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The W. Haywood Burns Institute is a leading national organization working to reduce the overrepresentation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system.

The Burns Institute is pleased to announce that our Executive Director, James Bell, wrote the foreward to the 'Unequal Justice' section of the New York Times best-seller, The Covenant With Black America.

Executive Director James Bell receives the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. "The Leadership Award shines a spotlight on California leaders whose successes prove that we can overcome our toughest problems with innovative solutions that already exist." Click here to view the James Irvine Foundation web site.