Juneteenth Spotlight: The Final 5 Campaign

<p>This year in commemoration of Juneteenth, we’re spotlighting <a href="https://www.thefinal5campaign.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Final 5 Campaign</a>, a coalition working to close the final five youth prisons in Illinois. We’re joined in conversation by one of their leaders, Alicia Brown, who tells us about what it means to be a prison abolitionist and her work with the campaign.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Please join us by <a href="https://secure.ard.northwestern.edu/s/1479/282-giving/form-bc.aspx?appealcode=HAYL5&amp;cid=42727&amp;dids=59&amp;gid=282&amp;pgid=25557&amp;sid=1479" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">making a donation</a>, <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ee3b5f06216bf50760f97be/t/5f273f2b6651f60bfbfd910d/1596407596790/CJLJ8234-Square-One-Youth-Prisons-Paper-200616-WEB.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">learning more</a> about the failures of youth prisons, <a href="https://www.thefinal5campaign.com/templates" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">contacting your legislators</a> about prisons in your state, and listening to their new podcast, <a href="https://www.thefinal5campaign.com/free-the-youth-podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Free The Youth</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>