Facing Race: A National Conference in St. Louis, MO — November 20-22, 2024

Sandra Jones

Associate Professor | Rowan University- Sociology & Anthropology
Sandra Jones is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Rowan University, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a community activist. An abolitionist in the anti-death penalty movement for 18 years, she serves on the Board of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty. She is the author of Coalition Building in the Anti-Death Penalty Movement: Privileged Morality, Race Realities.

Presentations from Facing Race 2012

Toward a Multiracial Anti-Death Penalty Movement

As the execution of Troy Davis showed, racism remains a central factor in deciding who lives and who dies in our criminal justice system. Yet the abolitionist movement is largely white. How can such activism involve the communities most affected by the death penalty?

Speakers: Sandra Jones, Lawrence G. Hayes, Barbara Lewis