Essie's member-led Program Team hosted our first Welcoming + Wellness event! 🧡 Women and gender expansive folks we've met in LA this Healing to Advocacy nominations season joined us to learn more about Essie & enjoy reiki and yoga led by Essie Sisters! #SisterhoodIsPowerful

This Black August, while honoring the political prisoners of our time, we are uplifting those living the pillars of Black August: Study, Train, Fast, Fight. These pillars are integral to fighting against state violence and bringing us one step closer to Black liberation. 1/2

Come build community with other women who know what it's like to love someone on the inside! Sign up to join Essie Justice Group's FREE Healing to Advocacy Program at bit.ly/nominate-a-sis… 🧡 #SisterhoodIsPowerful #Women #Community

This #BlackAugust, we honor the #FreedomFighters who relentlessly fought for our liberation. Our ancestors' sacrifices remind us of the determination that’s required to bring about change, and is all the evidence we need to continue the fight.  cc: @mauricewfp @workingfamilies

Thank you Nonprofit Quarterly for highlighting The Hidden Heart of Reentry Report! Read the full article here: nonprofitquarterly.org/new-report-loo… Check out the report here: bit.ly/HiddenHeartRee… cc: National Bail Out National Black Women’s Justice Institute (NBWJI) #Reentry #FreeBlackMamas

Are you a woman with a currently or formerly incarcerated loved one? You are not alone. Join our FREE Healing to Advocacy Program to access a safe space for healing, resource sharing, and life-long community. 🧡 Nominate yourself or someone you know: essiejusticegroup.org/nominate

Have you felt guilty for living life on the outside as your loved one does time on the inside? 🫂💜 We want to hear from you. Share your story with us at pillarspod.com/untold #PillarsPod #Women #Podcast #PrisonStories

Our Fall 2025 Healing to Advocacy cohorts officially start this week! 🧡 The leadership of women with incarcerated loved ones this summer helped us collect 455 nominations and made 1300+ calls inviting women to join our Sisterhood. #SisterhoodIsPowerful #Community #Healing

Prison is dehumanizing for our loved ones and the women in the visiting lines. Are you a woman who can relate to Carmen's experience visiting her loved one? We want to meet you. Connect with us: pillarspod.com/untold 🫂💜 #PillarsPod #Women #Podcast

Essie’s member-led Campaign Team kicked off our Campaign Development Launch! ✊🏾 Our Campaign Development Subcommittee is leading with the skills and tools we learned from Campaign School to identify our future campaign work. Subscribe for updates! essiejusticegroup.org/subscribe

📣 BONUS Pillars Episode 📣 Reentry experts Alice and Raylene talk about the unseen ways they hold down their formerly incarcerated loved ones. Tune in: pillarspod.com #PillarsPod #Women #Reentry #Podcast

We stand against The Supreme Court's ruling and continue in our fight to end the incarceration and detention of our families and communities.

No one knows care, love, and support quite like women with incarcerated loved ones. 🧡🫂 #SisterhoodIsPowerful #Caregiving

If you have a loved one in jail or prison, you are not alone. 💜🫂 To hear more of Okha's story, check out Pillars: Untold Stories of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones: pillarspod.com #PillarsPod #Women #Podcast #PrisonStories

ICYMI: Raylene & Alice joined us for a bonus, reentry-focused episode of Pillars: Untold Stories of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones. 💜 Tune in on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple to hear some of the unseen ways women support their loved ones' reentry. pillarspod.com

"Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer." — #bellhooks 🧡 Happy birthday to bell hooks, whose legacy embodies radical love as a force for healing, community building, and liberation.