SB 458 – PASSES OUT OF ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TODAY!

This morning (Tuesday, June 18th, 2013) Senate Bill 458 passed out of the California State Assembly Public Safety Committee! This bill represents the first significant changes to the CalGang Database and all other shared gang databases since their creation in the mid 80's. If passed, SB458 will More info>

Youth Justice Reinvestment, Part II: Youth-led Solutions and Successes to Juvenile Injustice

On Tuesday, June 4th at 5:30 Pacific/8:30 Eastern, we invite you to join us for the second of our Conversations on youth justice reinvestment. Zachary Norris and Grace Bauer, co-directors of Justice for Families coalition, are co-producing this series. Justice for Families is a national More info>

Act now to help thousands of youth

Now we need you to call your senator Tuesday - May 28th - and urge them to VOTE YES on SB 61 when it goes to the floor. In California, county and state juvenile detention facilities routinely place youth in solitary confinement, which is a harsh, inhumane, and ineffective practice.  Juvenile More info>

I Still Can’t Believe It by Julio Marquez

DAY 1: It seems very surreal as I look back at it. This is how it replayed in my mind as we're driving home from a long day. As soon as we pulled up, it was hard to find a place to unload. From a distance I could see our friends on the steps waiting patiently. In the back were the officers More info>

Letter to Senator Boxer – Block Increased Police, Resource Officers and Security Equipment in Schools

All across the nation, young people of color and their families are organizing to dismantle the school-to-jail track. But since the shooting at Sandy Hook, the federal government is pushing funds for more police, school resource officers and security equipment.  Too many of our campuses already More info>

Youth of Color Across U.S. – How to Prevent Violence and Build Safe Schools

We can imagine the pain and suffering that the youth and families in Newtown, Connecticut are experiencing. As youth growing up on some of America’s deadliest streets, we are all too familiar with gun violence and its impacts. Too many of us have been shot and shot at. We have buried our friends More info>