We are pleased to announce the launch of our 3rd Annual Holiday Gift Drive! By purchasing items from this list, you are directly impacting the lives of the our clients and their families this holiday season. Link: a.co/17DVypQ

Packages have started to arrive for our 3rd Annual Holiday Gift Drive! You can spread joy this holiday season with gifts like Black Panther action figures, Barbies, winter coats and mattresses. These gifts go directly to our clients and their families. a.co/17DVypQ

LaNitria Turner from stillsherises shares her experiences defending women and girls in Tulsa, Oklahoma. "People are human. And just because they're human, they deserve dignity; they deserve respect. People backing them, they deserve that."

I don't want to issue another statement. I don't want to go to another protest. I don't want to see another hashtag. I just want them to stop killing us. We know the solutions. This can't be reformed.

So thankful to Fulton Street Books & Coffee for coming to set up our Book Nook. We wanted to curate a space that is welcoming for our clients and their families. Onikah and her team were the perfect folks to help us do that and provided so many extra thoughtful touches for the kids.

The National Association for Public Defense (NAPD) is thrilled to announce that its new Executive Director is Lori James-Townes. publicdefenders.us/files/NAPD_Pre…

JusticeText is excited to announce our newest partnership with stillsherises, a holistic defense organization that caters to the unique needs of justice-involved women in Tulsa. justicetext.com/still-she-rise…

New: The public defender has a little-known feminist history: it was launched in 1893 by Clara Shortridge Foltz, a single mother & CA's first woman lawyer. I reported on this history & spoke to Black women public defenders about their work in light of KBJ washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022…

Congrats to Akruti Chandrayya and Jenna Finkle on being named Gideon's Promise fellows! Chandrayya will be with theLaw Office of Shelby County Public Defender, in Memphis, TN, while Finkle will be with stillsherises in Tulsa, OK.

Great opening session at the African American Project Director Association & Black Public Defender Association Conference. Amazing to be around Black Civil Legal Aid Leaders & Black Chief Defenders from around the nation. Black Public Defender Association (BPDA) National Legal Aid & Defender Association #BlackDefenders #BlackLeaders

Despite important reforms, Oklahoma’s criminal justice system still drags on the state’s economy, strains communities, and harms families and children. New report from FWD.us: turningthepage.fwd.us/?utm_source=tw…

NLADA welcomes Aisha McWeay as the new Chair of the American Council of Chief Defenders! The Executive Director at stillsherises Aisha is a career public defender and indigent defense advocate.

ATJ was joined by The NAPD Executive Director Lori James-Town Lori James-Townes to learn about the innovative work of @Still_She_Rises Executive Director Aisha McWeay Aisha McWeay and her staff to redefine #accesstojustice

It was a great day. We were able to hear firsthand about the great work at stillsherises. Thank you Office for Access to Justice, Director @msrachelrossi, and Aisha McWeay! (and what great timing to have these three change makers together! Happy #InternationalWomensDay)

Director Rachel Rossi of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks During the National Public Defense Day Tour Stop in Las Vegas justice.gov/opa/speech/dir…

Justice Department Commemorates the 60th Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…

Public defenders provide a vital check on governmental abuse of power and corruption, as well as on law enforcement and prosecutor misconduct. usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

Wrote this op-ed to alert people to the massive imbalance of funding between public defenders & prosecutors. It’s meant to be a roadmap & a battle cry. Serious about ending systemic racism in the legal system & mass incarceration then #FundPublicDefense #Gideonat60 #SpreadTheWord

Congratulations to the 2023 Fellows at OU College of Law! Alicia Limke-McLean, Elise, & Nabihah Shah are working at Oklahoma County Public Defender's Office, stillsherises, & OKC Afghan Legal Network. See all of the 2023 Fellows at bit.ly/JPSFellows.