Upclose with members
Our UpClose series invites members to participate in a short conversation about highlights of their work, meaningful experiences related to criminal justice, and CCJ’s value to the field.
UpClose With Tarra Simmons
This month’s member spotlight features Tarra Simmons, representative for the 23rd legislative district in Washington State and founding director of Civil Survival. In her interview, Simmons discusses the opportunities and challenges she has faced as the first formerly incarcerated state-level elected official in Washington.
UpClose With Beau Kilmer
This member video spotlights Beau Kilmer, Director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. In this interview, Kilmer discusses how he landed at RAND, what issues the center is addressing now, and how the U.S. should address the explosion of fentanyl misuse, which contributed to the nation’s record-high 107,000 drug overdose deaths in 2021.
UpClose With James Forman, Jr.
This member video spotlights CCJ Board of Trustees member James Forman, Jr., a professor at Yale Law School and faculty director of the Yale Law and Racial Justice Center.
UpClose With David Safavian
This member video spotlights David Safavian, Deputy Director of the American Conservative Union Foundation’s Center for Criminal Justice Reform.
UpClose With Chico Tillmon
Our newest member video spotlights Chico Tillmon, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Chicago Crime and Education Labs, violence prevention expert, and member of CCJ’s Violent Crime Working Group.
UpClose With Janelle Melohn
Our newest member video spotlights Janelle Melohn, a member of CCJ’s Board of Trustees. Melohn discusses the challenges victims and survivors have faced during the pandemic and how the victims services field has evolved.