The Easy Way To Learn Your Rights

About this episode

Yvette Borja interviews lawyer Courtney Teasley about her resource on learning rights and fighting mass incarceration.

Yvette Borja interviews lawyer and justice educator Courtney Teasley about her resource "Disrupt the Criminal Justice System of Oppression: The Easy Way to Learn Your Rights." They discuss the work of Emeffen, the organization that Courtney founded and leads, to proactively fight mass incarceration and reform the criminal justice system. Courtney shares why she calls the criminal legal system the "system of oppression" and why she appreciated working with participatory defense organizers as a practicing criminal defense lawyer. Support the podcast by becoming a patron here: https://patreon.com/radiocachimbona?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Buy the Easy Way To Learn Your Rights here: https://disruptthecjsoo.emeffen.com/#:~:text=about%20the%20book%3A,Your%20rights%20are%20your%20power. Follow @radiocachimbona on Instagram, X, and Facebook

People in this episode

Host: Yvette Borja

Guest: Courtney Teasley

Topics covered

• criminal justice
• mass incarceration
• legal rights
• oppression
• participatory defense

Keywords

• criminal justice
• rights
• mass incarceration
• oppression
• lawyer
• Emeffen
• participatory defense

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Emeffen

Products: Disrupt the Criminal Justice System of Oppression: The Easy Way to Learn Your Rights

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