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Explore panel discussions on the topics and issues most relevant to transforming youth justice systems will give real-time access to experts, allow engagement with the community we are building, and elevate diverse voices.

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HARNESSING DATA 
FOR TRANSFORMATION

This panel discussed why data is so crucial to efforts to transform youth justice systems and the way we think about justice for young people, how data has been used in past transformation efforts, and some key ways that other leaders can use data (and how to do it).

WEBINAR HIGHLIGHTS

Marcia Rincon-Gallardo, Executive Director of Alianza for Youth Justice, discusses the importance of changing how we collect data to align with evolving goals.

Yamanda Wright of RTI International asserts that accurate data collection should reflect how youth define themselves.

Susan Burke, Executive Director of The Carey Group, explores the question of how to define data and how to use data to tell a fuller story.

PANELISTS

VIDHYA ANANTHAKRISHNAN

Co-Director, Youth Justice Initiatives, Columbia Justice Lab

MODERATOR

YAMANDA WRIGHT

Research Psychologist,
RTI International

SUSAN BURKE

Executive Director,
The Carey Group

MARCIA RINCON-GALLARDO

Executive Director,
Alianza for Youth Justice

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Creating a Shared Vision

This panel brought together speakers who have experience working with coalitions and across stakeholder groups to move transformation forward, and working with groups who have diverse backgrounds to create a shared vision for the future.

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CENTERING YOUTH & FAMILIES

AIRED MARCH 23, 2022 @ 3PM EDT

This discussion covered both the why and the how of having the most impacted youth and families leading transformation.

PANELISTS

HERNAN CARVENTE MARTINEZ

National Youth Partnership Strategist,
Youth First Initiative

MODERATOR

XIUHTECUTLI SOTO

New Mexico Youth Justice Coalition

KATHY WRIGHT

Executive Director,
New Jersey Parents Caucus

TJ  BOHL

Administrator,
Pierce County Juvenile Court

HIGHLIGHTS

Kathy Wright, Executive Director of New Jersey Parents Caucus, talks about the need to learn about the impact of the system directly from young people who experienced it and to trust them to lead if we are to create change.

Xiuhtecutli (Xiuy) Soto of the New Mexico Youth Justice Coalition speaks about how transforming youth justice begins with having patience with, providing support for, and relating to young people like him.

TJ Bohl, Administrator at Pierce County Juvenile Court, on some of the cultural obstacles inside the system to collaborating with communities, and the need for system leaders to overcome defensiveness to building a path forward together.

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Taking on Transformation is a project of CATALYZE JUSTICE & the Columbia Justice Lab’s Youth Justice Initiatives. It is a hub for system leaders, and anyone making decisions about youth justice, who are pushing for real transformation of the youth justice system.


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