Author: Taylor Mason

Taylor Mason (they/them) is a capacity building specialist and healing arts practitioner from California and rooted in Chicago. A graduate of UCLA and Columbia College Chicago, Taylor has worked in programming, development, and communications for organizations centering gender justice, ending the sexual abuse to prison pipeline among girls and women of color, and decarceration for twelve years. A certified yoga teacher, restorative justice facilitator, and reiki practitioner, Taylor works to merge political advocacy and healing justice in all that they do.

Newark redirects police funds to establish citywide anti-violence office

Reimagining Justice This Month | June 2020 Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. Ordinance Outlawing White Supremacy, Establishing Anti-Violence Office Signed into Law, TapInto Last Wednesday, the Newark City Council passed an ordinance to redirect funds away… Continue reading Newark redirects police funds to establish citywide anti-violence office

Equal Justice USA awarded $200,000 grant from the Simmons Sister Fund at Texas Women’s Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 12, 2020 Contact: Patrick Egan | 718-551-6603 | patricke@ejusa.org Equal Justice USA awarded $200,000 grant from the Simmons Sister Fund at Texas Women’s Foundation Grant will Support Ongoing Efforts to Transform Justice System and Break Cycles of Trauma New York, NY – Equal Justice USA (EJUSA) was awarded a grant of… Continue reading Equal Justice USA awarded $200,000 grant from the Simmons Sister Fund at Texas Women’s Foundation

Statement from Equal Justice USA on the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 28, 2020 Contact: Patrick Egan, 718-551-6603, patricke@ejusa.org In response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police, Equal Justice USA issued the following statement: “Six years after Eric Garner cried ‘I can’t breathe’ at the hands of police in New York City, another Black man cried the same in Minneapolis,”… Continue reading Statement from Equal Justice USA on the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police

Safety and dignity in a time of crisis

Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. Trauma for Youth is Everywhere…But We Can Heal It in Newark, Youth Today When EJUSA Trauma and Healing Network member Al-Tariq Best was a teen, a police officer pointed a gun… Continue reading Safety and dignity in a time of crisis

N.J. awards $20M to address trauma and violence in hospitals

Reimagining Justice This Month | February 2020 Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. To combat gun violence, N.J. awards $20M to hospitals for intervention programs New Jersey isn’t the first state to see how violence intervention can… Continue reading N.J. awards $20M to address trauma and violence in hospitals

Prioritizing the Community | Reimagining Justice This Month

Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. Prioritizing the Community: Funding Alternatives to Reduce Reliance on the Justice System in Oakland The city of Oakland is becoming a leading model for hospital- and community-based violence intervention programs. These… Continue reading Prioritizing the Community | Reimagining Justice This Month

Families of Murder Victims to Call on Lawmakers to End the Death Penalty

Family members of murder victims will gather for a press conference at the Colorado State Capitol Monday morning to call on lawmakers to end Colorado’s death penalty. Below is the letter they will be presenting, signed by more than 55 Coloradans who have lost loved ones to violence. January 27, 2020 To the Members of… Continue reading Families of Murder Victims to Call on Lawmakers to End the Death Penalty