Bobby Harris is a social justice advocate and community organizer for Dignity & Power Now, in Philadelphia. His advocacy work and community organizing as a directly impacted person is focused on ending mass incarceration.

At the age of 15, Bobby was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.  He served 29 years in prison until being released in 2017 following the Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama in which the Court ruled that mandatory sentences of life without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for juveniles.  While incarcerated, he dedicated himself to personal development and education, and became a mentor to other incarcerated men.  He earned a degree in child psychology from the Stratford Career Institute.  He authored the “Awakening Our Manhood” Mentoring Program, and used his leadership skills and education to address prison experiences by creating solutions.  Bobby eventually became President of the L.I.F.E. Association, an organization that still exists today, where he helped create the Unincarcerated Minds Scholarship, which benefits children whose parents were victims of crime.  Since his release, Bobby has been a voice for criminal justice reform and is recognized as one of the most effective formerly incarcerated leaders in Philadelphia. Bobby created and founded Unincarcerated Minds, Inc., providing viable socioeconomic opportunities for systematically marginalized communities and for formerly incarcerated/incarcerated individuals.  His criminal justice reform efforts have included organizing the historical Joint Democratic Policy Committee & PA Legislative Black Caucus Hearing on criminal justice reform inside the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, supporting second chance legislation, panelist for Circle Up, which is a restorative justice group, mentoring and community reinvestment also speaking in support of changing the laws with respect to Death by Incarceration and Probation Reform at Pennsylvania State Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg.