Learn

"George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020" H.R.7120
Justice in Policing Act of 2020 fact sheet for H.R.7120

"80 Percent of Those Who Died of Covid-18 in Texas County Jails were Never Convicted of a Crime" article by Jerusalem Demsas

Breakdown Whiteness: Criminal Justice Systems website

Get Involved: Help End Over-Incarceration and Excessive Punishment website

Incarceration Trends in Wisconsin fact sheet from Vera Institute of Justice

​Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color ​book by Andrea J. Ritchie

​Just Mercy book by Bryan Stevenson

Racial Disparities in the Massachusetts Criminal System report by the Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School

The New Jim Crow book by Michelle Alexander

"The Poor Stay in Jail while the Rich go Free: Rethinking Cash Bail in Wisconsin" article by Emily Hamer
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"Wisconsin's Bail System "Burns the Poor," Opponents Say, as they Call for Reform" article by Karen Madden

Act

Volunteer to help someone re-entering society after incarceration

Advocate for your state, county, city, and businesses to adopt “fair-chance hiring” policies to help formerly incarcerated people get jobs

Attend

Pardeep Kaleka, the Executive Director of Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee, will be the featured speaker at the March 9, 2021, Presbytery Gathering