<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><p style="text-align:center;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px"><b style=""><font color="#0000ff">On <u style="">Friday, April 26th at 7:00 PM</u>, hear speakers Chané Jones and Ron Pierce From <em style="">The New Jersey Institute of Social Justice, </em>talk about Voter Suppression and Criminal Justice Reform in NJ<em style="">. </em></font></b></p><p style="text-align:center;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px"><b style=""><font color="#0000ff">Why are almost 100,000 New Jersey citizens denied the right to vote? Why does New Jersey have the worst record of any state in the nation in the disproportionate criminalization of people of color?</font></b></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px"><span style="font-weight:700"><u>Chané Jones, Bio</u>: </span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px">Chané Jones is an Associate Counsel at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px">Prior to joining the Institute, Chané served as a law clerk in the Criminal Division for the Hon. Siobhan A. Teare, J.S.C. In 2017, she clerked in the Family Division of the Essex Vicinage for the then newly-appointed Hon. Sharifa R. Salaam of the Superior Court of New Jersey.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px">Chané received her law degree from Seton Hall University, School of Law in 2017. While in law school, Chané was elected as the Regional Vice Chair of the Northeast Black Law Students’ Association and President of the local chapter. She also served on the Jessup International Moot Court Board and the Dean Hobbs Interscholastic Mock Trial Board,and was a Comments Editor for the <em>Seton Hall Circuit Review</em>. Chané gained significant experience in public interest during her time in law school. As a student attorney in the Juvenile Justice Clinic, she represented minors charged with criminal offenses in the juvenile courts of Essex County. Additionally, Chané interned at the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division and completed a judicial internship with the Hon. Joseph A. Greenaway of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px">In 2013, Chané graduated from Seton Hall University with a Bachelor of Science in Diplomacy & International Relations and minors in Economics and Creative Writing.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px">Chané is a Newark native and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px"><b> </b></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px"><span style="font-weight:700"><u>Ron Pierce, Bio</u>:</span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px">Ron Pierce is the inaugural Democracy and Justice Fellow at the Institute.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px">The Fellowship, which is awarded to an advocate who has been formerly incarcerated, focuses on restoring voting rights to people with criminal convictions. Ron is a frequent commentator and lecturer on issues related to voting rights, reentry, and the human rights of the incarcerated. His writing has been published in NJ Spotlight and Truth Dig. Ron graduated from Rutgers University-Newark Summa Cum Laude in 2018 and was a recipient of the Vera Institute Scholarship.</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px">Sponsored by: UUCP Racial & Social Justice Team</p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px">Co-Sponsored by: UU FaithAction NJ and Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County</p><div><img src="cid:ii_jusqfulv0" alt="UUCP Voter Suppression Flyer 4-26-19.jpg" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div></div><div><img src="cid:ii_jusqg1fd1" alt="MAP LYDECKER.png" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Liandra Pires</font></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Marketing & Communications
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