The deep structural racism inherent in policing is becoming more visible to and less tolerated by a broader portion of our society. The Movement for Black Lives has popularized the work of abolitionists and galvanized social attention around the demand to defund the police and invest in education, affordable housing, healthcare, and community solutions to preventingContinue reading “Defunding the Police: Brief Overview of History, Models and the Demands of the Movement”
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Releasing More People from Prison Will Make All of Us Safer, Not Less So
By Yoana Tchoukleva and Louis Scott California’s prisons are overcrowded, unhygienic and inhumane. Public health experts have warned that an outbreak of COVID-19 in any one of them will become “a source of uncontrolled transmission” that will spread far beyond prison walls. We must act now to release people and provide them with necessary reentry support. IfContinue reading “Releasing More People from Prison Will Make All of Us Safer, Not Less So”
A Journey to Collective Liberation: EJS Judge Motley Civil Rights Fellow Yoana Tchoukleva
In June 2018, Elizabeth J. Cabraser provided a generous gift allowing the Equal Justice Society to reactivate its Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellowship. Ms. Cabraser, who funded the 2001 conference that led to the founding of EJS, pledged to fund the fellowship for five years. EJS established the Judge Constance Baker Motley CivilContinue reading “A Journey to Collective Liberation: EJS Judge Motley Civil Rights Fellow Yoana Tchoukleva”