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 RightsFor our final episode of 2023, we're answering your questions! Esmie Tseng, Communications Director, leads this discussion with: Sharon Brett, Legal Director; Leslie Butsch, Field Director; Emily Keimig, Director of Development; and DC Hiegert, LGBTQ+ Legal Fellow.
December 15, 2023In 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 ReformA toolkit on gender markers for birth certificates and driver's licenses in both Kansas and Missouri.
November 17, 2023Felony 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 Rights