Reform starts here.

TEDxAttica speakers and organizing team at Attica Correctional Facility.

"When we get close, we hear things that can't be heard from afar. We see things that can't be seen. And sometimes that makes the difference between acting justly and unjustly.”

– Bryan Stevenson

Proximity for Justice was designed based on criminal justice reformer Bryan Stevenson’s insight that for change to happen, we must:

1. Get proximate

2. Change the narrative

3. Have hope

4. Do something uncomfortable

Leading the Fight for Mass Decarceration

Proximity for Justice will take the lead in establishing partnerships and support for America Goes to Prison, a national campaign that seeks to educate and mobilize people and companies about needed criminal justice reforms in the state(s) where they reside and operate.

Gov. Gavin Newsom making a prison-style PB&J during lunch break at TEDxSanQuentin.

TEDxSanQuentin organizing team.

Ignite Change through Dialogue and Connection

We bring CEOs, community leaders, victims of crime, philanthropists, law enforcement, public policy makers, academics, and formerly incarcerated people together inside prisons with those who live and work there in events designed to encourage dialogue, forge connections, and inspire change.