Lenore Anderson

Lenore Anderson is the president of the Alliance for Safety and Justice,[1] an organization whose stated mission is to "win new safety priorities in states across the country [by] partner[ing] with leaders and advocates to advance state reform through networking, coalition building, research, education and advocacy."[2]

Career

Anderson started her career as the director of the Books Not Bars campaign at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.[3] Following this, she served as the Director of Public Safety for the Oakland Mayor,[4] the director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice,[5] and as the Chief of Policy and Chief of the Alternative Programs Division at the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.[6] In 2012, Anderson founded Californians for Safety and Justice,[7] an organization focusing on reforming criminal justice in California[8] and centering the conversation around crime survivors.[9] In 2016, Anderson expanded upon her work in California by launching the national organization Alliance for Safety and Justice alongside Robert Rooks, focusing largely on the states with the highest incarceration rates and helping enact new policies in Florida, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio.[10] Anderson’s work with crime survivors eventually led to the launch of Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, a network of survivors calling for new safety priorities that focus on prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.[11][12] Her book In Their Names was published by The New Press in 2022.[13]

Ballot Measures and Initiatives

Anderson was the Campaign Chair and co-author of 2014 California Proposition 47, a ballot initiative to reduce incarceration and reallocate prison spending to treatment, prevention, and victim services.[14][15] Anderson served on the Steering Committee for 2016 California Proposition 57, a ballot initiative that incentivizes inmate rehabilitation through earned time credit and risk-based parole reviews.[16] It also prohibits prosecutors from filing cases against juvenile defendants in adult criminal court.[17]

Awards

In 2016 Anderson received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for her efforts in California.[18] In 2015 she was awarded the Frank Carrington Crime Victim Attorney Award by the American Bar Association.[19]

Education

Anderson holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law and a B.A. from UC Berkeley.[20]

References
  1. Legend, John. "John Legend, Malika Saada Saar, Lenore Anderson and Robert Rooks: The 2019 MAKERS Conference". YouTube. MAKERS. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  2. "Alliance for Safety and Justice: Our Work". Alliance for Safety and Justice. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. McCarthy, Katy (3 October 2013). "Ella Baker Has a New Boss; Meet Problem Solver Zach Norris". Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. St John, Paige (1 November 2014). "Prop. 47 puts state at center of a national push for sentencing reform". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. Rosenhall, Laura (6 November 2018). "As Gavin Newsom becomes governor, how he could shape California's future—issue by issue". Calmatters. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. Thompson, Chris (2 June 2008). "Lenore Anderson Out as Ron Dellums' Crime Aide". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  7. Anderson, Lenore. "The prison, the mohawk, and the two-sided coin". YouTube. TedX Talks. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  8. Mason, Melanie (23 April 2017). "How 'schools not prisons' became a favorite rallying cry for criminal justice reformers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  9. "Lenore Anderson: Forging a New Blueprint for Community Safety". irvine.org. The James Irvine Foundation. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  10. Pitney, Nico (30 August 2016). "Crime Survivors Are Organizing. They Want Criminal Justice Reform, Too". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  11. "Survivors speak of pain to promote healing". Cincinnati Enquirer. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  12. "Lenore Anderson: Forging a New Blueprint for Community Safety". irvine.org. The James Irvine Foundation. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  13. Levin, Sam (29 December 2022). "The crime victims' advocate fighting mass incarceration: 'How we actually stop violence'". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  14. Chang, Cindy; Sewell, Abby (25 February 2015). "Prop. 47 report finds fewer drug arrests, less crowding in jails". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  15. Forman Jr., James (25 March 2017). "Justice Springs Eternal". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  16. Forman Jr, James (25 March 2017). "Justice Springs Eternal". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  17. "Editorial: Prop 57 is a much-needed check on prosecutorial power. Vote yes". The Los Angeles Times. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  18. Howard, Don (18 February 2016). "The 2016 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards Recipients". irvine.org. The James Irvine Foundation. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  19. "Oakland lawyer Lenore Anderson to receive ABA Frank Carrington Crime Victim Attorney Award". americanbar.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  20. "Oakland lawyer Lenore Anderson to receive ABA Frank Carrington Crime Victim Attorney Award". americanbar.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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