Jifunza was instrumental in the passage of Amendment 4, which restores voting rights to more than 1 million people in Florida previously convicted of felonies.
Gilbert King, author of Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys and the Dawn of a New America, will speak in Sarasota on Thursday, March 28.
Bryan Stevenson—human rights lawyer, author and the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative—will serve as the keynote speaker at Legal Aid of Manasota’s 25th Anniversary dinner.
Stevenson—lawyer, author, TED Talk speaker, MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant recipient and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative—will be in Sarasota on Oct. 27 for Legal Aid of Manasota's 25th anniversary.