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Zach Norris On ‘Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities’

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2727 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

As President Trump counters calls to defund the police and end systemic racism with demands for “law and order,” many Americans feel the country is deeply divided and broken. Community leader and lawyer Zach Norris attributes this division, as well as issues like mass incarceration and economic inequality, to a “framework of fear” that has grown between fellow Americans. In his new book, “‘We Keep Us Safe: Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities,” Norris outlines a path for America to move from an “us vs. them” mentality towards a “culture of care”. Zach Norris joins Forum to discuss the book, address the systemic issues raising his concern, and to outline his vision for public safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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As President Trump responds to calls to end systemic racism with demands for law and order and warns of an invasion of the suburbs if he's not reelected, many Americans feel the country is deeply divided and broken. Community leader and lawyer Zach Norris attributes this division to a framework of fear that has grown between fellow Americans.

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His new book is We Keep Us Safe, Building Secure, Just, and Inclusive Communities.

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Zach Norris joins us to discuss the book and to outline his vision for public safety.

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That's next after this news.

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Welcome to Forum. I'm Ariana Prail in for Mina Kim.

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Since protests against racism began back in May,

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there's been a feeling that a major shift is underway, an opportunity to root out some of the nation's longstanding systemic inequities and to enact lasting change. Our guest today has some

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thoughts on what a more just and safe society could look like.

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Zach Norris is the executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and the co-founder

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of Justice for Families, a national alliance working to end youth incarceration.

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Norris also helped build California's first statewide network for families of incarcerated youth

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