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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 14h
Leading with Conviction™ 2019 graduate Saad Soliman speaks about barriers to workforce reentry and the impact of second-chance and fair-chance hiring. jlusa.org/2026/09/24/saad-soliman-s…
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Saad Soliman says barriers to workforce reentry are an economic development issue
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 29/09/2026
Want to learn more about technology's role in advancing social justice and economic mobility? Watch our September Speaker Series discussion now: justuscc.org/building-beyond-code
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 23/09/2026
Get to know our Leading with Conviction™+ 2027 cohort! Marshan Allen works to create a more just and equitable criminal legal system through his work as Director of Policy and Communications at the Illinois Prison Project.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 23/09/2026
New federal Medicaid work reporting rules present a real threat to individuals returning to our communities from incarceration. Learn how to help protect reentering citizens’ healthcare: justuscc.org/wp-content/uploads/202…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 22/09/2026
Join us TODAY at 12PM ET for "Building Beyond the Code: Public Interest Tech and Impacted Innovators." RSVP now: justuscc.org/event/building-beyond-…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 21/09/2026
Join us TOMORROW at 12PM ET as we explore how code, community, and lived experience are rewiring economic mobility. Save your spot and RSVP now: justuscc.org/event/building-beyond-…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 19/09/2026
Join us next Tuesday at 12PM ET to learn how directly impacted experts are leading innovation in fields from AI to public interest tech. RSVP now: justuscc.org/event/building-beyond-…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 17/09/2026
Join us next Tuesday at 12PM ET to learn about expanding access to technology training, employment pathways, and creating justice through innovation. Register now: justuscc.org/event/building-beyond-…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 16/09/2026
Last week, we joined 20+ frontline staff, program managers and leaders representing 8 NYC-based nonprofits for our first-ever Emerging Leaders+™: Financial Justice training: jlusa.org/2026/09/14/justleadership…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 15/09/2026
Join us next Tuesday at 12PM ET to explore technology's role in advancing social justice and economic mobility. RSVP now: justuscc.org/event/building-beyond-…
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Building Beyond the Code: Public Interest Tech and Impacted Innovators – JustUS Coordinating Council
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 13/09/2026
Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 22 to learn how directly impacted experts are leading innovation in fields from AI to public interest tech. RSVP now: justuscc.org/event/building-beyond-…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 10/09/2026
Join the JustUS Coordinating Council for "Building Beyond the Code: Public Interest Tech and Impacted Innovators" on Tuesday, September 22. RSVP now: justuscc.org/event/building-beyond-…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 08/09/2026
JLUSA Policy Analyst Zach Ruppel says new Medicaid work requirements could harm access to healthcare for formerly incarcerated people. Learn more: jlusa.org/2026/09/03/zach-ruppel-sa…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 02/09/2026
Jennifer Toon (Leading with Conviction™ 2024), executive director of the Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance, speaks about deadly heat inside Texas prisons: jlusa.org/2026/08/26/jennifer-toon-…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 31/08/2026
If you missed our August Speaker Series session on bridging the gap to careers in advanced manufacturing, watch it now on the JCC website: justuscc.org/powering-economic-mobi…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 27/08/2026
A coalition of civil rights groups in California say the death penalty’s racial tilt violated the state constitution: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 25/08/2026
Cecilia Zavala (Leading with Conviction™ 2023) speaks about helping formerly incarcerated people learn digital skills after returning to their communities. Read more: jlusa.org/2026/08/24/cecilia-zavala…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 21/08/2026
“A dozen incarcerated Wisconsinites will publicly make their case for clemency on Friday … the first opportunity in 25 years for [people] to request their sentences be shortened.” wisconsinwatch.org/2026/08/wisconsi…
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Wisconsin to hold commutations hearing Friday
It’s the first time in 25 years Wisconsin prisoners have been able to request shorter sentences. New polling released this week by the ACLU of Wisconsin shows a majority of Wisconsinites favor a fo…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 19/08/2026
“POGO Investigates spoke with multiple attorneys whose clients had similar allegations of medical neglect, poor food quality, and lack of religious accommodations …” #Texas elpasomatters.org/2026/08/18/ice-de…
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Inside ICE’s broken system for inspecting detention facilities
New data reveals a twisted ICE detention oversight system where facilities get glowing grades, even amid deadly conditions.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 19/08/2026
#SaulPaul (Leading with Conviction™ 2018) talks about how #DreamLab expands the impact of his work as a children’s music artist. Read more: jlusa.org/2026/08/19/saulpaul-talks… #Texas #AustinTX
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 19/08/2026
“People listened to him, said Mr. Wise … ‘because they know I’ve been through a lot of things.’ Mr. Wise’s background gives him authority …” Read free: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/us/balti…
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Killings Plunge in a City Once Known for Violence
After decades of notoriously high murder totals, Baltimore and the people whose work entails dealing with the city’s most violent crimes are adjusting to a new reality.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 18/08/2026
JustLeadershipUSA is standing with the March on Washington 2026: Defend the Vote on August 28. Register and join us at marchonwashington2026.com. #MarchOnWashington #MOW2026 #DefendTheVote
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 18/08/2026
Join the JCC Speaker Series happening now to learn about pathways to careers in advanced manufacturing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iYKOQlYz2w
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 18/08/2026
TODAY at 12PM ET: Join the JCC Speaker Series to learn about pathways to economic mobility through careers in advanced manufacturing. Register now: justuscc.org/manufacturing
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 17/08/2026
Today we celebrate nonprofits making a difference. JLUSA’s programs provide formerly incarcerated leaders with opportunities to grow, advocate, and drive systemic change. Support our work today. jlusa.org/donate #NationalNonprofitDay #JusticeForAll #JLUSA
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 17/08/2026
“#FairChanceAct … helps ensure job applicants are fairly assessed based on their skills, not on their past. This isn’t just good for #justiceimpacted job seekers; the benefits … extend to employers.” www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/aug/…
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Nate Stone: Washington’s amended Fair Chance Act is now law. As an employer, I applaud it
In 2019, my wife and I opened Cathedral with a simple belief: people want to help – they just need a place to start. We began as an event space rooted in a desire to give back and started working alongside young men impacted by incarceration, offering employment, mentorship and a consistent community where they could grow and succeed.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 17/08/2026
TOMORROW at 12PM ET: Join the JCC Speaker Series to learn about pathways to economic mobility through careers in advanced manufacturing. Register now: justuscc.org/manufacturing
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 17/08/2026
David Garlock (Leading with Conviction™ 2019) & his brother received 25-yr sentences in #Alabama after taking the life of their abuser. He shares his powerful story on two recent podcasts: jlusa.org/2026/08/17/david-garlock-…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 14/08/2026
Are you local to the NYC metro area and work with a NYC-based organization serving systems impacted individuals? Register now for a free Emerging Leaders+™: Financial Justice training: www.tfaforms.com/5227313
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 12/08/2026
Quniana Futrell (Leading with Conviction™ 2020) advocates for amending #Virginia constitution to restore #votingrights for ppl w/ felony convictions: jlusa.org/2026/08/12/quniana-futrel…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 11/08/2026
Are you local to the NYC metro area and work with a NYC-based organization serving systems impacted individuals? Register now for a free Emerging Leaders+™: Financial Justice training: www.tfaforms.com/5227313
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 11/08/2026
Join the JCC Speaker Series next Tuesday at 12PM ET to learn about pathways to economic mobility through careers in advanced manufacturing. Register now: justuscc.org/manufacturing
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 11/08/2026
“[#Virginia] Governor’s Community Partnership Council On #Corrections was announced in June, with applications open through Sep. 4.” Read more: virginiamercury.com/2026/08/10/gove… #Reentry
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Governor seeks participants for new corrections council to help shape Va. prison reforms • Virginia Mercury
The 18-person cohort will comprise formerly incarcerated people and their family members, corrections and probation officers, representatives from criminal justice reform organizations and faith-based organizations that work in prisons.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 10/08/2026
“Social workers found no evidence of drug use, [she] was still placed on the child protection central registry … She can’t work in hospitals or daycare centers. Volunteering at her children’s school is not allowed.” www.cbsnews.com/news/thc-tests-land…
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How THC tests have landed more than a thousand new mothers onto child abuse registries
In Idaho, new mothers have ended up on a child abuse registry after testing positive for THC – a chemical found in marijuana. An investigation raises hard questions about who gets punished, and who doesn't.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 10/08/2026
Marilyn Wynn (Leading with Conviction™ 2016) received a pardon last month from #Georgia State Board of Pardons and Parole: “My record is so long that it took us about 8 months to complete it.” jlusa.org/2026/08/10/marilyn-wynn-r…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 07/08/2026
“Philly had recorded 101 homicides as of Sunday — a 25% decline from the same time in 2025, per police data. … Overall violent #crime is down 4.2% compared with the same point last year.” Read more: www.axios.com/local/philadelphia/20…
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Philly's extraordinary decline in violent crime continues
The city is on pace to record its lowest number of homicides since the early 1960s.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 06/08/2026
“Federal officials recently started threatening to seek criminal charges against two elected county sheriffs who have declined to give immigration agents broad access to [incarcerated people] subject to deportation.” Read free gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u... #ICE #Minnesota #Chicago
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ICE Threatens Sheriffs In Chicago and Minneapolis With Prosecution Over Access to Inmates (Gift Article)
In a new tactic, federal immigration officials recently started saying they would criminally charge the elected county sheriffs in Minneapolis and Chicago.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 06/08/2026
“Nearly every time a mainstream news outlet mentions the word ‘prison,’ it’s in the context of someone being convicted of a crime, not the people & conditions …” Read more: www.poynter.org/commentary/analysis… #PersonFirst
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I taught prison reporting because I know how bad coverage can hurt - Poynter
After watching prison coverage harm my family, I set out to teach journalism students to cover incarceration with more humanity
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 05/08/2026
JustLeadershipUSA President & CEO DeAnna Hoskins talks about how her White House Fellowship introduced her to how the federal government uses #AI. Watch the full interview: jlusa.org/2026/08/04/deanna-hoskins…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 05/08/2026
“Health services accounted for a third of the nearly 2,000 complaints received by the Office of Correction Ombuds regarding the conditions in #CT prisons.” Read more: ctmirror.org/2026/08/03/healthcare-… #HealthEquity #Connecticut
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Healthcare access dominates complaints from CT's incarcerated
Health services accounted for a third of the nearly 2,000 complaints received by the Correction Ombuds regarding the conditions in CT prisons.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 04/08/2026
Watch DeAnna Hoskins’ new interview with Mallory Erickson on the “What the Fundraising” podcast, discussing responsible AI adoption for grassroots & justice-focused nonprofits: jlusa.org/2026/08/04/deanna-hoskins…
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 04/08/2026
“[#NextMileNYC] is expanding to people across the city who have had past involvement w/ the #criminaljustice system—whether they’re still incarcerated, on parole or struggling …” gothamist.com/news/from-rikers-to-t… #NYC
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From Rikers to the open road: Program helps detainees land lucrative trucking jobs
Next Mile NYC launched in 2025 and is expanding to people across the city who have had past involvement with the criminal justice system.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 03/08/2026
Lana Mendis (Leading with Conviction™ 2022) writes, “This is what I want the next 250 years to reckon with … the walls we build around each other inside this work.” Read more: jlusa.org/2026/08/03/justice-the-ne… #Next250
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 02/08/2026
“… just 44% of formerly incarcerated individuals [in #Louisiana] were formally employed during their first year after discharge.” Read more: www.kplctv.com/2026/07/31/report-hi… #Reentry #EconomicMobility #Jobs #Employment
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Report highlights employment barriers for formerly incarcerated Louisianans
A new report found many formerly incarcerated Louisianans face significant challenges finding and maintaining stable employment after leaving the justice system.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 02/08/2026
“Governor Abigail Spanberger has restored the right to vote to over 66,000 formerly incarcerated Virginians.” www.wvtf.org/news/2026-07-31/govern… #Virginia #Democracy #VotingRights
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Governor Spanberger restores voting rights to more than 66,000 formerly incarcerated Virginians
Virginia is one of a handful of states that takes the right to vote from those convicted of a felony, and then requires gubernatorial approval to restore those rights.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 31/07/2026
“People who spent decades incarcerated within #Alabama prisons provided a detailed account of ongoing violence, abuse by corrections staff & lack of adequate healthcare services …” alabamareflector.com/2026/07/30/for…
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Formerly incarcerated people, family members describe Alabama prison violence | Alabama Reflector
Speakers describe murders, assaults and abuse that remain rampant within Alabama's prisons and need for more accountability.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 31/07/2026
“[#Missouri] has executed more than half the people it has sentenced to death compared with 18% nationwide …” #DeathPenalty missouriindependent.com/2026/07/29/…
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Since death penalty’s return 50 years ago, Missouri executes prisoners at high rate • Missouri Independent
Over half of death row prisoners in Missouri have been executed. Nationally, the rate is 18%.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 30/07/2026
“#Colorado Newsline has communicated with 4 men who believed they were making progress toward release & rehabilitation through #earnedtime until Corrections adjusted their sentences and rescinded [it] …” coloradonewsline.com/2026/07/29/col…
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Colorado gave some prisoners earned time off their sentences. Then the state took it back. | Colorado Newsline
A Colorado prison audit found that some incarcerated people were ineligible for any of the earned time they thought they had accrued.
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 29/07/2026
Summer is a time for bold action. Donate to fuel justice-impacted leaders working to transform laws and lives. 👉 jlusa.org/donate #LeadershipMatters #Donate #SummerOfJustice
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JustLeadershipUSA @jlusa.org · 28/07/2026
“Under the new rule, officials say as many as 444,724 cases could be transferred directly to one of the Justice Department’s immigration judges. Trump officials have empowered judges to dismiss certain cases without a hearing …” Read free gift article: wapo.st/3TmWIvb #Immigration #Deportation
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Asylum seekers could be sent directly to deportation under new federal rule
The Trump administration rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to immigration judges, who could dismiss the asylum petitions.
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