• “The New Jim Crow” – April 11 Book Discussion Summary

  A capacity crowd gathered on April 11 to discuss Michelle Alexander’s award-winning book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. The lively and thought-provoking discussion covered a wide range of topics, including the war on drugs and its impact on the criminal justice system and the social cost of incarceration.

• 2016 Grantee, Reach, Inc., Featured on NPR

  Reach, Inc., the 2016 recipient of the Many Hands $100,000 grant, was profiled in a recent NPR story featuring Mikala Tardy, a senior at Eastern High School who has been tutoring younger students through Reach since her freshman year.

• April 11: A Book Discussion of “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander

  Join Many Hands for a thought-provoking discussion of this landmark book, moderated by Candice Jones, President and CEO of the Public Welfare Foundation, and documentary producer and Many Hands board member Jill Rosenbaum Meyer.

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