Stephen Knight

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Director of Communications at @JustLeadershipUSA | Editor/Producer of the #JustUs Speaks Podcast | Former Special Assistant to Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Internal Communications Manager at Repairers of the Breach | Co-Founder/Board Member, Transform Network | Posts here are my own.

#ForwardTogether #CriminalJustice

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Serious question, in response to Zoom’s new terms of service: Is there any video conferencing platform that is safe to use? Does Google Meet have the same issues? What do y’all recommend?

Tricia Cotham better schedule another doctor’s appointment and plan now to miss this vote to overturn the veto ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/us/north-carolina-abortion-veto-roy-cooper.htmlv

Donald Trump actually was the first president to declare April “Second Chance Month” for formerly incarcerated people.

Doc Trulear: “I guess he knew what was coming — that he would need a second chance!” 😂

https://jlusa.org/2023/04/14/harold-dean-trulear-discusses-his-new-book-welcome-home-for-second-chance-month/

#SecondChanceMonth #SecondChances #CriminalJustice

Harold Dean Trulear discusses his new book “Welcome Home” for Second Chance Month

JustLeadershipUSA
Significant detail regarding #ClarenceThomas failure to disclose multiple gifts of travel from Harlan Crow over the years. In 2004, the LA Times reported on gifts Thomas disclosed he had received from Crow. After this reporting, Thomas didn’t stop accepting gifts from Crow; he just stopped disclosing them. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-04-06/the-times-reported-about-justice-thomas-gifts-20-years-ago-after-he-just-stopped-disclosing-them #JudicialEthics
After an L.A. Times story on Thomas' gifts, he stopped disclosing

A 2004 Los Angeles Times report disclosed gifts to Justice Thomas from rich Texan Harlan Crow. In response, Thomas stopped disclosing them.

Los Angeles Times

As an activist and #FREEnewyork campaign leader, Marvin Mayfield fought for the passage of historic criminal justice reforms that would impact the lives of all New Yorkers harmed by mass incarceration. His memory will live on and continue to inspire generations of activists.

#MarvinMayfield #RestInPower

Tricia Cotham should resign or there should be a new election to replace her. #NCpol

Author Matthew Desmond talks about his new book, “Poverty, By America.”

https://apple.news/nowPlaying/AFZ0fVIElSk-9FDtydPMJtg

#Poverty #PoorPeoplesCampaign

Listen to: Why there’s so much poverty in America — and what you can do about it — Apple News In Conversation

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ‘Evicted’ makes the case for why we all need to become “poverty abolitionists.”

Literally swiping money from charities. Just straight up evil villain shit.

“Decades of #massincarceration have resulted in a prison population growing older and more enfeebled, and has introduced the challenge of reintegrating people coming out after long sentences, often with few skills, into a society that technology has made alienatingly unfamiliar.”

Read this NYTimes gift article 🎁: https://nyti.ms/3znFmAX

Here’s What Happens as the Era of Mass Incarceration Winds Down

A generation that was locked up during the era of harsh drug sentences is facing a life outside prison. What can be done to help them?

The New York Times

Of course, AR-15s — the weapon of choice of mass murderers — is manufactured in a small town in North Carolina, north of Greensboro.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/gun-factory-economy-ar-15/

#NCpol #GunReformNow

Gunmakers' growth in red states marks a divide on weapons like the AR-15

The migration of the gun industry out of blue states into red ones underscores the sharp divide among Americans over weapons like the AR-15.

The Washington Post