Project RETURN Helps the Formerly Incarcerated to Find a Better Life By Emily Sacco To anyone outside of the Milwaukee community, 53206 might be an arbitrary set of numbers. To many news outlets, 53206 is known for its high rate of crime and incarceration. But to some, this sequence means…

By Julianna Marion Okosun “Allyship is a verb” was one of the opening statements of the Allyship is Problematic… Let’s be Honest workshop at the Justice in Action (JIA) conference hosted last month in collaboration with several Marquette affiliated organizations. The workshop engaged participants in defining what being an ally…

By Isa Kregel The Justice in Action (JIA) conference drew the Marquette and Milwaukee community together for five hours in to reflect about social justice. Workshops covered topics from mass criminalization and deportation to panels about allyship and changemaking. …

By Timothy Littau “Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it is just,” said Robert Smith, professor of history and director of the Center for Urban Research, Teaching and Outreach (CURTO), at the Justice in Action (JIA) conference las month. Smith, along with Marisola Xhelili Ciaccio, led a workshop that…

By Alexa Jurado Like 68% of males in prison, Mahmood Watkins didn’t have his GED when he was incarcerated. As an African American student, Watkins said, it was hard to stay engaged in classes. Curriculum in K-12 schools overwhelmingly teach white and European exceptionalism, he lamented. “The only time you…

By Rickiya Hatch The Justice in Action (JIA) conference at Marquette University brought awareness to programs that are focused on helping incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals integrate back into society. Rejoining society is difficult for women whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system. The many challenges of…

My experience trying to learn what it is like to go to an MPS school By Jackson Gross Sitting in a classroom at the Olin Engineering building on Marquette University, I prepared to learn about something I had never really talked about: The school-to-prison-to-deportation pipeline. I am white. I am…