Justin Terrell
Justin Terrell is the Justice 4 All Program Manager at TakeAction Minnesota. As an Organizer, Justin aims to address the systemic injustices that prevent Minnesotans from pursuing their full potential. Justin has led racial justice training across the country and in central Europe and recently earned the Facing Race Ambassador Award for statewide organizing in Minnesota. At TakeAction Minnesota he manages the Justice 4 All Program with a base of over 1,100 community members impacted by the criminal justice system and determined to create change by bringing people together.
Presentations from Facing Race 2014
Banning the Box – Leading with Race
Minnesota and Seattle have successfully implemented Ban the Box policies to ensure that people with conviction and arrest records have an opportunity to gain employment. These policy victories were won by low income communities of color who kept racial equity front and center in the organizing campaigns. In this workshop we’ll discuss how leading with race impacted the strategies used, shaped the campaigns, and strengthened policy. In this workshop you will learn how to make the case for racial equity in all your organizing work using story, data and racial equity analysis tools.
Speakers: Patricia Lally, Justin TerrellRacing the New Economy: A Long-Term Structural Reform Strategy for Structural Equity
National People’s Action has developed a 40-year agenda to create a new economy in the United States. At the center of the Long-Term Agenda to the New Economy (LTA) is creating structural equity. By building a broad progressive infrastructure with the power to win five structural transformations we can win a racially just economy. This session will break down NPA’s LTA and our strategy for exposing the role of structural racism in creating the current economy. Participants will identify opportunities to advance their own racial justice work by applying this long-term structural reform framework.
Speakers: Bree Carlson, Justin Terrell