The Moveon Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy by David Karpf

Amendments to the compassionate release provisions of the federal First Step Act and Second Chance Acts provide some opportunity for release for elderly and infirm federal inmates. This article examines the reentry successes of three Pennsylvania state inmates, all convicted of homicide, who won their release as re-sentenced juvenile lifers or through commutation. The author came to know them through a reentry group affiliated with a Pittsburgh university. Their success and scholarship about the low recidivism rates for violent offenders over the age fifty suggest that the criminal justice system should abolish the imposition of life sentences. More than avoid recidivism, each of these returning citizens has made positive contributions to their communities, both in and out of prison. They are working, obtaining educations, engaging in charitable work and political advocacy, and writing about their experiences. Their example and their description of many similarly-situated older inmates still in prison teach that society should not rest the argument for their release solely on compassion and pity. Rather, older inmates have learned coping skills that can help restore the communities that their crimes harmed and that they were taken from during their incarceration. For these reasons, the author suggests that prison sentences generally should provide for release after an inmate serves twenty-five years and attains the age of fifty.

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The Impact of Neoliberalism on Civil Society and Nonprofit Advocacy

Nonprofit Policy Forum ◽

10.1515/npf-2020-0016 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer Alexander ◽

Kandyce Fernandez

Keyword(s):

Social Change ◽

Civil Society ◽

Representative Democracy ◽

Pivotal Role ◽

Political Advocacy ◽

Critical Inquiry ◽

The Impact ◽

Civic Space ◽

The U.S ◽

Nonprofit Advocacy

AbstractThe following manuscript employs critical inquiry to analyze the effects of neoliberalism on nonprofits in the U.S. and their capacity to engage in political advocacy and the production of meaning, a pivotal role for civil society institutions. Three false narratives of how nonprofits support democracy are presented followed by a discussion of how neoliberalism and the economization of the sector has delimited their capacity to fulfill their roles of engaging in emancipatory projects or social change. The manuscript concludes with a discussion of how nonprofits can reclaim civic space and empower citizens in a representative democracy.

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ChemInform Abstract: An Unexpected Transformation by Reaction of Congested α-(o- Nitrophenyl)ketones with Tris(dimethylamino)methane. A New Heterocyclic System: 6,11b-Methanopyrrolo(2,3-e) (1)benzazocine.

ChemInform ◽

10.1002/chin.199502117 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. no-no

Author(s):

D. SOLE ◽

A. PARES ◽

J. BONJOCH

Keyword(s):

Heterocyclic System ◽

Unexpected Transformation

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When Neglect Isn’t Working Anymore: The Unlikely Success of the Tuxedo Party

Society and Animals ◽

10.1163/15685306-12341519 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 277-305

Author(s):

Keri Cronin ◽

Tim Fowler ◽

Douglas Hagar

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Nova Scotia ◽

Political Agenda ◽

The Political ◽

Political Advocacy ◽

Stray Cats ◽

Advocacy Campaigns

Abstract In 2012, Tuxedo Stan, a domestic long-hair cat, “ran for mayor” of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a year later Stan’s brother, Earl Grey, “ran for premier” of Nova Scotia. What separated Stan and Earl Grey (who ran under the banner of the Tuxedo Party) from other politically minded felines was that the Tuxedo Party campaigns were not stunt or joke campaigns. While the cats could obviously not take office, the two campaigns were nonetheless political advocacy campaigns, with a clearly articulated message to make life better for feral and stray cats. This paper argues that the Tuxedo Party successfully elevated the issue onto the political agenda through their savvy mix of social media, and the use of positive imagery of cats in their campaigns.

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