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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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Racial Justice
& Equity

The second webinar in the Taking on Transformation event series 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.

WEBINAR HIGHLIGHTS

Hon. Edwina G. Mendelson, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Services at NYS Unified Court System, discusses the hard work ahead that is needed to transform youth justice, but we cannot go back.

Airto Morales, Site Manager at W. Hayward Burns Institute, discusses the importance of bringing community to the table to get to the source of disparities and the importance of centering people over data.

Antonio Fernandez, Founder of Grow Up Grow Out, discusses walking the walk over talking the talking talk and allowing restorative justice models to flourish to encourage community healing.

PANELISTS

DAVID MUHAMMAD

Executive Director, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform

MODERATOR

HON. EDWINA G. MENDELSON

Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Services, NYS Unified Court System

AIRTO MORALES

Site Manager,
W. Hayward Burns Institute

ANTONIO FERNANDEZ

Founder,
Grow Up Grow Out

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Racial Justice & Equity

This 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.

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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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