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Photos: From the Press Conference with Presenters Gov. Lamont, Meek Mill, Van Jones, CT Commissioner of Correction Rollin Cook, CT Rep. Brandon McGee, Louis L. Reed, Brent Peterkin, and Others. Quinnipiac University, Mar. 18, 2019

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The Criminal Justice Insider Podcast with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant: Guest Louis L. Reed, National Organizer for #Cut50, Part Deux! Fri., June 7, 2019

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Friday, June 7, 2019, 9 am ET, Louis L. Reed, National Organizer for #Cut50, was our guest on The Criminal Justice Insider Podcast with Babz Rawls Ivy & Jeff Grant – The Voice of CT Criminal Justice. Live on WNHH 103.5 FM New Haven, rebroadcast at 5 pm. Live-streaming and podcast everywhere, see below. Sponsored by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven – Now More than Ever.

Louis Reed is the National Organizer for #Cut50, an initiative of Van Jones’s Dream Corps. He brings to #Cut50 years of experience in government, criminal justice expertise, policy advocacy, business, and public health.

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Louis holds degrees in criminal justice and psychology, and is a board-certified addictions counselor and licensed alcohol & addictions practitioner. Prior to joining #Cut50, Louis was the Connecticut Policy Strategist for the Katal Center for Health, Equity and Justice where he worked on SB-13, and ran his own addiction and mental health practice in Bridgeport, CT, serving clients across Southern Connecticut.

Louis’s experience in government includes conceptualizing and serving as director of the Mayor’s Office for Reentry Affairs in the City of Bridgeport, CT. There, he developed systems and practices for the City to coordinate employment, housing, access to treatment, and other services for all persons impacted by the criminal justice system both in and returning to the City after incarceration.

His policy reform experience includes working with the Connecticut legislature for successful enactment of legislation related to reforms to pretrial practices, expanding access to licenses for people living with criminal records, limiting asset forfeiture practices by law enforcement, and strengthening reentry practices and services for people returning from prison.

Louis is a Huffington Post contributor on Prison Traumatic Stress Disorder, has appeared on C-SPAN and MSNBC, and in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and other publications. He has also consulted for the White House, United States Department of Justice, Fortune® 100 Corporations, private, state and federal agencies, and is a 2017 JustLeadershipUSA fellow.

Louis has received many awards recognizing his work and leadership, including the US Senate recognition for Professional of the Year; 2017 Best Innovative Practices by the US Conference of Mayors; and a 2018 citation from the Connecticut State General Assembly for his statewide contributions on best reentry practices and community service.

Louis lives in Connecticut, consults in special projects management, and also operates his practice part-time.
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Season Two Guests:
 
Fri., Sept. 9, 2018: Kennard Ray, CT Unlock the Vote and Candidate for CT State Legislator 
Fri., Sept. 21, 2018: Louis L. Reed, National Organizer for #Cut50 
Fri., Oct. 5, 2018: Sue Gunderman & Beth Hines, CT Reentry Roundtables 
Fri., Oct. 19, 2018: Venice Michalsen, Assoc. Professor of Justice Studies, Montclair State University 
Fri., Nov. 16, 2018: Andrew Clark, Director of the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, Central Connecticut State University  
Fri., Dec. 7, 2018: Glenn E. Martin,
Founder/Consultant of GEM Trainers and Past-President and Founder of JustLeadershipUSA
Fri., Dec. 21, 2018: Fernando Muñiz, CEO of Community Solutions, Inc. and Rosa Correa, Community Leader
Fri., Jan. 4, 2019: CJI New Year’s Retrospective Show Looking Back at Past Guests  
Fri., Jan. 19, 2019: Peter J. Henning, Professor of Law, Wayne State University & “White Collar Watch” Columnist, NY Times 
Fri., Feb. 1, 2019: Jeffrey Deskovic, CEO of The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation who was Exonerated after Serving 16 Years in Prison  
Fri., Feb. 15, 2019: Jeffrey Abramowitz, Executive Director for Reentry Services, JEVS Human Services, Philadelphia.  
Fri., Mar. 1, 2019, Hon. Rollin Cook, CT Commissioner of Correction  
Fri., Mar. 15, 2019: Dieter Tejada, J.D., Justice Impacted Criminal Justice Advocate 
Fri., Apr. 5, 2019: John Rowland, Former CT Governor  
Fri., Apr. 19, 2019: Gregg D. Caruso, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Corning & Co-Director of the Justice Without Retribution Network at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland  
Fri., May 3, 2019: Michael Taylor, CEO of Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center in the Greater New Haven area  
Fri., May 17, 2019: Tarra Simmons, Esq., Attorney & Criminal Justice Reform Advocate, Washington State  
Fri., June 7, 2019: Louis L. Reed, National Organizer for #Cut50, Part Deux!  
Fri., June 21, 2019: Marcus Bullock, CEO of Flikshop

Sponsored by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven – Now More Than Ever.