Who Deserves a Second Chance? Keith Wattley on Justice, Healing & Defending the People Society Gives Up On

About this episode

Taryell Simmons interviews Keith Wattley about second chances and trauma-informed justice.

In this powerful episode of RISE Urban Nation, Taryell Simmons sits down with Keith Wattley, Founder and Executive Director of UnCommon Law, to explore second chances, trauma-informed justice, and what it means to advocate for the people society often labels beyond redemption.

People in this episode

Host: Taryell Simmons

Guest: Keith Wattley

Topics covered

• second chances
• trauma-informed justice
• advocacy
• redemption
• social justice

Keywords

• second chance
• justice
• healing
• advocacy
• redemption
• trauma-informed

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UnCommon Law

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