John Jones III—father, community advocate, childhood victim and past committer of violence—on why the surge is “not occurring in a vacuum.”
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John Jones III is the Director of Community and Political Engagement at Just Cities. He is a father of three, a third-generation East Oakland resident, and a formerly incarcerated advocate seeking to transform his community. After a prolonged period of being un-sheltered and unemployed, John became involved in working on the local, county, and state levels on campaigns and ballot measures to advance affordable housing, employment, ending mass incarceration, police accountability, and racial equity.