Beantown Society
Boston, MA
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
The vision of Beantown Society is to unite youth in Boston across race, class, culture, and neighborhood to end youth violence. We believe in changing youth's oppression, neglect-ion,...
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Black and Pink
Boston, MA
2014, 2012
Disclaimer: If you want to donate to Black and Pink, please go to blackandpink.org Black & Pink is an open family of LGBTQ prisoners and “free world” allies...
Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement (EPOCA)
Worcester, MA
2017, 2012, 2011
We believe that social change can only be led by the people who most need the change. No one can give power to someone else. Therefore, those of...
Families for Justice as Healing
Boston, MA
2016, 2015, 2014
At Families for Justice as Healing (FJAH) we organize formerly incarcerated women to join the movement toward creating alternatives to mass incarceration. Our membership advocates for community wellness,...
Intelligent Mischief
Boston, MA
2017, 2015, 2014
The work of Intelligent Mischief is to connect the skills, technology, and innovation of the "creative class" to the skills, strategies, and innovation the "creative roots" through social...
Jericho Boston
Boston, MA
2016
The Jericho Movement is an "international movement to free those progressive activists held by the government of the United States because of their actions, beliefs or affiliations."...
Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (MPAC)
Blue Hill, ME
2018, 2016, 2015
*Banner created by ARRT! ( https://vimeo.com/92197599 ) The Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (MPAC) is comprised of Maine prisoners, their friends and families, victims of crime, and others committed...
N-CITE Community Media
Worcester, MA
2014
N-CITE is a Media Collective based in Worcester, MA that employs the media arts to develop, produce and showcase counterstories to disrupt dominant media narratives. We work with...
New Beginnings Reentry Services
Brockton, MA
2019
New Beginnings Reentry Services works to reduce recidivism by advocating for and building the capacity of women who are reentering local communities during and after incarceration.
Prison Birth Project
Northampton, MA
2015, 2014, 2013
When the gender-specific jail opened in Chicopee in 2008, co-founders Lisa Andrews and Marianne Bullock understood that incarcerated women are not offered the full spectrum of reproductive options,...
Reflect and Strengthen
Boston, MA
2012
Reflect and Strengthen's (R&S) mission is for young, working-class women, ages 14-30 from Boston's urban neighborhoods to create and nurture environments for positive social change through creative expression,...
Survivor Theatre Project
Cambridge, MA
2018, 2017
Survivor Theatre Project brings survivors themselves into the center of the effort to break silence and end sexual violence through empowerment, creativity, and public performance. Performances are engaging,...
The Root Social Justice Center
Brattleboro, VT
2018, 2016
The Root's Purpose: The Root SJC provides a physically and financially accessible space to support and bring together communities working for social justice. We operate collectively to sustain...
Tits and Sass
Holyoke, MA
2018
Tits and Sass is a media site exclusively by and for sex workers, providing a voice for our community on cultural representation, politics, and policy, honing community media...
Young Abolitionists
Boston, MA
2017, 2016
Young Abolitionists (YA) is a youth-led grassroots collective from Boston that formed in 2012 from a group of friends that came together to build resistance against the prison...