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Sharone Mitchell, Illinois Justice Project
David Olson, Loyola University, Chicago
Rev. Al Sharp, Clergy for a New Drug Policy
Moderator: Rob Wildeboer, Public Radio WBEZ
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John Baldwin, Illinois Department of Corrections
Victor Dickson, Safer Foundation
Erwin Mayer, St. Leonard’s Ministries
Jennifer Vollen-Katz, John Howard Association of Illinois
Moderator: John Bouman, Shriver Center on Poverty Law
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Mark Heyrman, University of Chicago Law School
Mark Ishaug, Thresholds
Pam Rodriguez, Treatment Alternatives for
Safe Communities (TASC)
Moderator: Carroll Bogert, The Marshall Project
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Amy Campanelli, Cook County Public Defender
Kim Foxx, Cook County State’s Attorney
John Maki, Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Ben Ruddell, ACLU of Illinois
Moderator: Rob Wildeboer, Public Radio WBEZ
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Click here to view videos. This past fall, St. Chrysostom’s Adult Forum featured distinguished speakers on the history and causes of mass incarceration in our country: on the harm it has caused especially in African-American communities, and on some of the efforts to improve the criminal justice that are underway in Illinois and elsewhere.
People Magazine highlighted how the CDLU “deployed all the hardball tactics” to help the working poor.
The Wall Street Journal declared CDLU’s successful efforts on behalf of uninsured minorities “a big win.”
The Washington Post called the CDLU “the lead agitator” against aggressive collectors.
El Nuevo Dia praised the CDLU as “Heroes of Our Time.”
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