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JW Center Hosts Finding My Voice with Emerald Garner, Daughter of Former Eric Garner, and Etan Thomas

Happy Election Day from the Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. Center for Education, Justice, & Ethics

JW Center Co-Hosts “The Waiting Game”: The Pervasiveness and Proliferation of Anticipatory Stress During Jail Incarceration with Professor Kristin Turney from UC Irvine

Tune into Beyond the Field with Dr. Joseph Richardson from the Department of African American Studies

Judge Williams Serves as Panelist in Racial Equity Panel: Reckon and Heal Town Hall

Judge Williams Introduced The Victorious K.B.J. Poetic Essays with CeLillianne Green

Judge AW Center Hosts Fourth Annual Lecture on Ethics: "Health Equity: At the Nexus of Science and Social Justice" with Dr. Joseph L. Wright

Judge Williams Hosts Conversation with Former NBA Veteran and Author, Etan Thomas

Recap of The JAW Center 3rd Annual Lecture: "More than the Worst:" Wrongful Convictions, Mass Incarceration, and the Challenges Ahead

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"Finding My Voice: On Grieving My Father Eric Garner and Pushing for Justice" with Emerald Garner and Etan Thomas

"Emerald Garner has fought tirelessly for justice for her father Eric Garner. Her Story is one that needs to be heard." —Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Civil Rights Leader, Founder, Rainbow PUSH Coalition

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Maryland Profile of Beyond the Count Report

Maryland has an incarceration rate of 531 per 100,000 people (including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile justice facilities), meaning that it locks up a higher percentage of its people than almost any democracy on earth. Read on to learn more about who is incarcerated in Maryland and why.

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Harvard sets up $100 million endowment fund for slavery reparations

April 26 (Reuters) - Harvard University is setting aside $100 million for an endowment fund and other measures to close the educational, social and economic gaps that are legacies of slavery and racism, according to an email the university’s president sent to all students, faculty and staff on Tuesday.

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A Broader Approach to Public Safety

A Broader Approach to Public Safety New UMPD Crisis Intervention Team Trained to Sensitively Respond to Mental Health Issues By Annie Krakower Mar 11, 2022

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