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…
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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…
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The Trump administration announced on Monday another attempt to resume the federal death penalty by scheduling the executions of four people. We need your help to prevent these executions from going forward.
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George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police officers has sparked outrage and action across the nation. As protests escalated over the last 10 days, so too has a growing call to defund the police. Many have reacted to this call to action with enthusiasm, confusion, or fear. But this powerful demand does not eradicate our public…
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To our EJUSA family, Last week, George Floyd became the latest chapter in America’s history of racial terror when a police officer in Minneapolis killed him in broad daylight, in front of multiple cameras, while three other officers watched. This weekend, the pent-up grief, trauma, and rage that this triggered poured onto streets across the…
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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,”…
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EJUSA mourns the death of one of our long-time partners, Serena Simmons Connelly. To read more about Serena’s incredible life and commitment to justice, you can see her obituary in the Dallas Morning News. I want to celebrate Serena’s life by sharing some personal memories of the friend I’ve known for almost 20 years. One…
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On February 22-23 — well before the COVID-19 pandemic created a national need for healing likely greater than any in modern history — members of the Equal Justice USA Trauma and Healing Network gathered in Newark, NJ, for the group’s second national convening. As leaders in their communities, network members share a steadfast commitment to…
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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…
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Yesterday, Gov. Jared Polis put the final signature in place on a multi-year effort to rid Colorado of the death penalty. The Rocky Mountain state is the 22nd to repeal the death penalty and the 10th state to repeal in the past 13 years. This contributes great momentum to the movement to wipe out capital…
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