Sia Henry

Sia Henry is a Black attorney, racial justice activist, and abolitionist who has spent over a decade in the criminal legal system reform space. Sia is the founder and Executive Director of the Hood Exchange, where she is introducing formerly-incarcerated, Black communities to international travel throughout the African diaspora, creating opportunities for folks to connect with their history and begin to heal from racism and trauma. She is also the Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies where she is working to ensure Black, indigenous, and other communities have meaningful access to transformative healing experiences. Sia previously worked with the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice, supporting community-based organizations and criminal legal system partners around the country in establishing pre-charge restorative justice diversion programs that, without relying on prosecution or incarceration, bring those who have caused and been impacted by harm into healing and accountability processes. She also spent a number of years doing conditions of confinement work, engaging in impact litigation and training to improve conditions for incarcerated people with physical and developmental disabilities and mental health issues and those most at risk of sexualized violence. Sia graduated from Harvard Law School and Duke University.