This edition of the Youth Justice Corner is from Deja Jones, our NYC Restorative Justice Fellow at S.O.U.L Sisters Leadership Collective (S.O.U.L.). Deja is a dynamic poet and passionate organizer. She has questions about Brittney Griner, the two-time gold medalist and center for the Phoenix Mercury WNBA team, who is currently detained in Russia. Deja has previously joined the WNBA... more ›
For this installment of Youth Justice, we’re sharing an essay from our NYC Youth Organizer, Afia! Afia has worked with S.O.U.L. while navigating her way through school toward building her career. Frequent visitors to our social media may remember her as one of the talented panelists we had when speaking with the Vera Institute about Expanding Fair Access to the ... more ›
Check out the virtual panel we had with Common Justice about the Fair Access to Victim Compensation Campaign! It’s rare we get to sit down with a Senior Organizer and participate in spreading information about this important campaign surrounding the bill. Special thanks to Sherrell for joining in this dialogue with our youth folks. We understand the complexity of why survivors do... more ›