REIMAGINING JUSTICE INC

REIMAGINING JUSTICE IS A 501 (C)(3) ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR CREATING HEALING CENTERED JUSTICE RESPONSES, JUSTICE REINVESTMENT IN COMMUNITIES TO CREATE SAFE HAVENS FOR YOUTH, EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIO-EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCLUDE CREDIBLE MESSENGERS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, PEER EDUCATORS, ACTIVISTS AND ACADEMICS. WE CURRENTLY MENTOR YOUTH, PARTNER WITH SCHOOLS, CONSULT WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES, PROVIDE TRAINING, COORDINATE WELLNESS EVENTS AND USE OUR VOICES TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR YOUTH. RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TRAUMATIZE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WITH OVERLY PUNITIVE PRACTICES. THE SEVERAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE SYSTEMIC TRAUMA FOSTERED BY THE CURRENT JUSTICE SYSTEM INCLUDE: THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE, MASS INCARCERATION, POVERTY, DISENFRANCHISEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, INADEQUATE HEALTH CARE AND HIGHER RAT