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Apr 2021
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Safety Doesn’t Mean More Guns (with John...

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Season Finale! We’re ending on a high note with Grammy-award winning musician and social justice advocate, John Legend, who joins us to talk about using his platform to fight for racial equity, and his personal connection to reforming the criminal justice system and upholding the voting rights of formerly incarcerated folks.

 

Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro and Instagram @JulianCastroTX. 

 

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  • Learn more about changing the conversation on incarceration through the FreeAmerica initiative.
  • Check out the FreeAmerica + New Profit partnership, Unlocked Futures, that funds social entrepreneurs with a connection to the criminal justice system.

 

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