Zachary Norris

Zachary Norris is the Field Director for the Books Not Bars campaign at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.

"Schooled at one of the top organizing programs in the country — the Los Angeles-based Labor/Community Strategy Center, a cutting edge "Think Tank/Act Tank" — Zachary has been instrumental in building Families for Books Not Bars - California's only statewide network of families with children in California youth prisons. As an attorney, Zachary served as a law clerk for Equal Justice Initiative, where he prepared a post-conviction petition to Alabama courts on behalf of a capital defendant. He is also a Board Member of Witness for Peace, a national organization working for peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas."