A year-long series of dialogues and learning opportunities for students and the broader community.
The Race, Equity, and Policy Series features 5 virtual community forums and a virtual half-day conference where we facilitate conversations with experts and host keynote speakers to discuss criminal justice. These community conversations will explore multiple facets of criminal justice reform – Policing, Sentencing, Prisons, Criminal Justice and Immigrant Communities, and Community Activism.
Our goal is that all participants are engaged in critical discourse, informed by evidence, and empowered to take action based on the exploration of the U.S. criminal justice system as it is, and as it might be.
November 18, 2020 | Communities and Policing: A Conversation on Local Reform Efforts
This forum explores possible police reforms and proposed legislation related to police presence and involvement in communities.
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Jackney Prioly Joseph, Director of External Affairs, joined BDL in September 2020. Jackney leads our efforts to engage and partner with community and corporate organizations to create a community of support for our students. She previously served as Director of College and Career Readiness at the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education. She has diverse leadership experience in education, nonprofits, and city government where she served under Mayor Thomas M. Menino and former City Councilor, now Congresswoman, Ayanna Pressley. A Bryn Mawr and Posse Foundation alum identified for her extraordinary leadership, Jackney works to secure partnerships that will tap and sharpen the leadership skills of our program participants.