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Activist and ex-prisoner Eddy Zheng: ‘How do we humanize each other?’

  • The Guardian
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  • Feb 07, 2019

The youth organizer, who spent two decades in California’s San Quentin prison, credits a grassroots education with saving his life

Woman facing deportation because Alameda sheriff’s deputies notified ICE, attorneys say

  • KTVU
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  • Dec 12, 2018

An Oakland woman is facing deportation after Alameda County sheriff’s deputies alerted federal immigration agents that she was being released from jail. “Sanctuary law violations have devastating consequences for our clients. They can catapult individuals and their families into a deportation crisis that cannot be undone,” said Raha Jorjani, supervising immigration defense attorney with the […]

When Stealing Legos Adds to a Lifetime of Consequences

  • The Appeal
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  • Nov 19, 2018

A petition argues that people seeking to escape the sex offender registry, including those put on it as children, deserve more than a single shot.

Bay Area criminal justice reformer wins MacArthur ‘genius award’

  • San Francisco Chronicle
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  • Oct 04, 2018

A Bay Area community organizer who started a Silicon Valley nonprofit that helps low-income families defend loved ones against criminal charges and navigate the justice system has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant. Raj Jayadev, the 43-year-old co-founder of Silicon Valley De-Bug, was among 25 people chosen Thursday as 2018 MacArthur Fellows, an annual award given […]