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🚨 Announcement: I'm looking forward to moderating a panel at the National Urban League conference this week! If you'll be there, come check out Race and Justice Reframed: Crafting a New Narrative for Public Safety, Criminal Justice, and Police Reform, featuring a dynamic discussion with Khalilah M. Harris, EdD, JD, Erin Haney, Troy Glover, and Philip V. McHarris, Ph.D. and remarks from Maya Wiley and Karena Stewart, CPM. Mass incarceration and the racial and economic disparities it perpetuates continue to hold America back from its full potential, but we've made notable progress in the last 15 years, seeing crime drop faster in states that reduced their prison and jail populations than those that did not. Nationally, since 2008, the Black imprisonment rate has dropped by nearly half. We must seize the opportunity to build on this progress and continue the momentum to end mass incarceration. Panel Details: Thursday, July 25, 2024 10:45-12:00 Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Strand 11 A/B

Javier Quiroz Castro, a DACA recipient, a nurse, husband, and father who has been advocating to stay with his family. This week Javier introduced President Biden as he announced an executive order to protect the undocumented spouses of US citizens and Dreamers. Specifically, the parole-in-place policy will allow an estimated 500,000 undocumented spouses of American citizens, including many DACA recipients like Javier, to come forward and apply for the opportunity to adjust their status in the United States rather than leave the country and be separated from their families for years. These spouses of U.S. citizens have lived in the U.S. for 23 years on average, Javier has been here for 30 years. This is a historic milestone in improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers and American families with undocumented members.

ICYMI: Javier Quiroz Castro, a DACA recipient and registered nurse from Texas, introduced President Biden ahead of today’s announcement. Thanks to parole in place, Javier will be able to adjust his status and no longer fear being separated from his wife and two young children. #ProtectAmericanFamilies

Today marks a historic milestone in improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers and American families with undocumented members.

A NEW Coalition for the American Dream report details how ending #DACA would be extremely harmful for DACA recipients and their families. The U.S. economy would suffer and the long-term cost of ending the policy, in addition to past investments, could reach one trillion dollars. https://lnkd.in/g3xTMWJT

Providing meaningful incentives for New Yorkers to participate in vocational programs while incarcerated would decrease recidivism, making New Yorkers both inside & outside of prisons safer. Thank you Jodi Anderson Jr. for advocating for The Earned Time & Second Look Acts.

Incentivizing educational & vocational programs for incarcerated New Yorkers will give people the necessary skills to be successful in the workforce, which benefits all of New York’s communities. Thank you Trent Griffin-Braaf for advocating for The Earned Time Act.

Thousands of New Yorkers remain languishing behind bars due to extremely long sentences. They deserve a second chance to do good in the community, and The Earned Time Act would give them that opportunity. Thank you Robin Reynolds Wilt for advocating for The Earned Time Act.

FWD.us submitted a public comment in response to the Schedule A Request for Information. Modernizing Schedule A will strengthen American competitiveness, reduce bureaucracy, and save taxpayer dollars. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gczMMTsX

Thank you to Jarrell Allen for sharing his powerful and inspiring story about his experience with the criminal justice system, and the importance of allowing people a second chance to rejoin their families and contribute positively to their communities.  We are extremely happy to have Jarrell on our team! #SecondChanceMonth