Initiate Justice
Our mission is to end mass incarceration by activating the political power of the people it directly impacts. We organize our members, inside and outside of prisons, to advocate for their freedom and change criminal legal policy in CA. We are 100% led by directly impacted people.
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PLAY ·2024 Grants ChallengeCultivating Safety by Building Political Power
Our statewide community organizing and advocacy training program activates the power of people and families impacted by mass incarceration. We have trained throughout California, and now propose going deep in LA County, the state’s most populous and most impacted. Embedding our work into organizations and community spaces serving those impacted by incarceration, we would develop the power of the people of LA with the most knowledge needed to transform our state’s criminal justice system from one that is punitive, to one that is restorative.