Zachary Norris
Co-executive Director @Black Organizing Project
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WORK HISTORY
Co-executive Director @Black Organizing Project
Oakland, CA, US
EDUCATION
New York University School of Law
JD, Law
Harvard University
BA, Comparative Literature
Harvard University
Literature
SKILLS
ABOUT ZACHARY NORRIS
Zach Norris is writing a book and creating other materials examining and offering solutions to the root causes and impact of family separation within communities of color.Norris is the former executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and author of Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment. He is the co-founder of Restore Oakland, a community advocacy and training center empowering Bay Area community members to transform local economic and justice systems. Norris is also a co-founder of Justice for Families, a national alliance of family-driven organizations working to end youth incarceration. Defund Fear, released in 2020 (formerly titled We Keep Us Safe), has been praised by Forbes, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, and Kirkus Reviews. Norris helped build California’s first statewide network for families of incarcerated youth. It led to the closing of five youth prisons in the state, legislation being passed enabling families to stay in contact with their loved ones, and the defeat of Prop 6—an ineffective criminal justice ballot measure.
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