Texas Can’t Kick the Habit

Texas Can’t Kick the Habit

Ran across this article.  This is the problem with criminal justice reform for sake the of saving money.  Its time to examine who we lock up and why.  Its a conversation that will bring up a long history of racial and economic injustice.  but until we do, we’ll be...
Fulfilling King’s Dream

Fulfilling King’s Dream

On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee, while traveling to support Black sanitation workers fighting for collective bargaining rights.  His support was part of his nascent “Poor People’s Campaign” which he regarded as a...
J4F Coordinator: Echoing Green Finalist

J4F Coordinator: Echoing Green Finalist

Justice for Families Coordinator Zachary Norris was recently named a 2011 Echoing Green Fellowship Finalist.  The Echoing Green fellowship provides two years of start-up capital and technical assistance to seed sustainable social change organizations. Less than 1% of...