Building Our Communities

In order to reduce our reliance on the criminal justice system, we need to invest in building stronger communities capable of dealing with their problems in non-coercive and non-punitive ways. Across the US local and national organizations are working to divest from policing and prisons and invest in communities and individuals.

 
 
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Community Building Programs/Platforms


Agenda to Build Black Futures, BYP 100, Chicago​

A New Social Contract: Collective Solutions Built by and for Communities, National Economics and Social Rights Initiative, NYC

#BuildCommunities Platform, Just Leadership, NYC

Build Justice Not Jails, No New Jails, SF

Building the We: Healing Informed Governing for Racial Equity in Salinas, Race Forward, Salinas, CA

Close the Workhouse, St. Louis, MO.

Freedom to Thrive: Reimagining Safety and Security in our Communities, Center for Popular Democracy, NYC

Houston/Marshall Plan, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute, Harvard University Law School, Boston

Invest in People, Not Police and Prisons, Critical Resistance, SF

"LA for Youth" Campaign, Youth Justice Coalition, LA

Platform, Movement for Black Lives

The $3.4 Trillion Mistake: The Cost of Mass incarceration and Criminalization, and How Justice Reinvestment Can Build a Better Future for All. Communities United, Make the Road New York, Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, and the Right on Justice Alliance.

Vision for Justice 2020 and Beyond, Leadership Conference for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Corp.

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​Alternatives to Police and Prisons

Drugs

Homelessness

Mental Health

Schools

​Sex Work

Youth Violence