Philadelphia justice reform group JustUs Concepts will kick off its inaugural JustUs Concepts Week on June 9 on the Neighborhood School of Philadelphia.
Activist, Philadelphia native and founding father of JustUs Concepts, Marvin Bing, will host the first-of-its-kind concepts accelerator rooted in centering the voices and experiences of justice-impacted people by connecting them with key changemakers, progressive experiences, and daring motion. The week will likely be devoted to reshaping society’s method to justice.
In keeping with the press launch, the competition will function appearances from Martin Luther King III, White Home Pardon Czar Alice Marie Johnson, Hill Harper, Angie Martinez, Charlamagne Tha God, La La Anthony, Keith Corbin and extra.
Along with panels and keynote addresses, the weeklong competition will embody a pitch competitors for marginalized and justice-impacted entrepreneurs and founders; a full of life and thought-provoking debate between the Bard School Jail Initiative and Binghamton College; in addition to an interactive discussion board centered on voting rights, democracy, and the ability of collective advocacy.
JustUs Concepts Week was created to encourage on a regular basis folks to take motion and perceive that they don’t have to have entry to political connections to be highly effective, progressive, or harness the transformative energy of their lived experiences. The competition additionally goals to ascertain an intensive community of innovators and changemakers who’ve been concerned within the justice system, enabling them to collectively fellowship, arrange, and collaborate with people with related experiences throughout the U.S. and the globe.
Founder Marvin Bing is the son of justice reform activist Malik Aziz, generally known as the grandfather of returning residents, who served because the inaugural director of the Metropolis of Philadelphia’s Workplace of Reentry Companies and in 2000 efficiently fought to revive the proper to vote for Pennsylvanians with felony convictions.
Further info on the inaugural JustUs Concepts Week might be discovered right here.
WHAT: Star-Studded Prison Justice Reform Competition Kicks Off in Philadelphia from June 9-13
WHO: Marvin Bing, justice reform activist
WHERE: Neighborhood School of Philadelphia, 1700 Spring Backyard Road, Philadelphia, PA 19130 (Media check-in is within the Bonnell Constructing).
WHEN: Monday, June 9 to Friday, June 13
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