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Meredith McMonigle

April 6, 2014

End Mass Incarceration: Roundup of Recent Developments

As part of SCSJ’s End Mass Incarceration Week observance, we are posting daily blogs about various issues affecting incarcerated people. This post by SCSJ macro social work intern Meredith McMonigle examines policy trends in mass incarceration. Let’s look at recent developments on two fronts—policy, and in the arts and media, which may contribute to the […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconend mass incarceration week,  Holder,  Mass Incarceration,  Meredith McMonigle,  Obama,  prison policy

January 23, 2014

Time to Act to end racial profiling in Durham

In the continuing community dialogue over allegations of racial profiling and police misconduct in Durham, last night’s meeting featured presentations by SCSJ’s Ian Manceand Daryl Atkinson. Mance opened his presentation by providing an overview of DPD traffic stop data and the results of a multivariate analysis which showed race to be a statistically significant predictor […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Criminal Justice,  Recent News,  Uncategorized Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Durham,  FADE,  Ian Mance,  Meredith McMonigle,  Police Misconduct,  Racial Profiling,  Uncategorized

January 15, 2014

Possibilities vs. Obstacles—Ending Racial Profiling in Durham

The sixth and latest meeting examining racial profiling and police misconduct in Durham took place on Tuesday, January 14, 2014. SCSJ’s partner, SpiritHouse, led the meeting between the Durham FADE coalition and the Durham Human Relations Commisssion, which drew an incredibly large and diverse audience: over one hundred people attended and reflected a real cross section […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Recent News,  Uncategorized Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Durham,  Durham Police Department,  FADE,  HRC,  Ian Mance,  Marijuana,  Meredith McMonigle,  Racial Profiling,  SpiritHouse,  The House I Live In,  Uncategorized,  War on Drugs

December 17, 2013

Complaints? Gripes? Detractors? Language matters as we work to reform policing in Durham.

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.”–                                                                                                               Mahatma Gandhi Sticks and stones may break our bones, but we don’t like being called names either. Who does? And what does it say about the name-callers? As the year winds down, and we look back […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Recent News Tag iconChief Lopez,  Cynthia Walls,  Durham News,  FADE,  Meredith McMonigle,  name calling,  Police Misconduct,  Racial Profiling

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