After a nearly ten-year hiatus, Tennessee is set to resume executions – starting with Billy Ray Irick, a man with lifelong, well-documented mental illness. Act fast to tell Tennessee’s Governor that this execution should not go forward. At age eight, Irick spent 10 months in a psychiatric hospital. The rest of his childhood was spent…
Act NowThe Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) is the largest and most prominent gathering of conservative activists in the country. It’s also the place that Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (CCATDP) was first launched five years ago. Tomorrow, CCATDP will be back at CPAC. But, now, things are a little different. When CCATDP launched at CPAC back…
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Last week in a historic, bipartisan vote, the Washington State Senate passed a bill to repeal the death penalty. Now, the State House must act to get rid of the death penalty once and for all. Please contact your representatives and tell them to say YES to repeal.
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Legislation to end the death penalty has just been introduced in the Florida Legislature. Urge your lawmakers to co-sponsor the bills and support ending the use of the death penalty. It’s really easy. Just edit the letter so it reflects your views on the death penalty, scroll down, fill out your information, and click submit….
Act NowI am honored to be participating in this year’s Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) “Locked In Solidarity” event, a national advocacy and action week for mass incarceration. Next Thursday, February 8 at 1:00pm CST, I will present a webinar – “Trauma-Informed Responses to Violence” – with EJUSA Executive Director Shari Silberstein and our Trauma Network…
Read MoreReimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. What Happened to Crime in Camden?, CityLab Five years ago, the police department in Camden, NJ was disbanded, reimagined, and born again with fewer officers, lower pay, and a strategic shift toward community…
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Last week, The Grio published an amazing video featuring our program in Newark, which brings police and communities of color together to break barriers and fight to change police culture and behavior. Please take a moment to watch the video, and then share it with your friends and family. SHARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE ON TWITTER…
Watch NowIn the past two years, hundreds of community residents and police officers have spent hours exchanging stories about their own trauma and learning about the trauma of the other. Join us for an action session that highlights our work and identifies opportunities to break the cycles of violence and trauma in Newark to: Improve community-police…
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Every time I turn on the news I see another mass shooting. Another police shooting. I see people of color and poor people railroaded into prisons. And I see survivors struggling in silence – neglected, forgotten. It’s devastating. We need real solutions that address violence head on. Violence by the justice system. Community violence. All…
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This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the end of the death penalty in New Jersey. On December 17, 2007, then-Governor Jon Corzine signed an abolition bill that made the state the first to legislatively end capital punishment in the modern era. EJUSA commemorated the 10-year anniversary by participating in an event honoring some of…
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