{"id":10824,"date":"2019-06-09T14:08:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/?p=10824"},"modified":"2022-10-09T14:57:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T19:57:45","slug":"karen-dickson-morrison-research-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/karen-dickson-morrison-research-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Dickson-Morrison- Research Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karen Dickson-Morrison was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She moved to the Bronx, New York in 1977 and has been a resident of Virginia for 30 years. Karen graduated from Old Dominion University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Elementary and Middle School Education. She earned a master\u2019s degree in Instruction and Curriculum from the University of Phoenix. Karen is a Homebound Instructor for Norfolk Public Schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, Karen discovered her passion for justice when\nshe found out a dear friend of hers was serving life in prison for a first-time\ndrug offense. She advocated for his release and in 2016, President Obama\ngranted him clemency. Karen has advocated for the release of other men and\nwomen and through dedication and service, assisted with their release as well.\nKaren continues to advocate for people serving long and lengthy sentences in\nfederal and state prisons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen is an excellent research specialist and writer.\nThrough great story telling, she wrote articles for Gotham City Esq. an online\npublication. Her articles captured media attention and inspired people to get\ninvolved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Articles included: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Juveniles\nin Prison for Life? The Supreme Court Ruling and Second Chances. <\/em><\/li>
  2. Missouri\nSets Date to Execute Marcellus Williams; DNA Evidence Casts Doubt on His Guilt.\n<\/em><\/li>
  3. Cyntoia\nBrown and Juvenile Justice; Child Sex Victim Serving Life for Murder. <\/em><\/li>
  4. Something\u2019s\nGotta Give: Thousands of Women Serve Decades in Prison, <\/em>which\nfeatured the story of Ms. Alice Johnson fight for freedom.<\/em><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Due to Karen\u2019s advocacy, she is pursuing her dreams of\nbecoming a lawyer and plans to apply for law school in 2020.  <\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Karen Dickson-Morrison was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She moved to the Bronx, New York in 1977 and has been a resident of Virginia for 30 years. Karen graduated from Old Dominion University with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Elementary and Middle School Education. She earned a master\u2019s degree in Instruction and Curriculum from the University of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-10824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-can-do-foundation"],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Anrica Caldwell","author_link":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/author\/candoanrica\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":11,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":11,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Uncategorized","category_nicename":"uncategorized","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":27,"name":"CAN-DO Foundation","slug":"can-do-foundation","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":27,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":461,"filter":"raw"}],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Uncategorized"}],"post_tag":[{"value":27,"label":"CAN-DO Foundation"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14599,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10824\/revisions\/14599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}