ALL HANDS ON DECK! Justice reform advocacy groups partner to reduce violent crime in neighborhoods
JANS – Alongside partners the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Public Welfare Foundation, Just Trust, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and FWD.us, the Foundation for the Mid South announces the expansion of the Mississippi Justice Fund, a groundbreaking project to stand up Mississippi’s justice reform movement. By partnering with the Mississippi Justice Fund (MJF), FMS aims to strengthen the efforts of grassroots groups successfully engaged in neighborhood violence prevention, disrupting the evolving door of incarceration and linking changes in the criminal system to Mississippi’s economic development. “Justice reform is a win for public safety and a win for economic growth,” said Greg Johnson, CEO and President of the Foundation for the Mid South. “Our role in joining Mississippi Justice Funders underscores our belief in the power of people on-the-ground to be real change agents in alleviating the conditions that feed the school-to-prison pipeline and stymy billions from entering Mississippi’s economy.”
Governor nominates four college board members, ensuring inequities remain
Last week Governor Tate Reeves nominated four white males to serve on the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning (college board). The nominees – Donald Clark Jr., Jerry L. Griffith, James Heidelberg, and Charles Stephenson – will have to be confirmed by the State Senate in order to become permanent members. Since there is not much of a public outcry to their nominations, however, they will likely be confirmed by the Senate and begin serving immediately. HBCU ALUMNI AND BLACK BOARD MEMBERS Those four white male members will replace three white males – Chip Morgan, J. Walt Starr, and Tom Duff – and one Black male member, Alfred McNair. This means that the board will go from being nine whites and three Blacks to being 10 whites and two Blacks, Dr. Ormella Cummings and Dr. Steven Cunningham. In addition to that, the board will go from being
‘You don’t deserve this,’ NTSB chair says of deadly gas leaks, explosions
On January 27, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators were on their way to search out the details of what caused an explosion that killed
Black defenders of Haiti freedom complain: Caribbean leaders help US to impose weak government on Haiti
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Black Press Week galvanizes advocacy, celebrates legacy, and mobilizes voters
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent During Black Press Week the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) enshrined Zora Neale Hurston in the
Justice Department finds conditions at three Mississippi prisons violate the Constitution
JANS – On Feb. 28, 2024, the Justice Department announced its findings that conditions of confinement at three Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) facilities violate
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