Every time I turn on the news I see another mass shooting. Another police shooting. I see people of color and poor people railroaded into prisons. And I see survivors struggling in silence – neglected, forgotten.
It’s devastating. We need real solutions that address violence head on. Violence by the justice system. Community violence. All of it.
I spent almost two decades organizing and running policy campaigns. But I left that work to dedicate myself to raising money for EJUSA. That’s how deeply I believe in this organization.
Check out our 2017 Impact Report [pdf] for more about what you accomplished this year. And then make a generous tax-deductible gift so we can have an even bigger impact next year.Your gift does more than support EJUSA’s campaigns. It makes an impact for small, grassroots groups led by people of color – groups that do powerful healing work with trauma survivors in their communities, but struggle to keep the lights on.
EJUSA helped drive more than $1.6 million in federal funds to these groups – funds that should go to them anyway but almost never do. In 2018, more survivors will get help thanks to you.
EJUSA has a bold, innovative vision for justice and the talent to deliver. It is a joy to spend my days asking people like you to join me. We can do it because you are behind us.
By Shari Silberstein
Since 2000, Shari Silberstein has dedicated her career to transforming the justice system from one that harms to one that heals. Under her leadership, and using campaign strategies she helped develop, Equal Justice USA has helped end the death penalty in nine states, built first-of-its-kind conservative and evangelical coalitions for justice reform, secured millions in state funding for healing services to families of murder victims, launched an innovative model for training and dialogue between police and communities on trauma and race equity, and strengthened dozens of local organizations across the nation working for justice, violence reduction, and healing. Shari has been a national voice in helping to break down the silos between criminal justice reformers and crime survivor advocates. Her expertise has been a source in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and Harper’s Magazine, and she has written op-eds for an array of media outlets, including Fox News, the Marshall Project, and U.S. News and World Report. Shari has a bachelor's degree in film from New York University and a master's degree in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Texas at Austin.
