Online Sunday Forum: Jason Sole, on Criminal Justice Reform

In the words of the prophet Micah, we are called to walk humbly, love mercy, and do justice. You are invited to join us for an online Sunday Forum on January 3, as former Minneapolis NAACP President and Hamline University adjunct professor, Jason Sole, leads us in a frank discussion of criminal justice reform.

We will meet on the ZOOM platform at 11am. Here is the ZOOM link to participate: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84678911478

Community leader, author, and national keynote speaker and trainer, Jason Sole has been a criminal justice educator for a decade and is currently an adjunct professor at Hamline University. His work centers on the belief that in order for there to be freedom, there must be equity, and in order for there to be justice, there must be a radical redefining of criminality.

As past president of the Minneapolis NAACP, Sole launched several public safety initiatives, including Warrant Forgiveness Day, that led to harm reduction in Hennepin County. He was a 2013 Bush Fellow who focused on juvenile delinquency and recidivism throughout the state of Minnesota, and he helped launch Saint Paul Mayor Coleman’s Community Ambassadors Program, which led to a 63% reduction in juvenile crime in the first year. In 2014, Sole published his memoir, From Prison to Ph.D.: A Memoir of Hope, Resilience, and Second Chances. He recently served as the Community First Public Safety Initiatives Director for the City of Saint Paul. In addition, he is the co-founder of the Humanize My Hoodie Movement in which he’s challenging threat perceptions about Black men through clothing, art exhibitions, and workshops.