2024 Partners

Oakland, California

The Araminta Ross Foundation offers incarcerated individuals with six months or less left on their sentence the guidance and support that is needed to explore their histories of trauma, take responsibility for offending behavior, and offer evidence-based skills associated with reduced recidivism and greater levels of self-management. Once released, the Araminta Ross Foundation provides the tools needed for successful re-entry and re-acclimation by using a proven combination of educational modules, mindfulness-based techniques, dialectical behavior therapy, and continued support.

Atlanta, Georgia

Barred Business’ mission is to heal, empower, educate, activate, resource, and build the power of all marginalized justice-impacted people, LGBTQIA+ people, and Trans people of color, their children, families, and communities.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Black Lives Matter-Oklahoma City was founded in 2016 in the state that is number one in the nation for law enforcement killings of civilians. It is part of a global movement whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene against violence inflicted on Black communities. Black Lives Matter-Oklahoma City seeks to combat and counter acts of violence, create space for Black sustainability and creativity, advocate for non-racist, non-oppressive policies, demand justice, and develop Black power. ‍

Bridgeton, North Carolina

Craven County Community Bail’s mission is to assist people who are detained pretrial when they can’t afford to make bail and to end the injustice of pretrial incarceration. Each advocate resides in Craven County, and together, Craven County Community Bail forms a strong team with a wide range of skills and experience, including activism, fundraising and financials, criminal and civil law, parole and social work, and local detention facilities..

Oakland, California

Essie Justice Group is a nonprofit organization of women with incarcerated loved ones taking on the rampant injustices created by mass incarceration. Essie Justice Group’s Healing for Advocacy Model brings women together to heal, build collective power, and drive social change. Essie Justice Group is building a membership of fierce advocates for race and gender justice — including Black and Latinx women, formerly and currently incarcerated women, transgender women, and gender non-conforming people.

Atlanta, Georgia

Guided by the lived experiences of formerly incarcerated folx, the Free Atlanta Abolition Movement works to extricate our people from dehumanizing cages and to resource a network of healing, legal, and mutual aid as we organize to build alternative futures for ourselves and our communities. The Free Atlanta Abolition Movement’s mission is to create transformative systemic change through the creation of a Black-led abolition foundation and network as they organize and envision an end to discriminatory, coercive, and oppressive jailing.

Birmingham, Alabama

Faith & Works is a nonpartisan social justice organization. We are committed to transformative outreach that enhances the quality of life for the underserved and underrepresented and alters the political landscape. Through direct action, we strive to build sustainable power and restore hope to disenfranchised communities.

Miami, Florida + Lubbock, Texas

Fedfam4life is a sisterhood dedicated to the restoration of women and girls returning from incarceration.

Dignity Power’s mission is to build political power among incarcerated, formerly incarcerated and impacted women and girls across the country.

Houston, Texas

Grassroots Leadership believes that no one should profit from the incarceration of human beings. Grassroots Leadership works with communities across this nation to abolish for-profit private prisons, jails, and detention centers.

New York City, New York

Let's Help Her’s mission is to free Blacks from jail and provide leadership support in order to end recidivism.

Prince Georgia, Maryland

Life After Release is a formerly incarcerated women-led organization in the DMV area (DC-Maryland-Virginia). Life After Release is organizing to build a post-conviction movement, identifying challenges and creating solutions. ​ Life After Release work is grounded in a vision of self-determination for directly impacted communities.

Little Rock, Arkansas

The Little Rock Freedom Fund (LRFF) is a black-led movement organization that was founded by veteran black activists in Little Rock amid the 2020 Summer of Resistance. LRFF’s mission is to work alongside marginalized communities in Arkansas to devise and implement strategies to achieve racial and social justice. In carrying out this mission, we engage with activists, organizers, protestors, and everyday Arkansans to educate, organize, and mobilize people directly impacted by today's most pressing issues, such as pretrial detention, unmitigated trauma, and voter disenfranchisement.

Detroit, Michigan

Michigan Liberation is a statewide network of people and organizations organizing to end the criminalization of Black families and communities of color in Michigan. We envision a state without mass incarceration, mass policing, and punishment. We envision a state with the best public education in the nation, single-payer healthcare, and thriving Black and Brown communities.

Durham, North Carolina

The NC Community Bail Fund of Durham is fighting to end money bail and provides assistance for those who cannot afford it.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The mission of the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund is to end cash bail and pretrial detention in our city. Until that day, we post bail for our neighbors who cannot afford to pay.