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NextGen Meeting: Find your voice. Create change.
The goal of this program is to provide students with a place to meet other young advocates, connect with community leaders, and learn new skills and information that will allow them to be better advocates in their schools and communities.
The purpose of this first meeting is for students to get to know each other and meet community organizing leaders in OKC. Students will also have a chance to brainstorm ideas on how to approach pressing issues in their communities.
What if Algorithms Worked For Accused People, Instead of Against Them?
We created an algorithmic tool to find out what risks the criminal legal system poses to the people entering it, rather than their risk to "public safety."
Using Cyanide Gas in Executions is an Affront to Jewish Values
Arizona’s use of Zyklon B should shock the conscience of all Americans.
The Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Policing is a Foundation to Build Upon
Two years after the murder of George Floyd, a new executive order on police reform offers a starting place, but does not go far enough.
From Japanese American Incarceration to the China Initiative, Discrimination Against AAPI Communities Must End
Our institutions and our country must live up to our American ideals and values, and stop the cycle of profiling and discrimination.
On the Frontlines of the Fight Against Mass Deportation
Activists are defending immigrant communities from harmful partnerships between local law enforcement and ICE.
Impending Threat of Abortion Criminalization Brings New Urgency to the Fight for Digital Privacy
As the Supreme Court nears a ruling that could allow abortion to be criminalized by politicians, privacy activists and lawmakers must shift our approach in the states.
Politicians Have No Place Making Parole Decisions for Young People
In a new lawsuit, we argue that the California governor’s power to veto parole grants violates the rights of young people.
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