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Decarcerated: What Justice Looks Like

Marlon Peterson, a social and criminal justice advocate and a 2015 Soros Justice Fellow, hosts a live town hall event examining the experience of being incarcerated in America—and how the stories of those who have spent time behind bars are transforming our understanding of justice and community.

Speakers

  • Khalil Cumberbatch

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    Khalil Cumberbatch is manager of trainings at JustLeadership USA.

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  • Teresa Hodge

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    Teresa Hodge is co-founder of Mission-Launch, Inc. and a 2016 Soros Justice Fellow.

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  • Topeka Sam

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    Topeka Sam is founder of The Ladies of Hope Ministries, National Council for Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls.

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  • Andre Mitchell

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    Andre Mitchell is founder and executive director of Man Up, Inc.

  • Cory Greene

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    Cory Greene is co-founder of H.O.L.L.A! (How Our Lives Link Altogether) and an Echoing Green Fellow.

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  • Marlon Peterson

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    Marlon Peterson is founder of the Precedential Group.

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We Can’t Wait

A Travesty of Justice for Indigenous People in Mexico’s Prisons

An inmate speaks on the phone against the wall

Even though it passed with fanfare nearly a year ago, Mexico’s government has yet to enforce an amnesty bill that offered hope to many indigenous people who did not receive a fair trial in the first place.

March 18, 2021 | Tomas Lopez Sarabia

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With the Museum of Drug Policy, Artists and Activists Push for Reform

A panel of activists and artists discuss creative ways to effect change through immersive events.

July 2, 2018

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Rotterdam’s Top Cop Wants to Strip Fashionable Young Black People

A man standing in a pedestrian plaza

With his dog-whistle statements about young people, one of the Netherlands’ top law enforcement authorities has reminded the world that police must take responsibility for maintaining good relations with their communities.

March 29, 2018 | Jair Schalkwijk & Dionne Abdoelhafiezkhan

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