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Watani Stiner sits in his room at the restorative justice-centered house Sister Water, at Canticle Farm in the Fruitvale District in Oakland, Calif. Stiner, a former member of the Black nationalist group US, was sentenced to life in prison following the 1969 shootout at UCLA, in which two members of the Black Panther Party were shot and killed as activist groups called for the founding of a Black studies program at the university. Now, after being released, Stiner leads monthly speaking engagements at high schools, colleges, and organizations centered on criminal justice. Living at Sister Water, he says, has helped him discover his passion for speaking and makes his “journey worthwhile.”

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