Focused on social justice and doing what's right for kids and families. All views are my own.
New York, NY
Joined October 2018
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YJI is #hiring! Please spread the word!!
We’re #hiring! The Justice Lab has two open positions on our Youth Justice Initiatives team supporting our mission to end the use of youth prisons and to shift resources to communities to support youth locally. ow.ly/Qlg750FwWie
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He will also be a key thought-partner for how YJI deploys the many partners and tools that will support our research and advocacy efforts, including the Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice.
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Yumi will oversee our work with states and localities across the country that are ready to transform their youth justice systems, with a focus on closing youth prisons and designing community solutions that promote healing and help youth grow into healthy and thriving adults.
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Our statement on President Biden’s budget request of $100 million to incentivize states to fund community based alternatives to end youth incarceration. nokidsinprison.org/biden-bud…
Youth prisons were never the right model to support youth, with the burden of incarceration almost exclusively falling on youth of color. Biden’s new budget is taking steps to help reverse this trend and invest in communities. Let’s get this done. #nokidsinprison
“The research is clear: putting young people in handcuffs and locking them up creates severe racial disparities and trauma without increasing public safety.” - @vidhya_ak on @POTUS's $100M budget request for youth incarceration alternatives: bit.ly/3g2K9ha #FreeOurYouth
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📣 Breaking: We're so proud that @NYCMayor appointed @VinSchiraldi Commissioner of the NYC Dept of Correction. Vinny's bold thinking will undoubtedly serve all NYC residents. The phenomenal @WesternBruce will continue leading the Justice Lab. Read more: bit.ly/NYCDOCSchiraldi
Join our team! #hiring
The @CUJusticeLab is focused on bringing a variety of experiences and backgrounds to our team, particularly those that have been impacted by the criminal legal system. Apply to become our newest staff associate on our Emerging Adult Justice Project: pa334.peopleadmin.com/postin…
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There are GOP members of Congress who worked with the President for months to sabotage our democracy, ultimately inciting the white supremacist insurrection.
They must be investigated and expelled. H.Res. 25 will do just that.
Call your rep to sign on: 202-224-3121
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Opinion | The successful closing of youth prisons shows a path to police reform washingtonpost.com/opinions/… @VinSchiraldi @nellbernstein #BeyondYouthPrisons
Looking for meaningful ways to transform how we support kids outside the justice system? Join our team @CUJusticeLab as we work to end the youth prison model and invest in communities. Please spread the word!
The Justice Lab is #hiring! Our Youth Justice Initiatives team has two positions open – learn more here: justicelab.columbia.edu/join…
“When it comes to the youth justice system, it would be better if we never got back to normal.” #BeyondYouthPrisons
New from @marc4justice & @VinSchiraldi: Let’s keep youth justice from making the coronavirus worse usatoday.com/story/opinion/p… via @USATODAY
Join our fabulous team @CUJusticeLab!
We're #hiring a Communications and Public Affairs Director!
justicelab.columbia.edu/join…
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Youth justice reform is critical to tackling mass incarceration and advancing equity. Voters are ready to see action on this issue, and it’s time for 2020 candidates to take a stand. Read my piece with @Trenchwork94 desmoinesregister.com/story/… #NoKidsInPrison
Kudos to my colleagues @CUJusticeLab working on our Probation and Parole project, which held its inaugural Executives Transforming Probation and Parole (ExIT) convening today, asking us to look at how supervision drives mass incarceration. #EXiT
Please share widely—applications due next week!!
We have an RFP out for a #communications consultant!
We're seeking a short-term communications consultant to support various portfolios, including: Probation and Parole, Youth Justice, & Emerging Adult Justice.
Read more on our website: justicelab.columbia.edu/join…
Thank you for these articles, @Al_Dikanovic and helping to offer a glimpse of why undoing the youth prison model is an important step forward in transforming youth justice. #beyondyouthprisons
About ten years ago, New York and Wisconsin took different paths with how they structured their youth justice systems, and they have yielded vastly different results. Read more in part 1 of 3 (coming later this week) via @milwaukeenns and @soljourno.
milwaukeenns.org/2019/09/09/…
It’s happening...we’re moving farther and farther towards #NoKidsInPrison...let’s do this!
This shows the strength of moving #beyondyouthprisons #NoKidsInPrison @CUJusticeLab Advocates eye closing state's 'youth prison' unionleader.com/news/crime/a… via @UnionLeader
Come work with our amazing Probation and Parole Reform project at the Lab...join our terrific team!
We’re #hiring!
We’re looking for a Staff Associate to support the work of the Probation and Parole Reform Project, which seeks to make probation and parole in the United States smaller, better, and less punitive.
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Or learn more at justicelab.columbia.edu
As a NJ resident and someone who is deeply invested in reimagining what it means to serve youth inside and outside the justice system, this is a critical conversation that we need to pay attention to. It’s time to have #nokidsinprison and undo a model that does not work.
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Check out @CUJusticeLab new website for our Emerging Adult Project—lots of great resources here! eajustice.org