Without these principles, we’re spinning the wheel on old, draconian, and ineffective answers to profound problems surrounding crime, punishment, and public safety. Learn more about the work PWF does to support communities as they build a better world: publicwelfare.org/our-work/

You are worthy. You are valuable. You are loved. Those are core ethos in an alternative vision of justice that is rooted in communities. And that’s what PWF is investing in.

#Philanthropy #Community Investment #Community #RestorativeJustice #TransformativeJustice

It can feel easy for those who don’t feel the daily weight of the criminal justice system’s harm to turn a blind eye to its ineffectiveness. But truth and honesty - even when inconvenient and disruptive - gives us a chance to courageously march toward something new.

Until we grapple with the root, harm will continue to sprout back up. Transformative justice tackles root causes with community-based solutions that look to empower instead of leaving behind.

There is no one more capable of leading us into a just future than the communities who carry the weight of lived experience with them – and we honor that by investing in them.

Learn more: publicwelfare.org/our-work/juris…

Join us at Wednesday, April 17th at 7pm in person or zoom Sonoma State University as we discuss how to invest in transformative approaches to criminal justice with Candice C. Jones of Public Welfare Foundation Foundation in Washington DC.

We don’t have to follow the status quo. In fact, enacting meaningful change demands that we don’t. Something new and beautiful waits for us on the other side of this work.

#Philanthropy #Community Investment #Community #RestorativeJustice #TransformativeJustice

Across PWF’s nine jurisdictions, there have been both significant steps forward and troubling steps back in the fight to catalyze a transformative approach to justice. The ebb and flow may slow us down. It may cause us to regroup. But it doesn’t stop our march onward.

We won’t heal our nation’s darkest histories and deepest wounds by inflicting more harm through regressive carceral systems. Community-based resources and support are the lights that guide us to a better world.

President & CEO Candice C. Jones joins Anthony Shop on Chief Influencer to discuss her work with PWF to fund and propel forward community-led transformative justice that centers the experiences of those who are system-impacted.

Take a look here: youtube.com/watch?v=OYYLDd…

The systems in place aren’t working. We’re at a crossroads: Will we continue to spin our wheels and perpetuate a cycle of harm or will we invest in the restorative power of community?

#Philanthropy #Community Investment #Community #RestorativeJustice #TransformativeJustice

Our communities are teeming with unsung heroes – people who are less focused on accolades and more concerned with tangible progress. In the face of doubt, a lack of recognition, and underinvestment, women have been the backbone of human rights movements. #WomensHistoryMonth

Check out this new piece from Public Welfare Foundation's President Candice C. Jones in Vital City reflecting on implementing policies and the reality of how rarely policies are guided by evidence: vitalcitynyc.org/articles/welco…

HAPPENING TUES. APRIL 2 @ 2:30 PM ET: Vera Institute of Justice is hosting a virtual panel focusing on its new report 'Advancing Transgender Justice: Illuminating Trans Lives Behind and Beyond Bars,' made in partnership with Black and Pink National.

Register here: shorturl.at/tNX37

Until we invest in transformative ideas, we'll keep spinning our wheels with ineffective solutions: over-policing and over-incarceration. Women, particularly those who are system-impacted, are ideating profound, lasting change. They deserve our investment. #WomensHistoryMonth

“We are committed...to shifting society, policies, communities in a way that really holds young Black people so that we can thrive.”

Samantha Davis is the founder & ED of Black Swan Academy, a non-profit in D.C. that empowers Black youth through civic leadership & engagement.