[Queens Legal Services\Michelle Burrell]
Michelle Burrell: “Joining Queens Legal Services, which serves the most ethnically diverse urban community in the country through an array of civil legal services, is an incredible opportunity to both champion the amazing individuals who provide support and advocacy to the borough’s most vulnerable populations and to work to dismantle the interlocking systems of oppression.’
Photo: Facebook
criminal justice
GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON TO HOST “RESTORATION RESOURCE FAIR” FOR EX-OFFENDERS AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED
[Criminal Justice\Restoration Resource Fair]
Congressman Johnson: “This event, which is building off previous resource fairs we’ve held, is a community effort to help break the cycle of recidivism and poverty and help make those who have been previously incarcerated more productive, citizens.”
Photo: Facebook
ST. LOUIS CIRCUIT ATTORNEY SUES CITY ALLEGING ORCHESTRATED CAMPAIGN TO REMOVE HER FROM OFFICE OVER CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS
[Criminal Justice\Racial Policing]
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner: “This is about the will of the people being silenced by a concerted effort to stop reform in the city of St. Louis, and this has to be addressed.”
Photo: Facebook
BALTIMORE MAYOR YOUNG ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR FOR MAYOR’S OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
[Baltimore\Criminal Justice]
Baltimore Mayor Young: “Reducing violent crime in Baltimore City is a top priority of my administration. I am committed to utilizing a holistic approach to achieve that end and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice will be critical in achieving that goal. As a leader on the Baltimore City Innovation Team and in her previous experiences, Tamika Gauvin has proven herself an exceptional, thoughtful, and methodical manager.”
Photo: Baltimore Mayor’s Office