That hopeful place

HOPE

Sometimes it’s hard to stay hopeful.

There are days when it feels like humanity is lost, that hate and racism and violence are everywhere. Solutions feel too small, and far away.

These are the times when I am most grateful for your partnership. I don’t give up because I know you won’t either.

You’ve been in the fight with EJUSA a long time. Early on you rejected the false promise that executions could provide healing. You knew all along that there was something better, more beautiful, more hopeful than the futility of responding to violence with more suffering.

Stay in the fight with EJUSA with a gift of $25, $50 or even $100, and let’s find that hopeful place together.

With hope and determination, we will transform the way our nation responds to violence. Together we will bring down the death penalty, end racial disparities in care for people impacted by violence, and address community trauma. Together, we will build a justice system rooted in healing and racial equity.

Thank you for your continued partnership in this important work.

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.