Upcoming Events

Join us for a virtual town hall to discuss the future of safety in this moment of reckoning with anti-Black racism and state-sanctioned violence. In recent weeks, millions of people have mobilized across the United States and in over 60 countries to protest the police killings of Black people - including Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, George Floyd, and more - and demand justice and community-led safety for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color. We are experiencing an unprecedented social and political uprising that has set the stage for a new national normal, as organizers call for billions of dollars to be redirected from law enforcement toward housing, health care, education, and employment. As the nation considers new ways to create safety and prevent harm, how do we ensure that change in policy results in real change on the ground? How do we challenge the false choice between “more police” and “public safety?” How do we create equity and accountability in all our systems of governance? And what does this mean for the future of our democracy? Join us for a discussion that centers Black lives and spurs new ideas on true community safety and the health and wellbeing of our democracy.

Join Vincent Schiraldi in conversation with Vivian Nixon, Greg Davis, Abdulkadir Ali, and Karl Racine about his new paper from the Square One Executive Session on the Future of Justice Policy: Can we eliminate the youth prison? (And what should we replace it with?).

A town hall bringing together national leaders to discuss how changes like “emergency” prison and jail reductions during COVID-19 must go beyond this moment in time to become the start of a permanent change. Join us as our panel of advocates, health and justice experts, and researchers put this moment into historical context, discuss the new social contract for health and safety emerging across the country, and consider how to usher in a new and lasting era of safety and justice. Hosted by the Square One Project.

Square One and the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights held the third Roundtable on the Future of Justice Policy in Detroit in October 2019, examining violence in the United States.

As we approach the 25th anniversary of the federal 1994 Crime Bill, The Vera Institute of Justice joined the Square One Project to consider the visionary work, big ideas, and fundamental values that will guide the next 25 years of justice policy.

The second Roundtable on the Future of Justice Policy on criminalization, punitive excess, and the courts took place in Oakland, California, in March of 2019 in partnership with Merritt College's Administration of Justice and African-American Studies departments.

The Square One Project and the Emerging Adult Justice Learning Community hosted a presentation and discussion of two new papers: “Reconsidering the ‘Violent Offender’” and “Thinking About Emerging Adults and Violent Crime.” These two papers present policy recommendations on how the justice system should approach violence.