Mass shootings. Black men killed by police. Shootings of police officers. These incidents seem to keep coming, highlighting deep tensions, fear, and pain across our nation.
Despite these and so many other tragedies, hope abounds in communities large and small.
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Hope is Newark, New Jersey, where police and community members are working side by side with EJUSA to shift police practices so they account for the role of trauma in the cycle of violence.
Hope is Delaware, where a movement of African American leaders rose up to say there can be no racial equity as long as there is a death penalty. And last month Delaware became the 20th state to end the death penalty.
Hope is a small organization in Los Angeles that makes a difference everyday for Latino victims of violence, by supporting their families and the families of the person who harmed them.
Hope is you, and the people and communities you are helping when you support EJUSA. Thank you so much for all you make possible.
By Shari Silberstein
Since 2000, Shari Silberstein has dedicated her career to transforming the justice system from one that harms to one that heals. Under her leadership, and using campaign strategies she helped develop, Equal Justice USA has helped end the death penalty in nine states, built first-of-its-kind conservative and evangelical coalitions for justice reform, secured millions in state funding for healing services to families of murder victims, launched an innovative model for training and dialogue between police and communities on trauma and race equity, and strengthened dozens of local organizations across the nation working for justice, violence reduction, and healing. Shari has been a national voice in helping to break down the silos between criminal justice reformers and crime survivor advocates. Her expertise has been a source in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and Harper’s Magazine, and she has written op-eds for an array of media outlets, including Fox News, the Marshall Project, and U.S. News and World Report. Shari has a bachelor's degree in film from New York University and a master's degree in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Texas at Austin.
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