Congratulations to #YolandaJohnson-Peterkin for her new role as Executive Director of Housing Initiatives at MOCJ NYC. #Equity #Inclusion #SpatialJustice

See new book by Linda Villarosa "Under The Skin", and hear her on Fresh Air talk about how "Black Americans live sicker and die quicker." tinyurl.com/5dj6a2mr

See my OpEd on The Tulsa-fication of America in City & State NY #juneteenth #Freedom #Tulsa tinyurl.com/37kwxy9w

Long-overdue idea. Hope Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez brings in former gang members to recruit and facilitate. Worked with formerly incarcerated to convert old gang into #CBO. @courtinnovation uses impacted community members to collect research data. See also Chicago CRED

Statement from Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on #SCOTUS’ Opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen.

#July4 Darren Walker in The New York Times promise & peril of #America, and our need for new spaces of public discourse like those proposed in the #SpatialJusticeProject: opportunityjustice.com/sjp National Building Museum @AIALosAngeles craig l. wilkins @courtinnovation Crime and Justice Institute tinyurl.com/3cvrbtmj

Pay people real wages to work while incarcerated, taking a few dollars an hour for room & board. Limit $1/hr for canteen, and pool the rest of the money statewide in an investment account they can draw on for childcare + housing, restitution, etc. upon release. #CommonSense

Buttigieg: I don’t understand how such a majority of House Republicans voted no after I was in a room with a lot of them… having perfectly normal conversations with many of them only for them to go around the corner and say that my marriage doesn’t deserve to continue

Biologist Merlin Sheldrake in The New York Times: "Crisis is the crucible of new relationships." A great #lesson from #nature for #business to heed. #opportunity

Have been advocating for years that interpersonal connections deconstruct negative #stereotypes, and building #networks generate #opportunity. All #Job #development programs should include these. #Perception drives #policy & #practice. tinyurl.com/2s3v9sn9

It is past time for Congress to pass a special postal rate for incarcerated people. With hourly wages <$1, people in prison - who depend on the mail for everything from family contact to legal help - can’t afford the upcoming hikes on stamp prices. New: prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/08/1…

Thanks Robert Rooks for sharing this video. #Justice #Equity #opportunity tinyurl.com/4ukzf8ec

Raising $3K for Javier M. get dental work to turn his life around! HomelessNotToothless is donating $12K. Tax–deductible contributions at tinyurl.com/3te89666 Mark your donation “For Javier M.” Thanks #MassLiberation #Wouldworks #georgialerner

#EricGonzalez

NEW! There are 4,000+ corporations in the prison industry, it's about time we knew who they are. We just released an interactive database exposing them all. Here's a glimpse at just a few. 🧵 Visit data.worthrises.org to dig deeper into the dark web of prison profiteering.

Congratulations to @reubenjmiller -- well deserved!

The success of people returning from prison back into our communities is a key part of public safety. That’s why my Office operates the most robust Re-Entry Bureau in New York. Today, we unveiled our new location in Downtown Brooklyn, where we will continue this critical work.

Righteous News from The Fortune Society about Stanley Richards STANLEY RICHARDS WILL SUCCEED PRESIDENT & CEO JOANNE PAGE #Congratulations - well-deserved.

#Election2024