#GivingTuesday, the largest day of giving in the world, is next week. Tuesday, November 27 to be exact. EJUSA has a big #GivingTuesday goal to match our big plans for 2019: $10,000. In one day. Ambitious? We can do it together if you can do just two things: Give and Share. Give to EJUSA anytime between…
EJUSA is hiring for 3 positions, and we’re looking for savvy and passionate people to join our fun, dynamic team. This is an exciting period of growth for EJUSA, so please help us spread the word and/or apply for these positions. Director of Strategic Communications: This new role will oversee EJUSA’s growing work to shift the…
EJUSA is in the midst of some exciting transition and expansion, and we are hiring for several positions. Right now, we have three openings, including two in our administrative department in Brooklyn, New York. We are seeking a sharp, detail-oriented Operations Manager to join our growing team and ensure the effective daily operations of our…
We are looking for a new manager for our Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty project. The right person could help end the death penalty from anywhere in the country. Could it be you? Check out the full job description and apply here.
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…
This month marks the 10-year anniversary of the end of the death penalty in New Jersey. On December 17, 2007, then-Governor Jon Corzine signed an abolition bill that made the state the first to legislatively end capital punishment in the modern era. EJUSA commemorated the 10-year anniversary by participating in an event honoring some of…
We’re closer than ever. This fall support for the death penalty plunged to its lowest level since 1972. You made that happen. You stood by us year after year, and now even red states and Republican lawmakers are leading the charge. Will you help us continue our work in 2018? Please make as generous a…
Reimagining Justice This Month highlights stories about effective responses to violence – responses that disrupt cycles of violence, heal trauma, and address structural racism. “Justice from Within: The Death Penalty and a New Vision for Criminal Justice through a Racial Justice Lens,” Nonprofit Quarterly In a new article, EJUSA’s Fatimah Loren Muhammad highlights the history of racial…
EJUSA is pleased to announce that it has received a $150,000 grant from Andrus Family Fund. The grant will support our Police/Community Initiative on Trauma-Informed Responses to Violence, a project currently piloting in Newark, New Jersey. The project focuses on changing police policies and practices by using the analysis and frame of trauma to create…
Last week, the Gibbons Law firm in Newark, NJ hosted a reception to launch the Judge John J. Gibbons Fund for Justice at EJUSA. More than eighty people gathered to celebrate the Judge’s extraordinary legacy of justice and the launch of the fund at EJUSA in his honor. Guests included family, friends, former law clerks,…