Executives’ Alliance Foundation Leaders “Ban the Box”

Leaders from 42 foundations announced today that they have "banned the box" by adopting fair chance hiring policies or ensuring that questions about criminal convictions do not appear on applications for employment with their foundations.

2016-03-09T21:39:00-05:00February 29, 2016|Criminalization of Communities of Color, News|Comments Off on Executives’ Alliance Foundation Leaders “Ban the Box”

Spotlight: Justice Committee, North Star Fund Grantee

JC members and leaders are New Yorkers whose lives are impacted by police violence, including families who have lost loved ones to the New York Police Department. Since 2004, Justice Committee has received 14 North Star Fund grants totaling over $150,000, including the 2015 Frederick Douglass Award.

2017-02-19T12:07:15-05:00January 27, 2016|Criminalization of Communities of Color, News, Opportunities for Funders|Comments Off on Spotlight: Justice Committee, North Star Fund Grantee

Who Pays? The True Cost of Incarceration on Families

Who Pays? The True Cost of Incarceration on Families proves that the costs of locking up millions of people is much deeper than we think. Locking up individuals also breaks apart their families and communities, saddles them with overwhelming debt, and leads to mental and physical ailments. The situation is dire, but a better approach is possible.

2020-12-09T18:11:19-05:00November 25, 2015|Criminalization of Communities of Color, Field Report, Reports and Case Studies, Resources|Comments Off on Who Pays? The True Cost of Incarceration on Families

Building the Road to Belonging: Three Ways Philanthropy Can Help End Mass Criminalization

Have you found yourself thinking something urgently needs to change after seeing headlines about the latest abuses perpetrated by the criminal justice system? How did criminalization become a defining characteristic of American society? What can we in philanthropy do about it?

2017-02-19T12:07:26-05:00November 19, 2015|Criminalization of Communities of Color, Opportunities for Funders|Comments Off on Building the Road to Belonging: Three Ways Philanthropy Can Help End Mass Criminalization

#HandsOffTheHomeless Protest of de Blasio’s NYPD

Yesterday, we helped the folks on 125th organize an incredible rally and press conference, complete with poems and songs and street theater. Here is a full round-up of press coverage!

2020-11-20T20:19:03-05:00September 10, 2015|Criminalization of Communities of Color, Events, Field Report, News|Comments Off on #HandsOffTheHomeless Protest of de Blasio’s NYPD

The Immigration Detention Transparency and Human Rights Project: August 2015 Report

The National Immigrant Justice Center’s (NIJC’s) three-year Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation resulted in the most comprehensive public release to date of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration detention center contracts and inspections.

2020-11-20T20:19:05-05:00August 31, 2015|Criminalization of Communities of Color, Reports and Case Studies|Comments Off on The Immigration Detention Transparency and Human Rights Project: August 2015 Report

USHRN Statement on the State of Emergency of Anti-Trans Hate Violence

These numbers are likely on the conservative end as they are only the reported cases. When we include Mya Hall, a Black trans woman who was killed by the NSA, the number jumps up to 19 killings. Over half of the transgender women killed are under the age of 30 years old.

2020-11-20T20:19:11-05:00August 21, 2015|Criminalization of Communities of Color|Comments Off on USHRN Statement on the State of Emergency of Anti-Trans Hate Violence
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