How we’re building the Kansas of our greatest aspirations, in 2023 and years to come
This editorial was originally published by the Kansas Reflector on January 3, 2024.
January 3, 2024This editorial was originally published by the Kansas Reflector on January 3, 2024.
January 3, 2024As we look back at 2023, we’re celebrating the local organizing work to advance voting rights at the county level through our Civil Liberties Beehive. Here are some of the highlights:
December 19, 2023 Voting RightsIn 2019, Wyandotte County’s DA, Mark Dupree, asked the Vera Institute of Justice to help the DA’s office address racial inequities in the county’s criminal legal system with a focus on prosecution reform.
November 27, 2023 Criminal Legal ReformFelony disenfranchisement, and the lack of education about voting rights restoration after incarceration, is just one thread in a web of tactics that make it harder to vote. In Kansas, most people think politicians should be making it easier, not more difficult, to participate in our democracy.
November 15, 2023 Voting RightsWhy do trans people transition? It’s a confusion that lurks behind much of the anti-trans sentiment developing in Kansas and throughout the country.
November 7, 2023 LGBTQ+ RightsKansans are ready to take major steps in reforming our criminal legal system, and we’re here to help them do so.
October 12, 2023 Criminal Legal Reform