Promote Smart Decarceration Working Groups

The Promote Smart Decarceration Grand Challenge is supported by five working groups comprised of over 100 social work scholars and practitioners:

Abolition: Sophia Sarantakos, PhD, MSW

Antiracism: Aaron Gottlieb, PhD, MSW

Behavioral Health: Michael Fendrich, PhD

Policing: Caroline Harmon-Darrow, MSW; Jenny Afknich, MSW

Reentry: Peter Treitler, MSW

 

Network Doctoral Student Engagement Facilitators

Kevonyah Edwards Columbia University

Julie Lesnick University of California, Los Angeles

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