Lorenzo Jones Recieves The Robert C. Randall Award for Achievement in the Field of Citizen Action
Channel: Drugreporter
Date: 2013-11-06

The Robert C. Randall Award for Achievement in the Field of Citizen Action honors citizens who make democracy work in the difficult area of drug law and policy reform. There are two awards being given this year -- one to Steph Sherer and another to Lorenzo Jones.

Lorenzo Jones is the executive director of the Connecticut-based A Better Way Foundation (ABWF), an organization dedicated to ending draconian drug policies. He is a longtime community organizer who has spent over 20 years building winning campaigns and training advocates, community leaders, and not-for-profit staffers across the U.S. and Europe.  Before joining ABWF, Mr. Jones organized successful local and statewide campaigns that improved access to healthcare and drug treatment; established one of Connecticut's first pretrial diversion programs for nonviolent offenses; and fostered innovative, comprehensive reform-oriented partnerships between city and state officials and community stakeholders.  Since 2005, under Mr. Jones' leadership, ABWF has become one of the most prominent and successful community-based reform organizations in the country by winning campaigns to roll back mandatory minimums; prevent accidental overdose fatalities; require racial and ethnic impact statements on criminal justice and drug policy legislation; pass medical marijuana and marijuana decriminalization bills; remove barriers to employment for formerly incarcerated people; and more.
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