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Book will be available for purchase on-site
Source of Knowledge
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Judge Pratt is Chief Judge in Newark Municipal Court and author of The Power of Dignity: How Transforming Justice Can Heal Our Communities. She has spent years gaining a deep understanding of how justice could be delivered to court participants in a manner that increases their trust in the legal system and changes their behavior. As a nationally recognized expert in procedural justice and alternative sentencing, she has transformed her courtroom into a place for problem-solving and a resource for healing, in part by assigning essays and art-making to defendants as ways for the court, and the defendants themselves, to understand their hardships.
Judge Pratt has previously served as a Professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers Law School - Newark and the School of Criminal Justice. She is currently the Executive Director of Odyssey Impact, a nonprofit based in New York. She also continues to champion criminal justice reform through her consulting firm Pratt Lucien Consultants, LLC, by sharing her skills and approach with others. As well as speaking to leaders of institutions and organizations about how to heighten and restore respect into their day-to-day operations so that their mission can be better achieved.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The Black and Latina daughter of a working-class family, Victoria Pratt learned to treat everyone with dignity, no matter their background. When she became Newark Municipal Court's chief judge, she knew well the inequities that poor, mentally ill, Black, and brown people faced in the criminal justice system. Pratt's reforms transformed her courtroom into a place for problem-solving and a resource for healing. She assigned essays to defendants so that the court could understand their hardships and kept people out of jail through alternative sentencing and nonprofit partnerships. She became the judge of second chances because she knew too few get a first one.
With a foreword from Senator Cory Booker, The Power of Dignity shows how we can transform courtrooms, neighborhoods, and our nation to support the vulnerable and heal community rifts. That's the power of dignity.
THE MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL COMMITTEE (AACC):
The African American Cultural Committee (AACC) at MAM is a group of dedicated artists, community leaders, and individuals vested in showcasing the diverse artistic expression of African American culture. The AACC is actively engaged in the life of the Montclair Art Museum.