Dorsey has received federal and local recognition including:
- The White House Champion of Change Award signed by President Obama
- Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition by Nancy Pelosi
- The Senate Certificate of Recognition by Senator Jackie Speier and Karen Bass
- Certificate of Appreciation from the California State Assembly
- Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate
- Recognition from the SF Board of Supervisors and Mayor Gavin Newsom
- The Chief Justice Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award from the ACLU of Northern California
- The Movement Builders Award from A New Way of Life
- The Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks Visiting Professorship from the University of Michigan.
- The James Irvine Leadership Award
- Fannie Lou Hamer Award from the African-American studies department at UC Berkeley
- Justice Freedom and Peace Award from AFL-CIO
Awards & Recognition
Dorsey is a leading expert with over 40 years of professional experience in criminal justice reform. He is the first formerly incarcerated director of a public interest law office in California.
Under Dorsey's leadership Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) has made significant advances including the development of the Elder Freeman Policy Fellowship, legal victories including the Ashker lawsuit that ended long term solitary confinement in California, and policy victories including numerous Ban the Box laws passed at the local, state, and federal levels, the end of shackling of pregnant women, and the biggest drug sentencing reform passed by the CA legislature in recent history (SB 180).
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