In Their Names

Paradigm Shifting: Anderson is the leading spokesperson in the country for shifting the way we think about victim's rights policy. Her focus on reducing incarceration and addressing trauma as the keys to public safety is nationally recognized for its uniqueness and is being embraced by policymakers across the country.
Author Profile: Anderson is known throughout criminal justice circles, and people have been waiting for her to distill her thinking in a book. Her organization has reduced incarceration by more than 100,000 people and won more than $1 billion in allocations for crime prevention and victim services. She co-authored Proposition 47, a California ballot initiative that slashed incarceration and reallocated hundreds of millions of prison spending into mental health and victim services.
Built-in network: Anderson's organization's Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice membership program, the first of its kind, has more than 80,000 members in more than a dozen states.
Media pro: Anderson is a go-to person on criminal justice issues for California and national media. She is a regular commentator for the New York Times, Washington Post, and ABC News, has given TedX talks in prisons, is the subject of articles in the Huffington Post and elsewhere, and has written for the The Guardian, The Hill, the Lansing Times, and the Sacramento Bee among other outlets.
Unusual back story: Anderson was a troublemaking youth and a punk drummer before she became a prosecutor and went to work for the San Francisco DA. She left the prosecutor's office to launch what is now the largest justice reform advocacy and grassroots mobilization organization in the nation. See her TedX Talk.
Hot Topic: This story will resonate with the current focus on progressive prosecutors.
Help with publicity: Anderson is the president of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, a national organization that will promote the book as part of its safety public education campaigns. The book is also funded by the California Wellness Foundation, which will help promote.