Paul Briley has surpassed the boundaries of scholarship, emerging as the new Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and an influential driver of the national network for All of Us or None. His ability to draw from the past and present through a prism of historical roots that stretch across time from the African diaspora unto the First Nations people and throughout the islands of Hawaii provide a powerful lens by which to interpret the annexation and criminalization of black and indigenous cultural identity. The nuanced experiences of his ancestry propelled him into a brave advocate, one that challenges outdated systems envisioning new futures for system impacted people outside the realities of mass incarceration. 

Unbound by the institutions of previous order, his approach focuses not just on survival, but on transformative change. With a grasp on the foundations of the past, descending from the vestiges of chattel slavery, he is deeply rooted in ancestral wisdom emphasizing the importance of looking back to draw on cultural and spiritual resilience to critique and confront intergenerational apartheid. He has been a powerful force for change-fighting to protect and expand the rights of currently and formerly incarcerated people across education, immigration, and civic engagement.

" All of Us or None and we shall stand together with All of us as One "

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