Lessons Learned

Role: Lead Editor

Organization: Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (CFSY)

Collaborator: Unchained Stories

After being sent to prison as a 13 year old child, Xavier McElrath-Bey is now sole Executive Director of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth.

The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth (CFSY) is a national nonprofit that leads efforts to ban juvenile life without parole and other extreme sentences for children. The CFSY is an equity-driven organization that explicitly works to dismantle the racial disparities, social injustices, and residual harms caused by the legal system. Through partnerships with advocacy organizations, businesses, and other stakeholders, the CFSY supports survivors of youth violence, those incarcerated as children who are still serving or have been released, and their respective families and communities.