This extraordinary collection envisioning an entirely new juvenile justice
system emerged as a result of a collective commitment to move
beyond critique and reform to imagine the kind of system that would
support and assist youth in becoming adults connected and committed
to their communities and able to achieve their dreams to the full extent
of their talents. This project began at the second juvenile justice workshop
organized by the Center on Children and Families (CCF) at the
University of Florida Levin College of Law in the spring of 2013. Shani
Mahiri King, the codirector of CCF, was instrumental in envisioning the
workshop and this volume and was tireless in organizing, promoting,
and engaging in the conference. His contribution was priceless. Other
faculty who contributed enormously to planning the workshop include
Meshon Rawls, Stacey Steinberg, Whitney Untiedt, Ken Nunn, Katheryn
Russell Brown, Teresa Drake, and Jason Nance. Debbie Kelley, the
program assistant for CCF, provided extraordinary support and comprehensive
planning. Anju Katuvettoor Davidson, assistant director of
the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations, provided invaluable
support, as did Jessica Budnitz of the Harvard Law School Child
Advocacy Project.