Assembly Bill 1071 (Kalra) strengthens the California Racial Justice Act (RJA, 2020) by ensuring communities can access the legal support and data they need to expose and challenge racial discrimination in the courts.

This bill helps fulfill the promise of racial equity in our justice system by making the law truly enforceable. Criminal justice, civil rights, and community organizations across California are rallying behind AB 1071 to end racism in the courtroom, once and for all. 

Miriam brings to AFSC 10 years of experience on statewide campaigns and community engagement to expand and protect health care, with a concentration on ensuring those campaigns include and center undocumented folx. She is English and Spanish bilingual and also speaks French. She is passionate about immigrant rights as a class and labor issue. As the world changes due to global warming and the imperialist project, she believes we must act out of compassion as migration will continue to rise. She feels it is a moral duty to stop the criminalization of migration.