Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
CDT’s Criminal Justice Task Force participates in a statewide Campaign for Criminal and Economic Justice focusing on replacing the carceral state with programs that treat people as human beings no matter their transgressions. We also work to change unfair and ineffective laws, such as mandatory minimums for drug offenses.
Resources
- The Marshall Project
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
- Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform, by John Pfaff
- Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
- A Prosecutor’s vision for a better justice system (TED Talk), by Adam Foss
- Ear Hustle podcast
- Bail reform gets liberal rap but can be bipartisan
- One Luv Poem, by Sam Williams
- Hell is a very small place : voices from solitary confinement, edited by Jean Casella, et. al
- Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People’s Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time, by James Kilgore
- Criminal Justice Policy Coalition – Calendar of Events
- “Baker, Walsh among officials pledging to work for social justice” (Boston Globe)
- Jobs NOT Jails current efforts (EPOCA)
- Jobs NOT Jails website
- Boston Globe article about the bill filings
- UU Criminal Justice Campaign
- “Koch Brothers fund Prison Reform efforts” (The Daily Beast)
- “Prison Guard Union Calls on Texas to Curtail Solitary Confinement on Death Row” (The Texas Observer)
- “EPOCA’s Campaign to End Collateral Sanctions at the RMV in the News”
- “Justice Reinvestment Act in the News”
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2015 YK Minha Service-Solitary Confinement
In solidarity,
The CDT Criminal Justice Task Force
Rabbi Toba Spitzer--Testimony on solitary confinement
Bonnie Teneriello--Testimony on solitary confinement
2015 YK Minha Service-Solitary Confinement
Wed, October 21 2020
3 Cheshvan 5781
Upcoming Events
All Events
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Thursday ,
OctOctober 22 , 2020Zoom 201 Practice Session
Thursday, Oct 22nd 12:00p to 1:00p
Take some time to practice with other Zoom hosts until you feel absolutely comfortable and can effortlessly share documents and videos, run breakout sessions, message meeting registrants, and download Zoom recordings. -
Thursday ,
OctOctober 22 , 2020Environmental Voter Project: Voter Texting Action
Thursday, Oct 22nd 5:00p to 6:00p
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Saturday ,
OctOctober 24 , 2020Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat, Oct 24th 10:00a to 12:00p
Please join us for musical, participatory, weekly Shabbat Morning Services! The service ends with an opportunity to offer blessings for healing for those who are ill and suffering, and to recite Mourners Kaddish. The service is then followed by virtual “Kiddush” chat rooms, an opportunity to connect with members and guests. -
Sunday ,
OctOctober 25 , 2020Building Our Capacity for Dialogue
Sunday, Oct 25th 1:00p to 2:00p
Arava Insitute Alumni speakers will lead an hour-long workshop where participants can learn more about the tools of dialogue and how to engage in environmental peacebuilding in their own communities. The group will address the matter of dialogue vs. debate, how dialogue reveals what lies beneath the surface of conflict, and how to transform dialogue into action. Space is limited; register in advance. -
Monday ,
OctOctober 26 , 2020Reclaim Our Vote phone bank session
Monday, Oct 26th 7:30p to 8:30p
Join us to make calls to get out the vote. We’ll train all participants who have not previously done phone banking and answer your questions at the beginning. ROV has a calling platform that is easy to use. Questions? Contact Cindy Shulak-Rome at cshulakrome@gmail.com. -
Tuesday ,
OctOctober 27 , 2020Contact Tracing, Civil Liberties and Public Health with Rabbi Shahar
Tuesday, Oct 27th 12:00p to 1:00p
From T’ruah's webinar series “Jewish Law and Ethics: a hackathon for the age of COVID-19”: Contact tracing is an essential tool for fighting the spread of COVID-19, but many recent tech-based suggestions about how to implement this public-health strategy broadly and quickly raise serious privacy concerns. How should Jews approach these concerns about contact tracing? How do we maintain values of liberty, privacy and public safety in extraordinary circumstances? -
Wednesday ,
OctOctober 28 , 2020Reclaim Our Vote phone bank session
Wednesday, Oct 28th 7:00p to 8:00p
Join us to make calls to get out the vote. We’ll train all participants who have not previously done phone banking and answer your questions at the beginning. ROV has a calling platform that is easy to use. Questions? Contact Cindy Shulak-Rome at cshulakrome@gmail.com. -
Wednesday ,
OctOctober 28 , 2020Jewishness, Whiteness, and Race in America
Wednesday, Oct 28th 7:30p to 9:00p
With Rabbi Toba Spitzer and Dr. Jenny Sartori. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the uprising against police brutality, many American Jewish communities are grappling with what it means to become actively anti-racist. As Dorshei Tzedek takes on this challenge, this class offers an introductory exploration of the intersections of Jewish identity, antisemitism and anti-Black racism, and the American construct of “whiteness.” What does it mean to say that European Jews “became white” in the 20th century? How do we understand the intersections of the different traumas held in white, Black, and Jewish bodies? How do systemic racism and antisemitism operate in 21st century American society? What does an embrace of a multiracial Jewish reality look like? Join us for study, discussion, and personal reflection and exploration. -
Thursday ,
OctOctober 29 , 2020Environmental Voter Project: Voter Texting Action
Thursday, Oct 29th 5:00p to 6:00p
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Saturday ,
OctOctober 31 , 2020Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat, Oct 31st 10:00a to 12:00p
Shabbat morning, October 31, 10am-11:45am - Join Rabbi Toba at 10am for song and prayer (and a bit of meditation). At 11am we will explore the Torah portion Lech Lecha, the beginning of Abraham and Sarah's journey. Our study will be dedicated to the memory of CDT member Eugene Black, on the occasion of his 7th yarzheit. We will close the service with blessings of healing and Mourners Kaddish.
Wed, October 21 2020 3 Cheshvan 5781