CLEMENCY SPOTLIGHT – WILLIAM UNDERWOOD

underwoodSign the Change.org petition, “Clemency for Our Father, William Underwood, Serving Life Without Parole”

Petition update: Last week, November 14 -15, my sister, Miko and 2 brothers, Anthony, Justin and I for the first time joined together to publicly campaign along with 100 other families in Washington, DC urging President Obama for #ClemencyNow.

On Monday, we held a candlelight vigil in front of the White House. On Tuesday, we journeyed together to the Dept of Justice for a press conference. While there I met other daughters, sons, moms, dads, sisters, brothers, wives, friends all hoping that their voices will be heard and President Obama will GO BOLD with commutations before he leaves office … (click here to continue reading)

Watch the trailer for “Hope for the Holidays,” a film documenting the story of children of incarcerated parents, told by the family of William Underwood.

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Read VIBE Magazine article, “The Stain of Mass Incarceration: Exposing the Wound of my Father’s Life Sentence,” by Ebony Underwood.  April 29, 2015 VIBE Magazine

Watch this exclusive BET News segment on the Underwood family’s hope for clemency.

Read this Open Society Foundations’ Voices blog by Justice Roundtable Convener Nkechi Taifa entitled, “The Power of a Second Chance”

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