Derecka Purnell is a human rights lawyer, writer, and organizer. She works to end police and prison violence by providing legal assistance, research, and trainings to community based organizations through an abolitionist framework. As a Skadden Fellow, she helped to… Continue Reading
Josmar Trujillo is a writer and organizer based in New York City. He has organized around education, disaster recovery and policing. He currently organizes with the Coalition to End Broken Windows. He has written for the Village Voice, NY Daily… Continue Reading
Professor Akbar received her B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University, and her J.D. from the University of Michigan, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Michigan Law Review. After law school, she clerked for Judge Gerard E. Lynch in the… Continue Reading
Alex S. Vitale is professor of sociology and coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project. He has spent the last 25 years writing about policing and consults both police departments and human rights organizations internationally. He is the author… Continue Reading
Samantha Felix is a 2019 Howard University gradate. She is the older sister of Matthew Felix, a 19 year old who was murdered by Nassau PD earlier this year. Since then, Samantha has joined the fight for social justice and… Continue Reading
Ghislaine Pagès was the former executive coordinator of the CCCCT and currently a first-year law student at NYU Law School. She attended Barnard College where she majored in Political Science with a minor in Africana Studies. Her studies at Barnard… Continue Reading
Bernard E. Harcourt is a contemporary critical theorist and social justice advocate. Harcourt is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. He is the founding director of the Columbia Center for… Continue Reading