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For the critical work in the community. Next is tiffan marie johnson. [applause] mrs. Johnson is a clearly beloved teacher at Leadership High School in San Francisco, founder of h 2 o production and phd candidate at the universesty of california, berkeley. [applause] thank you all for your incredible advocacy in the community. Next we have liz jacksonsimpson. [applause] the executive director the success center, a long time advokate in reentry in the community and mother of many in the neighborhood. Give a hand for liz jackson. [applause] thank you all for your incredible work. Without this wo...

Community suffers. More than 600,000 get released from prison, another 11 million cycle through local jails. More than one quarter of all americans have had some kind of encounter with the criminal Justice System. Mostly for minor, nonviolent offen offenses. A report finds that nearly threequarters of all released prisoners will be rearrested within five years. Six in ten will be reconvicted. There are proven ways to reduce this. According to research, number one, education and vocational programs. Based on scientific evidence, meaningful work is an important contributor to keeping past offend...

Reduce those social controls and then you will get, after leg an increase in violence again. So we may be looking at that type of situation again where we are reducing the social controls that may be running the risk of a new increase in violence. Host incredibly important perspective for anyone who is asking how we are going to balance the needs of justice with the needs of public safety. This has been an incredible book, the rise and fall of Violent Crime in america. A must a must read for anyone who wants to understand how American Crime has developed, what what our history is, in some pers...

Pleasure to welcome you to this particular conversation this evening. The center for arts and culture teams up with the new press for pushout the criminalization of black girls in schools. This conversation is deeply meaningful to restoration and the press as we share the marginalized voices and stories. We want to thank diane and the new team for their incredible partnership in tonights conversation. Thank you so much. A round of applause. [applause] i also want to note books are for sale following the conversation to my left and youre right. Gloria steinem asked to this writer and journalist...

Yes, they are interesting in that regard. Its really sort of speaks to the selfconscious mission of creating a particular kind of leadership. West point is really remarkable in that regard. Those institutions come up in debate. Thomas jefferson who helped bring west point into being also was in support of a National University although he thought we needed a constitutional amendment to establish that and he speaks of west point in much of the same way although west point for jeffersons most important in its scientific terms at the time when the Scientific Development that will come out of it. ...