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Taking on Transformation is a project of Catalyze Justice and 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.
Kicking off the series, “Setting the Stage” explores the role of system leaders in shifting away from punitive policies and incarceration and toward a more community-oriented vision of justice.
The second webinar brings together system and community leaders to discuss the how and why of putting racial justice and equity at the heart of any movement to transform youth justice.
This third panel discussion in this event series covers both the why and the how of having the most impacted youth and families leading transformation.
This panel brought together speakers with experience working across stakeholder groups to move transformation forward, and working with diverse groups to create a shared vision for the future.
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, and some key ways that leaders can use data (and how to do it).
This panel brought together a group of experts to discuss ways that youth justice systems can shift resources, especially financial, to community-led and -owned supports for young people.
The final panel in this event series brought together a group of experts to discuss ways that youth justice systems can shift resources, especially financial, to community-led and -owned supports for young people.
This discussion covered both the why and the how young people and their families most directly affected by the justice system must be central to any transformation efforts.
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This discussion covered both the why and the how young people and their families most directly affected by the justice system must be central to any transformation efforts.
This discussion covered both the why and the how of having the most impacted youth and families leading transformation.
National Youth Partnership Strategist,
Youth First Initiative
New Mexico Youth Justice Coalition
Executive Director,
New Jersey Parents Caucus
Administrator,
Pierce County Juvenile Court
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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