SJC Exchange Library

This workshop will focus on defining success in equity work throughout the changing times and changing narratives. Racial equity efforts have existed, persisted, and made substantial changes to the criminal justice system long before they were labeled as racial equity work. These efforts will endure long after the Safety Justice Challenge winds down. Our workshop will discuss the ways that strategies and narratives have shifted over time, including in the SJC, while moving toward one enduring goal. Success is not linear, nor is it a monolith, and it may be hard to define in the face of ever-changing inequity. As community members and justice system stakeholders continue the long journey toward equity, this panel will invite them to consider how they have been defining success along the way. This workshop will grapple with definitions of success in racial equity work and will encourage those who strive to create equity in the criminal justice system to utilize guiding principles to acknowledge, measure, and celebrate each success that is paved along the pathway to racial equity.