Over the past four years, locally embedded community organizations have participated in the Catalyst Grant Program, a collaboration between the Urban Institute and the Microsoft Justice Reform Initiative, to carry out projects using data and technology to advance racial equity at the front end of the criminal legal system.

Join the Urban Institute for a virtual event to hear from the Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development and Court Watch NOLA about their Catalyst-funded work collecting and sharing data from the court watch programs in their community. These organizations used data, technology, qualitative research, and community engagement to increase transparency around prosecution and the court process and made impacts on criminal legal system decision making in courtrooms. 
 

Speakers

• Jesse Manley, Deputy Director, Court Watch NOLA
• Andreea Matei, Senior Policy Associate, Urban Institute
• Karen Reece, Vice President for Research and Education, Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development
• Lily Robin, Senior Research Associate, Urban Institute
   

Support for this event is provided by the Microsoft Justice Reform Initiative. For more information on the Urban Institute’s funding principles, go to https://www.urban.org/about/organizational-principles.

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