![]() ![]() If you’re trying to make policies in the criminal justice space but have never met someone who’s in a jail or prison, you haven’t been to a jail or prison, you’re going to fail.” - Bryan Stevenson And I think the same is true in the justice sector, that we cannot make progress in creating a more just society, healthier communities, if we allow ourselves to be disconnected from the people who are most vulnerable - from the poor, the neglected, the incarcerated, the condemned. “Innovation comes, in science, by the people who are able to pull something apart with such insight and knowledge that they can then innovate, and they can create new - it’s how we make progress. “The reality is this: If we don’t make time to close our eyes, breathe deeply, push beyond the binds we’re in, and visualize a day when they don’t exist, we can never truly be free.” - Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin I want nurturing life to be my struggle." - Zainab Amadahy "I want to be nurturing life when I go down in struggle. If only we are brave enough to be it.” - Amanda Gorman “There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power, and incalculable odds in order to restore some semblance of grace, justice, and beauty to this world.” - Paul Hawken ![]() But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren’t optimistic, you haven’t got a pulse. “When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: If you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren’t pessimistic, you don’t understand data. On Maintaining Hope in the Face of Injustice Every policy in every institution in every community in every nation is producing or sustaining either racial inequity or equity between racial groups.” - Ibram X. “There is no such thing as nonracist or race-neutral policy. Wars will be stopped only when soldiers refuse to fight, when workers refuse to load weapons onto ships and aircraft, when people boycott the economic outposts of Empire that are strung across the globe.” - Arundhati Roy, Public Power in the Age of Empire “Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. ![]()
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