From street-level interactions between law enforcement and the undocumented to penal systems obscuring the incarcerated, the unique concerns Latinx communities face in the American criminal justice system are often overlooked in conversations about reform.

The struggle for justice besetting the Latinx community existed long before last November’s election, and will not fade any time soon.

Last month, Public Welfare Foundation (PWF) hosted the discussion El Color de la Justicia: Raising Latinx Voices for Criminal Justice Reform. PWF works to advance justice and opportunity for people in need, focusing its grantmaking on criminal justice, youth justice, and workers’ rights – often through multi-year and general operating support grants to bolster grantees’ staying power.

The event highlighted the challenges criminal justice reformers face when fighting alongside Latinx populations. Ryan King, senior fellow of the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center, Juan Cartagena, President & General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF and Sara Totonchi, executive director of theSouthern Center for Human Rights discussed their work on these challenges.

Read the full article on raising Latinx voices by Troy Price at National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy