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The 2018 Smart on Crime Innovations Conference will emphasize the need to maintain a commitment to criminal justice reform and tackle the unexplored and difficult questions that must be faced in order to move forward toward a smarter, fairer, and more just system.
524 West 59th Street, NY, New York 10019, USAJoin us and our partners at the Coalition for Community Schools, Communities In Schools, and the Learning Policy Institute for a conversation with leaders on the cutting edge of this exciting work. We will discuss how to implement a community schools strategy at scale and how local and state education policy can support this crucial work.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USATwenty-eight years after the ADA's passage, much work remains. People with disabilities face poverty rates nearly three times higher than people without disabilities. They are disproportionately likely to live and work in conditions that are hazardous to their health and are especially vulnerable to extreme weather events, which are only becoming more frequent due to climate change. And they are massively overrepresented in our nation’s prisons and jails, with people behind bars at least three times as likely to report a disability as the general population.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAPlease join the Center for American Progress for a discussion on Accreditation on the Edge: Challenging Quality Assurance in Higher Education , a new book edited by Susan D. Phillips and Kevin Kinser.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAIt is time to rethink the outdated marijuana policies that have contributed to mass incarceration. A new CAP poll shows nearly 70% of Americans support marijuana legalization. Cities and states are starting the change; it’s time for the rest of the country to catch up. Join Thinking CAP podcast hosts Igor Volsky and Michele Jawando for a discussion with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Weldon Angelos, who was sentenced to 55 years incarceration as a first time offender for marijuana sales due to harsh federal mandatory minimum sentences.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAPlease join us for an in-depth discussion about systematic inequality in America, where we will examine how direct action must be taken to change American systems built on suppression, oppression, and the concentration of power and wealth.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAPlease join the Center for American Progress for a discussion of these pressing issues and how crucial these programs are to monitoring and combating the effects of climate change.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAPlease join the Center for American Progress as we present new analysis from SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr. on share buybacks and executive compensation. Panelists will discuss the recent surge in corporate buybacks as they intersect with the new tax law, worker wages, and corporate long-termism.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAPlease join Montana Governor Steve Bullock and the Center for American Progress for a discussion on campaign finance reform. Gov. Bullock will discuss the role that money plays in politics and its effects on polarization, political discourse, and the country’s politicians' long-term ability to govern. He will highlight recent measures he has taken to combat this trend in Montana, with lessons for the country to reform its own political discourse while making elections honest, open, and representative.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAPlease join the Center for American Progress as we explore the influence that dark money groups have on the federal courts and the cases before the Supreme Court, and what we can do to fight it.
1333 H Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAPlease join us for a conversation on women's equality and economic empowerment in the American South.
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