NEWS | RJAC

Jun 2
3 min

Take Action NOW to Defund the Jail!

The world as we know it is breaking open. And it is our duty to be part of breaking it toward love, redemption, and justice. Although the...

Jan 30
1 min

When we win, WE CELEBRATE! Join us on Feb. 14th!

We are so honored for your support over the past 7 amazing years, we wanted to invite YOU to join us on February 14th as we celebrate and...

Nov 12, 2019
5 min

Making Big Moves For What’s Next

Greetings from the RJAC Leadership Team! We’re thrilled to share our plans for our future and hope you will join with us in celebration o...

Nov 4, 2019
10 min

MEDIA: Starve the Beast’: Southern campaigns to divest, decarcerate, and re-imagine public safety

In La Casa Azul, “The Blue House” in East Point, Atlanta, organizers with the Racial Justice Action Center meet in what they call “the wa...

Oct 22, 2019
9 min

How a broad-based alliance closed down an Atlanta jail

This blog originally appeared on Medium, Oct. 22, 2019, by Xochitl Bervera How an alliance of formerly incarcerated women, trans and quee...

Jan 1, 2019
1 min

Close the Jail ATL Campaign Updates at www.closethejailatl.org

Check out campaign updates for the Communities Over Cages: Close The Jail ATL Campaign at https://www.closethejailatl.org/news-1. And don...

Mar 16, 2018
8 min

MEDIA: “All Roads Lead to Atlanta”—Philanthropy Can Play Critical Role in the South

RJAC and partners featured in Bearing Fruit Report, Nonprofit Quarterly By STEVE DUBB | March 16, 2018 Original article can be found here build formal and informal relationships with allies—that means patient, risk-tolerant capital—and coalition on your grantees’ terms, not yours. Give general support grants to your Southern grantees—invest in infrastructure organizations to exist, not just to complete projects. Understand who your philanthropic partners are and who they aren

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