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Accounting for Violence: How to Increase Safety and Reduce Our Failed Reliance on Mass Incarceration

  • When
  • April 11, 2017
    5:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (EDT)
  • Where
  • Tumblr, 35 E. 21st Street, New York, NY 10010
  • Speakers
  • Sujatha Baliga, DaMareo Cooper, Soffiyah Elijah, Eric Gonzalez, Donna Hylton, Susan Jackson, Alan Jenkins, Dorothy Johnson-Speight, David Kennedy, Michael McBride, Fatimah Muhammad, David Muhammad, Donnell Penny, Johnny Perez, Marlon Peterson, Scott Roberts, Malika Saada Saar, Laura Sager, Sonya Shah, Aqeela Sherrills, Bruce Western, and Nick Turner
  • In partnership with
  • Ford Foundation

This forum will bring together a range of leaders in the criminal justice field to talk about strategies that can reduce both violence and mass incarceration. The day’s dynamic conversations and interviews will be organized around four key principles outlined in a recent Common Justice report—exploring responses to violence that are centered on survivors, based in accountability, driven by safety, and racially equitable.

Speakers

  • Sujatha Baliga

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  • DaMareo Cooper

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  • Soffiyah Elijah

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  • Eric Gonzalez

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  • Donna Hylton

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  • Susan Jackson

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  • Alan Jenkins

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  • Dorothy Johnson-Speight

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  • David Kennedy

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  • Michael McBride

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  • Fatimah Muhammad

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  • David Muhammad

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  • Donnell Penny

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  • Johnny Perez

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  • Marlon Peterson

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  • Scott Roberts

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  • Malika Saada Saar

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  • Laura Sager

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  • Sonya Shah

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  • Aqeela Sherrills

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  • Bruce Western

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  • Nick Turner

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