More Than 160 Leaders Impacted By Incarceration To Kamala: Resist Using Fear-Mongering

More Than 160 Leaders Directly Impacted By Incarceration and criminalization have sent a letter to Vice President Harris asking her to stop using language that is harmful to the population they represent,
"Resist this outdated fear-mongering that reenforces the criminalization that locks so many of us out of voting, out of housing and jobs and freedom. This language dehumanizes us and opens the door to the ridicule and slander that has long plagued us since the Black Codes. Shouting “felon!” without acknowledging the injustices taking place daily in courts, prisons, and jails depresses the tremendous electoral potential of engaging with the tens of millions of us who have criminal convictions and the even greater number of American voters who love us."