass incarceration, with an intentional focus on BIPOC Communities. You can view the…
Book Review – Beyond Survival: Stories and Strategies from the Transformative Justice Movement
Review of Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement co-edited by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshi Piepzna-Samarasinh by Lesley Becker We’re reblogging…
