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Susan Burton

Prison Reform Activist, Executive Director of A New Way of Life & Author of "Becoming Ms. Burton"

Prison Reform Activist, Executive Director of A New Way of Life & Author of "Becoming Ms. Burton"

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Susan Burton Biography

Susan Burton is the founder of A New Way of Life, a nonprofit organization that provides housing and other support to formerly incarcerated women. She is nationally known as an advocate for restoring basic civil and human rights to those who have served time.

Burton is the 2010 recipient of the Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award from the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School. In 2015, on the 50th anniversary of Selma-to-Montgomery marches and the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Los Angeles Times named Burton one of the 18 New Civil Rights Leaders in the nation.

Other honors include being named a Starbucks Upstander, a CNN Top 10 Hero, a Soros Justice Fellow, a Women’s Policy Institute Fellow at the California Women’s Foundation, and a Violence Prevention Fellow with the California Wellness Foundation, and she is the author, with Cari Lynn, of "Becoming Ms. Burton" (New Press). She lives in Los Angeles.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/02/2024.

Susan Burton Videos

  • Susan Burton on The DVF Awards
    The 2019 People's Voice DVF Award Honoree Susan Burton on the power of sharing our stories and paying it forward.
  • Susan Burton | TEDxCrossroadsSchool
    Criminal justice systems around the world, particularly in the United States, make it very difficult for women to live a normal life after...
  • Women and Incarceration: A Talk with Susan Burton • BRAVE NEW FILMS
    Prison activist Susan Burton is the founder and executive director of A New Way of Life, a nonprofit that supports women out of prison. Referred to...

Susan Burton Books

  • Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women
    Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women

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