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Sylvia A. Harvey, also known as SAH, is an award-winning journalist, speaker, and author of The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family (Bold Type Books, 2020). Her work on race, class, policy, and incarceration has appeared in The Nation, Elle, Politico, Vox, The Marshall Project, The Root, and more. NPR, WBAI, Embodied WUNC, Cheddar News, and others, have featured her commentary on the criminal legal system. SAH is a dynamic speaker, known to light up any conference, university, or corporate stage with her fierce storytelling. Her work is being used in university coursework and has been cited by federal lawmakers calling for criminal justice reform. The Oakland native turned New Yorker, holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Columbia University and a master's in journalism from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.
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In “The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family,” award-winning journalist Sylvia A. Harvey follows the fears, challenges, and small victories of three families struggling to live within the confines of a brutal system.
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Interested in working with me?SAH’S KEYNOTE TOPICS
Living in the Shadow System: How you can Fight for Justice and Equity.
Collateral Consequences: The Wide Reach of Mass Incarceration.
How to Stop Locking up Kids: The School to Prison Pipeline.
Incarceration Hits Women & Mothers Hard: The Role of Child Welfare.
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