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Have the Imprisoned Girls Been Forgotten?
Did 16-year-old Gynna McMillen, a foster youth, need to die while locked in a detention center? The Vera Institute of Justice states that The majority of girls who enter the juvenile justice system are like Gynnya, detained for low-level offenses that pose no risk to public safety, yet their relative numbers are increasing. https://www.vera.org/blog/making-space-for-girls
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Call for Action- Support H.R. 1498 (2017) Racial Profiling Must End!
H.R. 1498– End Racial Profiling Act of 2017 seeks to eliminate racial profiling by law enforcement at the federal, state, and local level. It prohibits profiling based on race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or gender. An effective anti-racial profiling law should also include data collection components should outlaw violations of the racial…
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We Must Not Turn Back the Clock
Senator Cory of New Jersy speaks out on the State of Black America. “We must choose a different way. We all have an obligation to not just swear an oath that we are a nation of liberty and justice for all, but to fight, labor and sacrifice to ensure that we make those words real”.…
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‘Something Has to be Done About This..’
Kalief Browder was 16 when he was imprisoned for 3 years without a trial for allegedly stealing a backpack. He said that pleading guilty to something he did not do would be wrong, so he did not. As a result, he suffered torment for 3 years including 2 years in solitary confinement.
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Fewer Youths Incarcerated, But Gap Between Blacks And Whites Worsens
In 2001, black children were four times more likely to be incarcerated than white children. But in 2015, black children were five times more likely than white children to be incarcerated. According to Rovner of the Sentencing Project, individual actions are not to blame for a higher incarceration rate of black youths. “It’s not about…
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Memorial to Peace and Justice in the US…Why Remember?
During the world week of peace, the EJI announces the construction of the ‘The Memorial to Peace and Justice.’ Why do we need to remember? EJI says A history of racial injustice must be acknowledged, and mass atrocities and abuse must be recognized, grieved and remembered before a society can recover from mass violence. https://eji.org/national-lynching-memorial
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Life Without Parole for selling $20 of Marijuana -Is Race a Factor?
Fate Vincent Winslow is an African-American man who was homeless and acted as go-between in the sale of two bags of cannabis (worth $20 total) to an undercover cop in order to get money for food according to the ACLU. Winslow was sentenced to life in prison without parole based on other similar nonviolent acts.…
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Harriett Tubman on $20 bill?
Who should be on the $20 bill? Harriett Tubman, who was a bold, courageous, self-respecting slave abolitionist and fighter for freedom, or slave owner Andrew Jackson? Could this change be a beginning and healing step in how the US acknowledges and values worthiness today? Harriett Tubman has been proposed by President Obama but…
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US Courts Are Failing Poor Juvenile Defendants of Color
M. Chen reports that “young people are too often viewed as social liabilities rather than individuals with a future. She reports that social barriers are a major reason troubled kids end up in court. Their involvement with the criminal-justice system therefore attests to institutionalized racial and social exclusion. To really protect children, she adds, “We…
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