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Mission

JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) is dedicated to cutting the US correctional population in half by 2030. JLUSA empowers people most affected by incarceration to drive policy reform. Through our Emerging Leaders trainings in cities across the country, as well as our 12-month New York-based Leading with Conviction training, JLUSA is building a nationwide network of advocates and organizers united by a shared vision for justice reform.

Emerging Leadership Training for those Directly Impacted by the Criminal Justice System
JLUSA believes that America’s most challenging barrier to expansive, systemic criminal and juvenile justice reform is the absence of clear and consistent leadership by those who have been directly affected by our failed criminal justice policies. Emerging Leaders are highly motivated individuals with a strong commitment to making a real difference in their community of choice. Typically, they are just stepping into their role as organizational and/or community leaders and must simultaneously juggle their professional development needs with their desire to make real change. The regional Emerging Leaders (EL) trainings are day-long professional sessions with a skilled facilitator and a dynamic, participatory agenda.

Eligibility includes, but is not limited to, the following: 

• incarceration (served time in jail and/or prison), 
• arrest (with or without conviction),
  
• community supervision (under parole or probation), OR
  
• having a family member who fits the above criteria 
  

While not required, participants with the following characteristics are most successful and gain the most from Emerging Leaders training:

Members, employees, or clients in-good-standing with a regional partnership organization
Demonstrated track record of leadership within their community
Committed to ongoing leadership development and expansion beyond the EL training itself
Committed to systemic criminal justice reform and juvenile justice reform

Emerging Leaders Training Content
Based on our guiding principle that those closest to the problem are closest to the solution, JLUSA employs a dynamic, inclusive and culturally competent leadership training that includes:

Pre-session work including a survey, reading and homework
Breakthrough Action® Leadership – introduction to the principles of responsibility, self-reflection and collective leadership
Communication skills – learning how to connect communication with real results.
Professional relationship effectiveness – managing up, down or any direction; leaders must communicate effectively to be successful.
Interviewing and employment skills – emerging leaders are challenged to learn skills essential to securing and sustaining employment.
An introduction to JLUSA’s year-long Leading with Conviction TrainingType your paragraph here.