Amanda DuBois: Getting Lives Back on Track
About this episode
Amanda DuBois discusses her workshops aimed at empowering formerly incarcerated individuals through education on civil rights and advocacy.
I came up with this idea that we would have workshops, and we would have formerly incarcerated people come to the workshops, and we would teach them about organizing and teach about women's suffrage, civil rights, and marriage equality. How impactful a group of people can be if they all have the same interest. They're voters. They can talk to the state legislators and tell them, 'I'm a voter and what they're doing is making my life really hard.' And, to my great surprise, it totally worked! Amanda DuBois —attorney, social justice advocate, and author of the award-winning Camille Delaney legal-mystery series. Amanda DuBois is the founder and managing partner of DuBois Levias Law Group, one of Washington’s longest-standing, woman-owned law firms.
People in this episode
Guest: Amanda DuBois
Topics covered
- workshops
- formerly incarcerated
- organizing
- women's suffrage
- civil rights
- marriage equality
Keywords
- social justice
- voting
- state legislators
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Camille Delaney legal-mystery series
Places: Washington
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