Criminal Justice Reform

People are lying on their backs on a brick plaza, knees up, feet on the ground. In the center of the photo stands a young Black boy in a white shirt. A Black man in a neat grey suit leans over, wrapping an arm around him as if to comfort him.

Community Organizing

Criminal Justice Reform

Swords to Ploughshares: People of Faith Reinvent Public Safety (Part 2)

by: Judith Barish; and Sandra Hinson
Article published:: May 10, 2022

Grassroots base-building helped Faith in Indiana win police accountability reforms in Indianapolis after the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

Community Organizing

Criminal Justice Reform

People sitting in a large hall raising their hands. It's a casually dressed, mixed-race crowd.

Community Organizing

Criminal Justice Reform

Swords to Ploughshares: People of Faith Reinvent Public Safety (Part 1)

By: Judith Barish; and Sandra Hinson

Black Work Talk by Convergence

Criminal Justice Reform

Mariame Kaba: Organizing is the How

By: Steven Pitts; and Toussaint Losier

Multi-cultural group of women posing in front of a heavy wood door in a marble-walled hallway. They’re wearing black T-Shirts that read “DROP LWOP” in big white letters.

Criminal Justice Reform

Fighting Mass Incarceration

DROP LWOP: Fighting Life Without Parole Sentences

By: Linda Evans

Photo shows 2 men with backs to the camera with their hands in the air

BLM 2020 Uprisings

Criminal Justice Reform

Portland Marks Another Turning Point

By: Craig Johnson

Photo of a black man wearing a knitted head covering

Criminal Justice Reform

Imprisoned People, COVID-19 and Insight from Behind the Walls

By: Organizing Upgrade

People marching with a banner that says Abolish Money bail End Pretrial Detention

Criminal Justice Reform

The Fight to End Money Bail: Lessons from Chicago

By: Will Tanzman

Criminal Justice Reform

Judge Limits N.Y.P.D. Stop-and-Frisk Program in Bronx

By: Joseph Goldstein

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