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Artist to Advocate: Fighting for Criminal Justice (f. Weldon Angelos & Snoop Dogg)

Mar 18, 2017

2:00pm – 3:00pm CT

How did a 25 year-old music producer become the national face for criminal justice reform in the U.S.? Weldon Angelos is the founder of Extravagant Records, a Utah-based record label that worked with Snoop Dogg and Jay Z. In 2002, he was caught selling less than $1,000 worth of marijuana and charged with the most severe mandatory sentence the law allowed: 55 years in prison. In 2016, Weldon was released from prison thanks to the mercy of his prosecutor who had a change of heart. In this event, Weldon will speak directly to the music community about his experience in prison serving an unjust sentence, and describe how artists can work together to achieve lasting reform.

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photo of Weldon Angelos
Weldon Angelos

The Weldon Project

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photo of Mark Holden
Mark Holden

Koch Industries

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Vikrant Reddy

Charles Koch Institute

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