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Youth organizers to stage anti-juvenile incarceration town hall – CBS Bay Area

4.5.2023

UPDATED ON: APRIL 4, 2023 / 7:45 PM / CBS/BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE OAKLAND – Youth organizers will call on Alameda County leaders Wednesday to end youth incarceration in the county, according to the Free Our Kids Coalition, which opposes
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How an Oakland shoe designer is helping Black men heal from incarceration – Oaklandside

3.9.2023

Dieudonné Brou achieved success after prison with his company Koffi Noir. Now, he’s helping others do the same. by Brandy Collins March 9, 2023 There’s a saying that “clothes don’t make the man.” And while it’s true that a person’s
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New Poll: Alameda County Voters Back Replacing Youth Incarceration with Health and Community-Based Approaches

10.21.2020

Urban Peace Movement has conducted a new poll on voter attitudes towards youth justice in Alameda County. According to the poll, two-thirds of Alameda County voters back replacing youth incarceration and investing in health and community-based approaches such as education
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An Update from Executive Director Nicole Lee About UPM’s COVID-19 Response

9.23.2020

As Urban Peace Movement continues to evolve our work to meet the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to update our supporters about our response, emerging needs, and how this crisis is impacting our work. The COVID-19 pandemic
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Ala. Co. Sheriff’s Officers Illegally Taping Youth Defendants & Their Attorneys

12.6.2018

In the fall of 2018, two Alameda County Sheriff’s Officers were caught on tape admitting to illegally recording youth defendants in privileged and confidential conversations with their own attorneys. As background, last year UPM’s statewide partners worked to pass legislation
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