Gideon’s Promise hosted a Zoom virtual event, “Public Defenders on the Frontlines.” This panel discussion featured four Gideon’s Promise public defenders across the nation who spoke about the new challenges they face while they are essentially on the frontlines …
Episode 02: The New Civil Rights Movement: Criminal Justice Reform
ON THIS EPISODE This episode of Gideon’s Promise: The Podcast explores criminal justice as this generation’s civil rights movement. Host Jonathan Rapping speaks with three experts – James Forman, Jr, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Professor of Law, Yale …
Defender Connections: Summer 2020
Summer 2020 Newsletter: Here …
Atlanta – Public Defenders for Black Lives
We Stand With Black Lives …
Episode 01: The Critical Role of Public Defenders in Transforming Justice
ON THIS EPISODE This inaugural episode of Gideon’s Promise explores the critical role public defenders play in the criminal justice system as they address a wide range of issues facing marginalized communities. Host Jonathan Rapping speaks with three …
We Stand Against Injustice Everywhere
The Gideon’s Promise community stands with our sisters and brothers expressing deep anger and frustration with a criminal legal system that assigns very little value to black and brown lives. It is a system that criminalizes blackness. The killings …
Gideon’s Promise Launches Podcast
Atlanta, GA – May 29, 2020 – Gideon’s Promise, a public defender organization whose goal is to transform the criminal justice system by improving the quality of legal representation for marginalized communities announces the launch of its new podcast on June 3, 2020. Gideon’s …
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta
The league’s initiatives grew from players’ demonstrations concerning social justice, including kneeling during the national anthem. More than $44 million in grants have gone to organizations nationwide, including more than 750 grants provided by the NFL Foundation to current NFL …
Gideon’s Promise Announced as One of the Inspire Change Grant Recipients
The new and renewed grants total $3.5 million and are in addition to national grants previously awarded over the last two years. Since 2018, the NFL has provided Inspire Change grants to 20 non-profit organizations in support of programs and …
