This webinar explores how organizations and educational programming can effectively recruit and train leaders and staff. Specifically, this webinar provides insight into important hiring techniques to ensure that formerly incarcerated people have significant roles in the work that impacts them and their communities.
Data as of August 5, 2026
On August 25, 2026, the Deportation Data Project at the University of California, Berkeley posted its latest release of data obtained from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The release contains anonymized data on people detained in ICE's vast facility network through August 5, 2026. T ...
Polling Resources and Messaging Guidance
Although general attitudes towards immigration are commonly researched, less is known about public opinion toward government-funded attorneys in immigration court. To explore public opinion on this issue, Vera's Advancing Universal Representation Initiative is conducting public opinion polls about government-funded counsel in several communities ac ...
The Serious About Safety Majority campaign is building support for proven public safety strategies—and pushing back against a return to failed “tough-on-crime” policies.
Violent crime has plummeted in the United States, but politics threaten progress. Local leaders credit investments in community violence intervention, mental health and drug treatment, and youth engagement programs with helping to bring crime to historic lows.President Donald Trump’s senseless funding cuts to community-based public safety programs ...