2025 Partners

This Mother’s Day, we’ll be freeing as many Black mamas and caregivers as possible so that they can return home to their families and communities. 

We’re partnering with 13 Black-led organizations in Atlanta, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; Dothan, Alabama; Durham, North Carolina; Houston, Texas; Jackson, Mississippi; Kansas City, Missouri; Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; New York, New York; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Learn more about the incredible organizations listed below.

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Barred Business (Atlanta, Georgia)

Barred Business is a membership-based organization founded by multi-generational, multi-gender, and multi-national formerly incarcerated black women to empower marginalized formerly incarcerated people.

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Dignity and Power Now (Los Angeles, California)

Dignity and Power Now (DPN) is a Los Angeles based grassroots organization founded in 2012 that fights for the dignity and power of all incarcerated people, their families, and communities.

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Essie Justice Group (Los Angeles, California)

The nation’s leading organization of women with incarcerated loved ones taking on the rampant injustices created by mass incarceration.

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Faith and Works (Birmingham, Alabama)

Faith & Works is a Black-led, nonpartisan, statewide civic engagement and social justice collective that aims to organize and empower faith leaders to use effective grassroots community organizing strategies to create congregational involvement.

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FreeHearts (Nashville, Tennessee)

A TN state-wide organization led by formerly incarcerated women that provides support, education, and advocacy in organizing families impacted by incarceration, with the ultimate goals of reuniting families and keeping families together.

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Grassroots Leadership (Houston, Texas)

At Grassroots Leadership, we believe that no one should profit from the incarceration of human beings. We will work with communities across this nation to abolish for-profit private prisons, jails, and detention centers.

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Let's Help Her (New York, New York)

At Lets Help Her, we are dedicated to providing incarcerated black women with effective and beneficial services that foster positive growth and accountability, while ensuring dignity and respect by giving our clients services that will enhance their re-entry needs. We will provide tools, valuable resources, and solutions that promote lifetime independence Our team is committed to continually improving the health and well-being of this underserved population.

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MS Bail Fund Collective (Jackson, Mississippi)

At the Mississippi Bail Fund Collective, we work towards dismantling systems of oppression in society and building new systems of justice that are driven by the leadership of/from the community most impacted and by ensuring that those most impacted have agency in the decisions that pertain to their own plans for better outcomes without rejecting or ejecting anyone who needs the service/s of the MBFC.

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My Sistah’s House (Memphis, Tennessee)

My Sistah’s House (MSH) is a grassroots, transgender-led organization in Memphis, Tennessee, that provides wraparound services for primarily Black and Brown transgender and non-binary individuals, including safe spaces, emergency shelter, and access to health and social services.

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NC Community Bail Fund of Durham (Durham, North Carolina)

We assist those who cannot afford their freedom by posting secure cash bail, advocating for unsecured bail, and supporting individuals through their journey in the criminal justice system — giving people a fair shot and returning them to their homes, jobs, and loved ones.

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Philadelphia Community Bail Fund (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Our mission is to end cash bail in Philadelphia and to free those who can't afford to post bail.

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Reale Justice Network (Kansas City, Missouri)

Reale Justice Network is committed to uplifting justice-involved individuals and survivors of violence. We provide trauma-informed care, mentorship, and systemic advocacy to ensure long-term transformation and empowerment.

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The Ordinary People Society (Dothan, Alabama)

Faith-based organization restoring rights for formerly and currently incarcerated, combating hunger and homelessness, and mobilizing communities in the deep South.