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Defending Individual Rights
standing with the marginalized, ensuring every person’s rights are protected
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mentoring the next generation of social justice leaders
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In-Custody Deaths: Risk Remains High For Vulnerable Detainees In NYC’s Jail System
Amsterdam News
"When I look at the public defenders behind me and the folks from Freedom Agenda and the Jails Action Coalition [part of the Mental Health Project], there is nobody better equipped to tell us what the path forward looks like.”Scrapping NYC’s ‘Modern-Day Slave Ship’
Hell Gate
“Stephan Khadu died while being held on the barge in 2021...His mother, Lezandre Khadu [a member advocate with Freedom Agenda], has spent the years after her son's death fighting for the barge's closure and destruction."Two Suicides, Three Overdoses In 2025 Rikers Death Toll So Far: Medical Examiner
NY Daily News
"I felt so helpless trying to advocate for my son to people who didn’t seem to care if he lived or died,” said [Freedom Agenda member advocate] Lezandre Khadu, whose son Stephan Khadu died in DOC custody at the Vernon C. Bain Center exactly four years ago Monday."
