Third quarter focus on Criminal Justice Reform

Third quarter focus on Criminal Justice Reform

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During July, August and September Brews & Views and Lunch & Learn presented a series of conversations about Criminal Justice in Washtenaw County.  If you missed a presentation, or would like to re-visit one, here are links to the videos.

 July Brews & Views - Criminal Justice Reform: How Is Washtenaw County Doing? With Victoria Burton-Harris, Chief Assistant Prosecutor and Belinda Dulin, Director Dispute Resolution Center
 
July Lunch & Learn - Policing the police, with speaker Dr. Lisa Jackson.  How do we police the police? Dr.   Jackson, current Chair of the Ann Arbor Police Oversight Commission, noted behavioral neuroscientist and professor of Psychology at Schoolcraft College, spoke on the commission's work.
 
August Brews & Views - Updating the CREW Report. 

In August of 2020, Citizens for Racial Equity in Washtenaw County (CREW) published its first formal report on racial disparities in the county's criminal legal system. CREW found glaring disparities in the experiences of white residents and residents of color in interactions with the county's police, prosecutors, and courts. We were joined for a one-year update by Desiree Simmons, Co-Director, Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, and Rev. Joe Summers, pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation. Both guests are CREW members.  Here's the CREW Toolkit.   And the original CREW Report

 August Lunch & Learn -   Policing, Justice, and Community:  an anthropological perspective.  Speaker:. Kevin Karpiak, PhD.   
Human societies go back thousands of years; policing as an institution for maintaining societal order is only 150 years old. Previous cultures had many ways of controlling behavior for the common good without the police. How did the institution as we know it arise? How might we move toward a system that holds police accountable and leads to more equitable and just application of the law? 
 
September Brews & Views - Partners for Justice: Washtenaw County’s Criminal Justice Collaborative Council (CJCC)
With guests
  • Delphia T. Simpson, Chief Public Defender, Washtenaw County
  • Sheriff Jerry L. Clayton, Washtenaw County
  • Sue Shink, Washtenaw County Commissioner District 2

September Lunch & Learn - Stopping the Prison Pipeline : the importance of youth justice advocacy  with guest Husain Haidri

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