Below is a full summary of our work in 2021:
- Facilitated 6 CCJFG Member Meetings on the following themes:
- Violence Prevention, Intervention & Abolition with Hope & Heal Fund
- Healing Justice with John M. Lloyd Foundation
- 2-Part Series on Accountability to Grassroots Organizations and Underfunded Regions with the California Endowment, San Joaquin Valley Health Fund, Fund for Santa Barbara, and McCune Foundation
- Planning and Reflection Meetings for 2021
- Organized a series of webinars with CCJFG members and colleagues that featured movement partners and impacted communities:
- Closing DJJ the Right Way, Part 1
- Closing DJJ the Right Way, Part 2
- Belly of the Beast Film Discussion about Forced Sterilization in Women’s Prisons
- My Life Is Not A Game: The Movement to Repeal California’s Three Strikes
- Incarcerated Firefighters: At the Intersection of Abolition, Workforce Development, and Wildfire Resilience
- Produced the first of a three-part podcast series, Funding the Yes, Episode 1: Healing Justice (Stay tuned in 2022 for the next two episodes!)
- Published 10 CCJFG Spotlights, including interviews with member and movement partners including New Breath Foundation, Libra Foundation, Alameda County Justice Reinvestment Coalition, and Trans-Gender, Gender Variant Justice Project
- Designed a Movement Advisor structure and confirmed 4 movement partners to guide CCJFG’s work for the next two years
- Formalized CCJFG’s commitment to the Shu’umi land tax through an annual designation of 1% of our budget to Sogore’tea Land Trust