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Policy Reform in Action
In today's episode we're joined by Kara Gross, Legislative Director and Senior Policy Counsel with the ACLU, who gives valuable insight into their legislative efforts nationally and here in Florida. Listen in as we discuss laws that support the cradle to prison pipeline, the Tammy Jackson act, Rehabilitation credits, conviction integrity review units and so much more...
Full transcription here.
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Miranda: Kara [...] advocates for statewide legislation and policies defending and advancing Civil Rights and liberties. Her work primarily focuses on three main campaigns: criminal justice reform, immigrants rights and voting rights, in addition to advocating for reproductive justice and LGBTQ rights. She is admitted to practice in Florida, New York, New Jersey, and my personal favorite, the US Supreme Court.
Noelle: Kara, thank you so much for being here with us today. So the American Civil Liberties Union or ACLU, it's a national organization, we know they're state chapters as well. So can you explain some of the issues that the National ACLU campaigns for in general, and and just more about the work that you're doing right now?
Kara Gross: [...]So the ACLU has a national office, and then we have affiliate offices in each of the states and also Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. And I'm with the ACLU of Florida, and I'm based in Florida's capital, Tallahassee. And throughout Florida, we have several different offices, our main office being Miami, we also have one in Tampa and in Jacksonville and in Pensacola. And we have the same sort of general issues as the National and all the affiliates, right? So our general issue is protecting the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws in the United States. And all of the affiliates and National work together in courts, and the legislature and communities, to protect civil rights and civil liberties and to defend against those attacks. And we do this nationally, and also statewide, and also locally. And it depends on your affiliates. Some affiliates are larger than others, and some of them are smaller than others, but we're all fighting for the same types of work. Our priority campaign areas are criminal justice reform, immigrants rights, voting rights, reproductive justice, LQBTQ rights and free speech and privacy. And our Florida affiliate has been most heavily engaged recently in three campaigns, which are criminal justice, immigrants rights and voting rights.
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Join us for season 1 as we explore bias, systemic racism, the roots of oppression, and barriers found within education and the criminal system. Show us some love by liking, subscribing and reviewing our podcast; and to stay up to date, follow us on Instagram the_unpackedproject.
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In today's episode we're joined by Kara Gross, Legislative Director and Senior Policy Counsel with the ACLU, who gives valuable insight into their legislative efforts nationally and here in Florida. Listen in as we discuss laws that support the cradle to prison pipeline, the Tammy Jackson act, Rehabilitation credits, conviction integrity review units and so much more...
Full transcription here.
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Miranda: Kara [...] advocates for statewide legislation and policies defending and advancing Civil Rights and liberties. Her work primarily focuses on three main campaigns: criminal justice reform, immigrants rights and voting rights, in addition to advocating for reproductive justice and LGBTQ rights. She is admitted to practice in Florida, New York, New Jersey, and my personal favorite, the US Supreme Court.
Noelle: Kara, thank you so much for being here with us today. So the American Civil Liberties Union or ACLU, it's a national organization, we know they're state chapters as well. So can you explain some of the issues that the National ACLU campaigns for in general, and and just more about the work that you're doing right now?
Kara Gross: [...]So the ACLU has a national office, and then we have affiliate offices in each of the states and also Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. And I'm with the ACLU of Florida, and I'm based in Florida's capital, Tallahassee. And throughout Florida, we have several different offices, our main office being Miami, we also have one in Tampa and in Jacksonville and in Pensacola. And we have the same sort of general issues as the National and all the affiliates, right? So our general issue is protecting the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws in the United States. And all of the affiliates and National work together in courts, and the legislature and communities, to protect civil rights and civil liberties and to defend against those attacks. And we do this nationally, and also statewide, and also locally. And it depends on your affiliates. Some affiliates are larger than others, and some of them are smaller than others, but we're all fighting for the same types of work. Our priority campaign areas are criminal justice reform, immigrants rights, voting rights, reproductive justice, LQBTQ rights and free speech and privacy. And our Florida affiliate has been most heavily engaged recently in three campaigns, which are criminal justice, immigrants rights and voting rights.
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Join us for season 1 as we explore bias, systemic racism, the roots of oppression, and barriers found within education and the criminal system. Show us some love by liking, subscribing and reviewing our podcast; and to stay up to date, follow us on Instagram the_unpackedproject.