SJC Exchange Library

To enhance justice, equity and fairness, county leaders are undertaking initiatives to collect and analyze data to implement practices that address racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal legal system. Strategies to achieve this goal may include understanding and addressing drivers of inequity, deploying resources to community-led groups and authentically engaging the community and residents with lived experience. Workshop participants will learn about the strategies to engage with local elected officials in this work and opportunities to apply them in their home jurisdictions.

• Hon. Lara Roetzel, Interim State’s Attorney, Pennington County, S.D.
• Hon. George Dunlap, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners, Mecklenburg County, N.C.
• Hon. Tracey Flemings-Davillier, Deputy Chief Judge, Orleans Criminal District Court, Orleans Parish, La.
• Tshaka Barrows, Executive Director, Burns Institute (moderator)