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Advocacy groups call to keep moving to fully eliminate the policy of placing kids on the registry Joint Statement by Sandra Henriquez, Executive Director of CALCASA and Nicole Pittman, Vice President of Impact Justice, Director of Center on Youth Registration Reform. With Governor Brown’s signature on SB 384, California takes a significant step toward an … Continued
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sujatha baliga and Fania Davis, co-executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, were keynote speakers for Harvard Divinity School’s Religions & the Practice of Peace Colloquium Series in October 2017. The event, titled the “Restorative Justice Approach: Wisdom and Spiritual Resources for Sustainable Peace in Our Communities,” explored restorative justice, spiritual dimensions of restorative … Continued
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Impact Justice partnered with the Youth Diversion Subcommittee of the Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee in Los Angeles County to develop a plan to coordinate and scale effective youth diversion in Los Angeles County. Over the course of seven months, the Subcommittee met with key stakeholders — youth, law enforcement, advocates, and community organizations — … Continued
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The American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice magazine’s Summer 2017 edition features an article co-authored by CYRR Director, Nicole Pittman, and Juvenile Law Center’s Senior Supervising Attorney, Riya Saha Shah, about the harms of placing youth on the sex offender registry and the efforts being made to reform these laws. Building off of recent wins in … Continued
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Nicole Pittman joins R-Street’s Eli Lehrer and Stop Child Predators’ Stacie Rumenap in an op-ed for The Hill called, “Marking Kids for Life on Sex Offender Registries,” to announce their bi-partisan coalition opposing youth registration – Just Kids. For decades, the US has placed children as young as eight years old on sex-offender registries. Thousands … Continued
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Nicole Pittman joins KQED Forum alongside Dr. Tom Tobin, vice-chair of the California Sex Offender Management Board, to discuss the ways in which youth and adult sexual offenses differ and why kids should not be placed on registries. Facilitated by host Rachael Myrow, Tobin and Pittman engage with callers from the community and explain how … Continued
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Reporter Sarah Stillman takes a deep dive into the issue of youth on sex-offender registries. “The List,” the cover story for The New Yorker in its March 14, 2016 issue, shares the experiences of several children, adults, and families who are impacted by youth registration. CYRR’s Nicole Pittman’s advocacy work is highlighted throughout. Starting with … Continued
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The Rosenberg Foundation has picked Nicole Pittman, Director of the Center on Youth Registration Reform, to be one of its eight Leading Edge Fund fellows and will receive $225,000 over three years to support her work advocating for policy reform, building coalitions, and shifting the narrative around minors accused of sex crimes. As a public … Continued
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The Atlantic article, “Abuser and Survivor, Face to Face,” explores the question: can restorative justice work for domestic violence cases? And who exactly does it benefit? sujatha baliga, Director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice, discusses restorative justice as an alternative approach for survivors of domestic violence to the retraumatizing experience of going … Continued