We support and champion legislation in the criminal and juvenile justice systems that keep families together and make communities stronger. We believes resources belong in our communities and should not support systems of mass incarceration.
We support families whose lives have been impacted by the criminal and juvenile justice system through drives, scholarships, internship program, community resources, and grants.
We share stories of the impacts of mass incarceration, family separation and inter-generational trauma to raise awareness and drive public support and policy change for reform of these systems.
Lauren Johnson-Norris has spent the last two decades serving the most vulnerable communities as a indigent juvenile dependency attorney on appeal, and as criminal and juvenile defense attorney both in private practice and as a former Deputy Public Defender in Orange County. Her work includes several published opinions including the landmark case, In re Drake M. (2012) 211 Cal. App.4th 754, which addressed parental medical marijuana use. She has championed the causes of indigent criminal defendants and parents both in court and as an advocate in local and state Democratic politics in various leadership positions. In her work she seeks to collaborate with other and learned from their lived experiences.
She is also the mom to twin girls, who inspire her every day.
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