• A Vison of FAAMily

    We envision a world full of life affirming economies and institutions, where our needs are mutually fulfilled and we’re nourished and held in a community of love.

    Abolition is about presence, not absence. It’s about building life-affirming institutions. – Ruth Wilson Gilmore

    Who are we?What do we do?
  • Welcome FAAMily

    Guided by the lived experiences of formerly-incarcerated folx, we work to extricate our people from dehumanizing cages and to resource a network of healing, legal and mutual aid as we organize to build alternative futures for ourselves and our communities.

    Need Support?Support the Work!
  • A Vison of FAAMily

    We envision a world full of life affirming economies and institutions, where our needs are mutually fulfilled and we’re nourished and held in a community of love.

    Abolition is about presence, not absence. It’s about building life-affirming institutions. – Ruth Wilson Gilmore

    Need Support?Support the Work!
  • Welcome FAAMily

    Guided by the lived experiences of formerly-incarcerated folx, we work to extricate our people from dehumanizing cages and to resource a network of healing, legal and mutual aid as we organize to build alternative futures for ourselves and our communities.

    Need Support?Support the Work!

Vision

We envision a world full of life affirming economies and institutions, where our needs are mutually fulfilled and we’re nourished and held in a community of love.

Abolition is about presence, not absence. It’s about building life-affirming institutions. – Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Values

Abolition

Pro-Black, feminist, queer

Transparency

Wealth redistribution/Reparations

Mission

Guided by the lived experiences of formerly-incarcerated folx, we work to extricate our people from dehumanizing cages and to resource a network of healing, legal and mutual aid as we organize to build alternative futures for ourselves and our communities. Our mission is to create transformative systemic change through the creation of a Black-led abolition foundation and network as we organize and envision the end to discriminatory, coercive, and oppressive jailing. We believe that every movement towards our mission and vision helps dismantle the social, political, and economic barriers that dehumanize Black people.

How We Do

Spending just a few days in jail can result in the loss of housing, jobs, and even custody of children. We recognize that cash bail criminalizes poverty, thus perpetuating inequities in the justice system that disproportionately impact Black people. 

We enable our people to return home to their families and communities while awaiting their court dates by providing bail assistance to individuals deemed eligible for release before trial contingent on paying bail. We post bail regardless of charge and/or court history.

Connect → Bail → Court Reminders → Advocacy and Support/Participatory Defense

Where We Work

We will begin our work in the city of Atlanta and Fulton County, and are on a six-month plan to scale the Black-led bail fund around the five metro Atlanta counties.

Organizational Anchors

Currently FAAM is anchored by 2 organizations…..

 

Our impact to date

While its impossible to boil impact down to number’s we’ve tried our best to share some relevant data below.

36

individuals have had bonds posted by FAAM in the Metro Atlanta region.

$897,000

in deployed community bond support.

$900,000

in total community bond fund.

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Support the FAAM

Your support is essential to our people. Investing in the abolition fund ensures that our freedom before trial doesn’t depend on an individual’s access to money and that the vital work of midwiving alternative futures can continue unabated. Any amount of money is appreciated. Because bail is returned at the end of a case, your contribution will be used to ensure the freedom of potentially hundreds of people.
Your donation through the Organization for Human Rights and Democracy will ensure our critical abolition work can continue!

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