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Andrea James

Executive director, Families for Justice as Healing; founder, AJames Group

Andrea James is the Executive Director of Families for Justice as Healing, the founder of AJames Group, and the author of “Upper Bunkies Unite: And Other Thoughts On the Politics of Mass Incarceration”. An attorney by training, she commits her time to reducing the prison population of women and creating economic opportunity for formerly incarcerated women. Ms. James has committed herself to fulfilling the promise she made to the women who she met when she was incarcerated i.e. to speak their truth, advocate for an end to the war on drugs and to support a shift toward community wellness.

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