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Van Jones’ Redemption Project

July 30, 2018 by Juan Haines

Van Jones in the SQ News room

CNN commentator Van Jones, Jones was at San Quentin on May 10 working on his latest show, The Redemption Project. It consists of eight episodes that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Beyond the Messy Truth, Restorative Justice, The Redemption Project, The Van Jones Show, Van Jones

Beyond the Messy Truth by Van Jones

July 24, 2018 by Juan Haines

Van Jones in the SQ News room

Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart*How We Come Together (2017) is a frank reading of American-style democracy that encourages an honest debate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Beyond the Messy Truth, Brown Is the New White, Listen Liberal, Steve Phillips, The Beautiful Work: Four Solutions, Thomas Frank, Van Jones

Judy Appel talks justice

June 11, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

Judy Appel speaks with San Quentin News staffer Wayne Boatwright

Berkeley Unified School District board member Judy Appel sat down with San Quentin News to brainstorm on solutions to criminal justice issues that she … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Albany, Alden Feldon, Berkeley Unified School District, Drug Policy Alliance, El Cerrito, Ella Baker Center, Hercules, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, judy appel, North Oakland, Richmond, San Quentin, San Quentin News, San Quentin State Prison, Van Jones

Shaka Senghor visits prison to speak about change

January 21, 2018 by Kevin Sawyer

Jessica Jackson-Sloan and Shaka Senghor in the SQ newsroom

Shaka Senghor, 45, a consulting producer for Oprah Winfrey’s new program, Released, which debuted on the OWN cable television network, visited San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: #CUT50, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Shaka Senghor, The New Jim Crow, Van Jones, Writing My Wrongs: Life Death and Redemption in an American Prison

Flood of SQ media attention draws back Van Jones

March 26, 2017 by Rahsaan Thomas

Incarcerated men at San Quentin are getting a lot of press for their accomplishments. The media work produced by and featuring incarcerated men … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Adnan Khan, Anouthinh Pangthong, Antwan “Banks” Williams, Brief But Spectacular, Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll, Earlonne Woods, Profiles, San Quentin Prison’s Media Center, Van Jones

The Powerful Saga Of Van Jones

September 1, 2010 by Michael R. Harris

Van Jones – activist, educator and green economy builder – paid a return visit to San Quentin in September and offered words of wisdom. A former … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Profiles, The Green Life, The Van Jones Show, Van Jones

Insight Garden Program: Going Green!

November 1, 2009 by JONATHAN HARRINGTON

(Part 3 in a three-part series) Concern for the environment and the current state of our economy are two major issues of the day. And a commitment to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: IGP, Insight Garden Program, Van Jones

Van Jones: A Life With Ups and Downs

August 1, 2009 by Michael R. Harris

Gone from the White House Who is Van Jones? Van Jones is a human rights activist, Yale Law school graduate and founder of the Ella Baker Center and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: The Van Jones Show, Van Jones

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