7/4/2023 0 Comments Becoming ms burton![]() ![]() From its humble beginnings providing safe, clean, long-term housing to 10 women out of a bungalow in Watts, California, ANWOL has expanded its services to offer pro bono legal services, family reunification support, leadership training, workforce development, and public policy advocacy. Recognizing that racism, classism, and sexism governed the world Burton worked to create a more just system through the founding of A New Way of Life in 1998.Ī New Way of Life Reentry Project (ANWOL) is dedicated to offering meaningful community-based resources that enhance and empower the lives and communities of those impacted by incarceration. ![]() Burton aspired to offer her community in South Central Los Angeles the same resources and opportunities available to those in more affluent communities. Personal experience has taught Burton that incarceration is a tale of two systems: one in which some are granted grace and the other in which people are condemned. With decades of experience and expertise with the criminal justice system, first as a victim, then as an activist and advocate for the lives and communities of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people everywhere, Susan Burton is an inspiring and transformational speaker. ![]()
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