“My husband and I had bail of $10,000 each. When the Reale Justice Network came through to bail us out, I cried. Many friends and even family members didn’t show up for us, but strangers did. That meant everything. Without them, I genuinely don’t think I’d be alive. I couldn’t keep food down. If I’d stayed there, I might not have made it.”

“When they told me they were bailing me out, I didn’t believe it at first. It felt unreal, like a miracle. The timing couldn’t have been more powerful. My son was graduating from eighth grade, and I had been praying nonstop that I wouldn’t miss it. When I walked into that graduation, free and able to hug my son, it meant everything to me.”

“The day I was incarcerated is burned into my memory. I was dropping someone off and heading to the expressway when eight police cars surrounded me. I had never been in trouble before, and the first time I did, that’s how I was arrested.”

“They gave me my freedom back. They gave my children their mother back. They gave me a chance to start rebuilding my life.”

“Faith & Works didn’t just bail me out—they helped me get my case dismissed. They’ve paid utility bills when I had nothing left. They believed in me when no one else did.”

“If not for that one visit, that one interview, that one act of grace, her story might have ended so differently, like the thousands of pregnant people who are admitted to jail every year. But Grassroots Leadership came right on time.”

“I would like to somehow get into something to help girls who are going through a domestic violence situation. Some of them think there’s no way out…they’re scared to leave because you know they’re going to come after you and try to kill you.”

Because of your support, Nia is not only living but thriving. "I feel like I'd still be there if it weren't for you just sitting in that cell, crying my eyes out, doing nothing.