Bronx (Re)Birth exists to build alternate solutions outside of the system that protects and honor birthing people in the Bronx, NY, and their families. They center Black people in their vision to see themselves free of systemic inequities by invoking the self-determination of past liberation movement leaders. They have made over 500 deliveries for diapers, wipes, and other material needs of caretakers all over the Bronx.

The Detroit Justice Center (DJC) is a non-profit law firm working alongside communities to create economic opportunities, transform the justice system, and promote equitable and just cities. They utilize a three-pronged approach—what they call “defense, offense, and dreaming”—to serve individual clients, build power, and catalyze systemic solutions.

Assata’s Daughters (“AD”) was created to address a shortage of programming and community for women-identified and GNC young black people in Chicago. They provide political education, leadership development, mentorship, and revolutionary services to deepen, escalate and sustain the black liberation movement. In 2018, they began providing lessons to young men and boys on toxic notions of masculinity, dismantling patriarchal systems of oppression, and understanding the impact of both on interpersonal relationships.

Chicago Torture Justice Center is a community center for Chicago police torture survivors. They seek to address the traumas of police violence and institutionalized racism through access to healing and wellness services, trauma-informed resources, and community connection.

The Go Fund Me page for Jacob Blake and his family. On this page, his mother writes “On August 23rd my son was shot multiple times in the back by a Kenosha Police Department officer, after my son broke up an altercation by an unrelated party. The shooting has now left my son critically injured as he fights for his life. …This fund is established to cover my son’s medical expenses, mental and grief counseling for our family and to assist our family in the days to come, as we continue to seek justice for Jacob.

The first black and trans-led LGBTQ center located on the south side of Chicago. They create and provide affirming and culturally competent services for LGBTQ individuals on the South and West sides of the city. They strive to empower, embolden, and educate each other through mutual aid, knowledge-sharing, and the creation of community-sourced resources in pursuit of the liberation of all oppressed peoples. goes here

We contributed to a mutual aid project created by students of University of Michigan as a part of the Prison Creative Arts Project. This fund provides support to legal system-impacted people and communities who have been affected by COVID-19. Founded in 1990 with a single theatre workshop, PCAP has grown to include courses, exhibits, publications, arts programming, and events that reach thousands of people each year.

The #LetUsBreathe Collective is an alliance of artists and activists organizing through a creative lens to imagine a world without prisons and police. We organize artists to love and transform themselves, their families, their communities, and their cities through radical imagination and healing. The Collective produces cultural events and direct actions that disrupt oppressive systems, amplify marginalized voices, and serve people and communities most directly harmed by mass incarceration, police violence, and systemic injustice.