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Caitlin Anderson: A Diverse Approach to Civil Rights

Published: 
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Caitlin’s appreciation for diversity led her to study the growth and development of economies at Columbia University. She says that one of her favorite classes there was a civil rights course taught by Professor Elizabeth OuYang, a longtime civil rights attorney. It was from this aggregation of different experiences – childhood, high school, and college – that her passion for civil rights blossomed.
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Alison Holcomb to Head Nationwide ACLU Campaign to End Mass Incarceration

News Release, Published: 
Friday, November 7, 2014
Alison Holcomb, ACLU-WA criminal justice director, has been tapped to serve as the national director of the ACLU Campaign to End Mass Incarceration. Bolstered by a $50 million grant from the Open Society Foundations, the campaign seeks to reform state-level criminal justice policies that have increased incarceration rates dramatically during a period of declining crime and have exacerbated racial disparities.
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