Family is important, and I am honored to be a parent to four beautiful people, and a grandparent to an amazing person.
I cherish my roles as a brother, a son, a partner, a comrade, and a revolutionary.
I often speak about my time as a prisoner and survivor of state-sponsored torture, spending eleven years incarcerated in prison.
I cut my teeth as a community organizer with a local grassroots agency, Women In Transition (WIT).
It was an honor to be part of this work that eventually led to the passage of a Friendly City Ordinance in Louisville, KY.
Oct 17, 2024
"With the election quickly approaching, voting laws in states nationwide continue to prevent millions of Americans with conviction records from participating. For instance, before December, 2019, Kentucky was one of just two states to permanently prohibit voters with prior felonies from exercising their right to vote. To rectify this, various reforms have been implemented to ensure that everyone has that right restored, but the work isn't finished yet.
In this episode, two voting advocates will focus on these efforts in their states and others.
Bonifacio Aleman, a lead organizer at Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, speaks about campaigning for the Governor’s executive order that restored voting rights to people with felony convictions in the state of Kentucky. At the same time, Dana Vickers Shelley, executive director of the ACLU of Maryland, discusses how denying the right to vote is rooted in a deeply racist system."
My thoughts on why I and others like me in Kentucky deserve the right to vote. Listen in!
This is a clip from Kentuckian's For The Commonwealth's (KFTC) Virtual Rally for a Healthy Democracy on Thursday February 18th, 2021.
In this 2021 panel discussion, I talk about & offer five (5) key points to be mindful of when engaging folks with prior felony convictions.
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