Join Charis Books and More for a virtual discussion of Radical Acts of Justice and the grassroots movements that are challenging the criminal justice status quo with author Jocelyn Simonson, a leading authority on bail reform and social movements, in conversation with organizers Mary Hooks and Micah Herskind. Radical Acts of Justice argues that the answer to mass incarceration lies not with experts and pundits, but with ordinary people taking extraordinary collective action, using the tools of criminal procedure to shift power away from the elite actors at the front of the courtroom and toward the swelling collective in the back.

 

Micah Herskind is an organizer, writer, and law student.

 

Mary Hooks is a Black, lesbian, feminist, mother and Field Secretary on the field team for the Movement for Black Lives. Mary is the former co-director of Southerners on New Ground (SONG). Mary joined SONG as a member in 2009 and began organizing with the organization in 2010. Growing up in a family that migrated from Mississippi to the Midwest, Mary’s commitment to liberation is rooted in her experiences and the impacts of the War on Drugs on her community.