Leadership Breakfast: Marilynn B. Winn
On Tuesday, we hosted a virtual leadership breakfast with Marilynn Winn, the Executive Director of Women on the Rise. Women on the Rise is a grassroots organization led by formerly incarcerated women to reduce the number of women under correctional control in the state of Georgia.
In conversation with our Executive Director Rohit Malhotra, Winn discussed how she overcame the cycle of incarceration to become a leading criminal justice reform advocate. Check out some of our favorite moments from Tuesday’s event or watch the entire conversation below.
“I went to prison for a lot, and I went because I was afraid to speak up or speak out. And when I did speak out, I got the results that I was looking for. And once that happened for me, I never stopped speaking.”
-Marilynn Winn
Leading the Way
“If you’ve never been in [the criminal justice system], you don’t know what it’s like. You can’t change it. The passion and the drive to change it are the people that have been impacted by the system.”
- Marilynn Winn
“Jail is not the place for rehabilitation. You have to rehabilitate yourself if you want to not come back and try to figure out ways to get out from under the system”
“Justice can’t wait, and we need a date.”
-Marilynn Winn on closing the Atlanta City Detention Center
“We’ve changed six laws in the City of Atlanta. It’s almost like a quiet storm— you didn’t see it, but you felt it.”
