YSRP Co-Director Joanna Visser Adjoian is Honored with Alan Lerner Rising Star Award
Co-Director Joanna Visser Adjoian will be honored with the Alan Lerner Rising Star award at the Gittis Center’s 40th anniversary celebration.
Joanna Visser Adjoian, L’10, co-founder and Co-Director of the Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project, is being honored by the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies with its Alan Lerner Rising Star Award on the occasion of the Center’s 40th anniversary celebration. The award recognizes Clinic alumni who have made significant contributions to society or practice through their legal work. Joanna will receive the award at a ceremony on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Law School. The YSRP family extends our hearty congratulations!
YSRP staff gathered on February 1, 2023, to celebrate freedom and commemorate the 7th anniversary of the landmark Montgomery v. Louisiana US Supreme Court decision with former Juvenile Lifers, advocates, and movement leaders.
After a rigorous national search led by YSRP’s Board of Directors and supported by Monday Morning Consultants, YSRP is thrilled to announce Bianca van Heydoorn as the new Executive Director.
On November 22, 2022, PBS Newshour aired a segment spotlighting Pennsylvania's practice of automatically charging children as adults, and the movement to end it.
Care, Not Control: The Album is now available for download! The Album showcases the talents, hopes, and dreams of young people directly impacted by the criminal legal system who are leaders in the campaign.
