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.
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.
individuals have had bonds posted by FAAM in the Metro Atlanta region.
in deployed community bond support.
in total community bond fund.
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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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