Criminal Justice Reform

As the judge read the verdict, I was tense, holding my breath and silently bracing myself.  Like most of us, I did not know...

(Gwinnett County, Georgia) – The Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline  was formed in 2007 to lead a parent-driven, community-centered partnership approach...

    Wyndal Gordon says black Americans might know they’ll never commit a crime, but they can never be sure they won’t be charged with one.   By...

Rep. Johnson Re-Introduces Criminal Justice Reform Legislative Package to Hold Police Accountable and Improve the Grand Jury Process Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) reintroduced a spate...

The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) recently hosted the Sixth Annual BWR Women of Power National Summit in Washington, D.C. The Black Women’s Roundtable is the women and girls empowerment arm of the NCBCP; BWR is at the forefront of championing just and equitable public policy on […]

As part of a local and national movement on comprehensive criminal justice reform, several Georgia counties have entered a pilot program seeking to greatly lower the...

The Chicago Defender Endorses Andrea Zopp for U.S. Senate Media Advisory CHICAGO (March 1, 2016) – The Chicago Defender endorses Democratic, U.S. Senate hopeful, Andrea…

It’s been nearly six years since Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle took over the Executive Chief seat of the largest county in the Midwest…

      When President Obama spoke before the Philadelphia NAACP last week, he spoke our more forcefully and directly about the racial inequities inherent…