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Did you know that your contribution in any form can help us give the gift of radical transformation to impacted communities?
Donate to the Haywood Burns Institute to help make a significant impact in achieving a more equitable and sustainable future!
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Your support will help our efforts to dismantle structural racism while radically reimagining the very notion of justice, as we utilize a community-centered process to build Structural Well-Being. Imagine a system of public policies, practices and cultural representations that are inclusive and designed to advance our individual and collective well-being. Help us, as we create the blueprint for a racially just society. A place we have never been but can imagine with your help.
Your donation will make a significant impact in achieving a more equitable and sustainable future.
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At this unique time in our nation’s history, we are inviting those committed to racial justice to go beyond working to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities across our human service sectors and join us to reimagine and design a space that supports our growth and development, strengthens our communities, and reinforces value-based leadership that centers our collective humanity.
The James Bell Racial Justice and Structural Well-Being Certificate Training Series is a virtual training series based on the BI’s Structural Well-Being Framework. The program creates a space for social and racial justice warriors to learn, share, exchange, and fellowship, while exploring and designing possible futures together!
Meet Sam there! Click here to apply by the 11/21 deadline:
https://forms.gle/5QmUP93hKgrQrxYVA
The Haywood Burns Institute is excited to announce the James Bell Racial Justice & Structural Well-Being Certificate Training Series and seeks equity practitioners interested in catalyzing social change to join its inaugural cohort beginning in January 2023! This 8-month virtual certificate training course will provide selected participants with adaptive leadership and facilitation skills required to advance racial justice in their work and community.
Ready to become a leader in radical re-imagination? Learn more and apply today:
www.burnsinstitute.org/certificate-training-series
Probation is the most common disposition imposed on youth in juvenile court in California. In 2020, nearly 13,000 young people were placed on wardship probation in California and 88% were youth of color. However, California has no statutory limitation on the length of time young people spend under probation supervision, and standard terms and conditions of probation for youth are not required to be individually tailored and developmentally appropriate. Without limits on the length of youth probation, California youth stay on probation for almost two years.
Assembly Bill 503 (Stone) will improve outcomes for youth by minimizing the time they spend on probation and tailoring probation conditions to meet their needs.
TAKE ACTION NOW: Join our movement and stand up for youth – urge Governor Newsom to sign into law!
Help us get to 1,000 emails sent.
bit.ly/AB503-Action
WATCH: Our Samantha Mellerson sits down with Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle to discuss the false notions of progressive and conservative criminal justice reform.
Youth have the right to redeem themselves, to break the cycle of abuse and violence. We have the right to heal, to own and make amends for our mistakes, and the right to resources and support to seek transformation on our own terms. We claim the right to be free from discrimination based on our own or intergenerational histories of arrest and incarceration.
We urge Governor to sign into law.
—July 1st marked another important milestone in Los Angeles County’s effort to mitigate generations of systemic racial and ethnic discrimination that has resulted in appalling disparities in youth incarceration and perpetuated a cycle of crime, poverty, family separation and trauma.
Now, the care, supervision and support of young people that come in contact with justice system in Los Angeles will begin to transition from the county’s Department of Probation to the Department of Youth Development.
Read more about this recent transition in our latest release:
https://burnsinstitute.org/w-haywood-burns-institute-issues-statement-on-los-angeles-countys-new-department-of-youth-development/
Young people have always been at the forefront of the revolution, and we must listen to their concerns and needs. We must listen to youth; they are ready to LEAD! Youth leaders throughout Alameda County have gathered to create a Youth Justice 10 Point Plan. This 10-point plan is inspired by the and amplifies the changes that youth want to see in their communities. The demands in the youth 10-point plan respond to ways in which the county can prevent violence and promote public safety for all people. We must center and amplify youth voices by reposting the ! bit.ly/YOUTH10PT
Today—on June 15th—we celebrate the birth, the life, and the legacy of our namesake W. Haywood Burns. May our work continue to lift up and validate his immeasurable impact in the relentless pursuit of justice, fairness, and equity for all.
FYI: On June 23 at 3:00p ET, we will join a group of bold visionaries for a conversation with Matt Anderson at Institute for Family and Sandra Gasca-Gonzalez at Annie E. Casey Foundation about building strong funder-grantee partnerships in support of families.
Will you join us? Click here for more information and registration details: FYI: On June 23 at 3:00p ET, we will join a group of bold visionaries for a conversation with Matt Anderson at Institute for Family and Sandra Gasca-Gonzalez at Annie E. Casey Foundation about building strong funder-grantee partnerships in support of families.
Will you join us? Click here for more information and registration details:
https://instituteforfamily.org/the-future-of-funding
CA youth often spend too much time on probation with conditions that set them up for failure. AB 503 will and require that probation terms are limited, developmentally appropriate, and individually tailored to the young person. Join us in support of passing if you agree:
http://bit.ly/MeTooAB503
This year, we’re partnering with Black Futures Lab to amplify the Black Census Project 2022—the largest national survey of Black people conducted in the United States in 157 years!
Black people deserve to be listened to, not spoken about or spoken for. For far too long, Black communities have been left out of the conversation. The Black Census will reach everywhere Black people get left behind—rural and urban and suburban, U.S.-born and immigrant, incarcerated and formerly incarcerated, LGBTQ, cisgender and gender non-conforming, disabled, young and seasoned, and more—we're looking for you!
The data gathered from the Black Census is anonymous and will be used to inform public policies and identify priority issues that represent Black communities. These priorities will help make decisions about who we show up for at the polls and what we demand from them - which is why your voice has never been more important.
Help us reach 200,000 responses by June 2022! Complete the survey today by clicking the following unique link:
https://blkcns.us/M39I6T
Share this message with your family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors to show your support!
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