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Author Archives: Mary Hooks

Mary Hooks is a Prism Senior Fellow focused on Black and LGBTQ+ liberation in the South. A Black lesbian, feminist, and mother, Mary is co-director of Southerners on New Ground (SONG).

Posted inCriminal Justice, Gender Justice, Opinion

A people-centered approach to public safety is long overdue

by Mary Hooks January 6th, 2021March 19th, 2021

We are in a moment where the legitimacy of the institution of policing is being questioned and side-eyed. Liberation movements have cried loud and spared not the daily killings of Black people at the hands of the police. They’ve woken up the consciousness of everyday people about the history and peculiar past of the force […]

Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion, Racial Justice

It’s time to turn the world right side up by reimagining public safety

by Mary Hooks December 1st, 2020March 19th, 2021

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