2018 Community Courts and Public Safety Conference
Dee Mandiyan (they/them) has been the Senior Program Manager of the Youth Justice Board since 2018. They oversee curriculum development and implementation, partnership building, communications, and Board-led research. At the Center for Court Innovation, Dee is currently a chair of the LGBTQ Working Group, which seeks to improve the Center’s practices and relationships with LGBTQ-identifying clients and employees.
Dee earned their BA in Psychology and English from Amherst College in 2010 and their MA in Human Development and Social Intervention from New York University in 2016. Before joining the Center for Court Innovation, Dee researched the impacts of gender-specific interventions in the juvenile justice system. They also have experience running an LGBTQ student center within the CUNY system, teaching SAT/PSAT prep, and planning events for non-profits.
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Community Courts and Public Safety 2018
Community Courts and Public Safety 2018
We host an international conference every two years dedicated to innovations in community justice. Our most recent event took place in Birmingham, Alabama in May 2018.
Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration
Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration
Out now from The New Press, Start Here: A Road Map to Reducing Mass Incarceration articulates a new approach to justice reform that emphasizes the value of community engagement and human dignity.
Working Across the U.S. to Improve Justice
Working Across the U.S. to Improve Justice
The Center for Court Innovation helps reformers across the country—and around the world—solve problems and deliver more effective and humane justice.