In The News
The Importance of Supporting
Second Chances
Nov. 30, 2016. WRBL. Local jail liaison left without funding is set to close doors due to lack of funding (and our unwillingness to be "bought")
July 10, 2019. City of Columbus Declares July Reentry Awareness Month. (Waleisah inspired the creation of Columbus' Mayor's Commission on Reentry)
February 27, 2020. Columbus criminal justice reform advocates take bus ride to Justice Day at the Capitol. (our 4th mass transportation coordination event to transport Columbus citizens to the annual event)
Decarceration, Criminal Justice Reform & Jail/Prison Conditions
July 5, 2016. New criminal reform law could impact Muscogee County Jail population
March 7, 2018. WRBL. Supporting the Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act
July 23, 2019. WRBL. Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Coalition deeply Rooted in Atlanta.
January 14, 2020 WTVM. Columbus Woman Pushes for Bail Reform in Columbus.
Felony Disenfranchisement & Voting Rights Restoration
Public Office/Leadership
Youth & School to Prison Pipeline
April 25, 2017. WRBL. Muscogee County parents meet to discuss Camelot's alternative education plan. (Waleisah was co-organizer)
June 15, 2017. WRBL. Columbus advisory council works to create alternative school solutions. Waleisah joins organizers to oppose Camelot. (an alternative school program that would target and push black children into the school to prison pipeline)