Justice-Impacted Brilliance

BornCurious - A podcast by Harvard Radcliffe Institute - Thursdays

In this episode, Meek Mill, an award-winning rapper and one of the nation’s top voices for parole and probation reform, talks with Brittany White—a practitioner in residence at Radcliffe and Harvard Law School, an organizing fellow at the Institute to End Mass Incarceration, and a formerly incarcerated Black woman—and others. This conversation brings together people with lived experience of incarceration as experts to discuss their efforts to change the probation and parole system, helping to make the US justice system more just. This episode was recorded on May 1, 2023. Released on November 16, 2023. Episode Transcript Guests Ayana Bean is an activist and founder of A Year and a Day Foundation. Meek Mill is a rapper and cofounder of REFORM Alliance. Wallo is a podcaster, an influencer, and a speaker on prison reform. Brittany White is a 2022–2023 visiting practitioner in residence at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, an organizing fellow at the Institute to End Mass Incarceration, and a voice for formerly incarcerated Black women. Related Content Experience Is Expertise Brittany White: Fellowship Biography Video: Organizing for a Pathway to Redemption Brittany White: Radcliffe Fellow’s Presentation REFORM Alliance A Year and a Day Foundation Instagram: Meek Mill Personal Website: Wallo267 Credits Ivelisse Estrada is your cohost and the editorial lead at Harvard Radcliffe Institute (HRI), where she edits Radcliffe Magazine. Alan Catello Grazioso is the executive producer of BornCurious and the senior multimedia manager at HRI. Jeff Hayash is a freelance sound engineer and recordist. Marcus Knoke is a multimedia intern at HRI, a Harvard College student, and the general manager of Harvard Radio Broadcasting. Heather Min is your cohost and the senior manager of digital strategy at HRI. Anna Soong is the production assistant at HRI. Special thanks to Kevin Grady and Max Doyle from Radcliffe's event streaming team for their invaluable contributions to recording this podcast episode.