Gallery- Our Work in the Community

2026
Founder invited to be advisory board member of New Jersey Based Org that equips formerly incarcerated people with education, peer mentorship and financial coaching to create pathways toward financial empowerment and successful reentry.

Congrats to our founder, Waleisah Wilson - Menefee, for being invited to be the newest member of New Jersey based First Step Alliance's advisory board!

FSA equips justice-involved individuals with education, peer mentoring, and financial coaching to create pathways toward financial empowerment and successful reentry. FSA’s work centers on improving access to affordable financial services and credit-building opportunities that are often out of reach for formerly incarcerated people!

Because of her amazing work through this organization and as the owner of Taking Charge Consulting, LLC. as a workshop facilitator, her commitment of leveraging her extensive professional experience and networks to support impacted Georgians with overcoming the obstacles and stigmas they face upon release and because of her work that focuses on advocating for economic prosperity and financial empowerment via entrepreneurship and workforce development, FSA saw fit to honor Waleisah's work in championing pathways that move justice impacted people beyond exclusionary employment systems so they can achieve independence and generational stability.

- Learn more about the team of financial experts, including others who are formerly incarcerated, that Waleisah has been invited to join that helps returning citizens rebuild their lives and create new opportunities at https://www.firststepalliance.org/whoweare
 

Over 5 million children in the US have an incarcerated parent & 10 million who have experienced parental incarceration in their lifetime. Over 189,000 of these children are in Georgia! Driven by the trauma of separation, financial strain, and reduced parental involvement in school activities. Studies show that parental incarceration severely impacts children's academic, behavioral and emotional school performance, poor peer relationships, increasing risks for low grades, grade retention, school exclusion (suspension/expulsion), higher dropout rates, subjected to being teased or bullied due to their parent's incarceration and have increased chances of contact with law enforcement and ultimately, the "school to prison pipeline". These behaviors are disproportionately higher in children whose MOTHER is the one incarcerated. Affected children are 60% more likely to live in poverty and 20% more likely to be behind in school. 

4/2/26. Columbus, GA Muscogee County School Board Candidates Forum (at large candidates)

Thanks to all who joined us to hear from at large candidates, Dr. Kia Chambers and her opponent, Dr. Sadiyah Abdullah on why they are the best for the seat and their priorities in addressing and supporting social justice and equity in the Muscogee County School District. 

Although she is running uncontested, we appreciate District 4 incumbent, Naomi Bucker for attending to connect with attendees. 

NOTE: ALL incumbents and candidates were invited. It is also worth noting that despite being emailed at their current school board emails AND their personal emails several times, incumbents Nickie Tillery (2), Mark Cantrell (6) & Margot Schley (did not respond to any of our invitations to participate. Bob Roth (candidate for 6 was initially planning to attend but was unable to at the last minute).

RELEVANT RESOURCES:

 

Thanks for joining us to hear from local and statewides candidates as they "pitched" for the votes of Columbus citizens. Candidates that "pitched" (in order of pitch). NOTE: ALL residents can vote for AT LARGE candidates. 

COLUMBUS MAYOR 

MUSCOGEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD 

Dr. Sadiyah Abdullah- At Large: https://sadiyahabdullahmcsb.com/ 

CITY COUNCIL 

STATE HOUSE: Elliot Valdez: District 139. https://www.votevaldezstatehouse.org/ 

STATE SENATE: Alyssa Nia Williams. District 15. www.NiaForGeorgia.com 

You Want the Vote? PITCH FOR IT!

4/1/26. Columbus, GA local and Statewide Candidates Virtual "Vote Pitch"

3/31/26. Columbus, GA Mayoral & City Council Districts 7 & 9 Forum

Thanks everyone who came out to hear from candidates for mayor and city council districts 7 & 9 on issues that matter....social and criminal justice! It was a packing house, standing room! 

From the data center to funding the new $478 million jail (the most expensive project in Columbus' history to slum lords and Southside neglect and blight to liveable wage jobs to crime to the importance in ending Columbus heavy dependency on slavery via the use of incarcerated labor, attendees were able to receive info they needed to make an informed decision at the polls. 

Special thanks to Barred Business and Columbus Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter Of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. (CMAC) for your partnership on this event and to the Phenix City chapter of Communities of Transformation for volunteering. Thanks to Dr. Natalie Nicole for streaming it live on her Facebook page.


Candidates who participated:
Mayor: Hugley For Mayor, Dr. Jaketra Bryant & Steve Kelly for Mayor of Columbus, GA 2026

City Council District 7: Laketha Ashe for District 7, Chiara Richardson For District 7 & Becca Zajac for City Council - District 7 

City Council District 9 (at large): Rocky Marsh for Columbus, Cathy Cook for Council, John Van Doorn for Columbus and John Anker for Columbus

NOTE: with the exception of Chris Breault who did not have a published email on his disclosure or on his website, ALL candidates running for mayor and were invited. (Joanne Cogle initially missed the deadline to respond but also had a conflict but did participate in our April 1st virtual candidates vote pitch.)

3/28/26. Fayetteville, GA. Voter Education Lunch N Learn & Screenings

In partnership with Merrill Chapel UMC and the Omega Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., we hosted a voter education lunch N Learn and screened two impactful films that addressed felony disenfranchisement and voter suppression. Thanks to Down Home Southern Catering, LLC. for the delicious lunch. 

As a reminder, don't forget that the last day to register for the May 19th elections is April 20th! 

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The city of Fayetteville is hosting 3 upcoming community townhalls regarding the proposed annexation and development requests along the Highway 54 West corridor and other other important issues so please go out to get your voice heard! The presentation will be available to view on https://www.fayetteville-ga.gov/652/Town-Hall-Meetings 

Stay updated on all things Fayetteville on the city's website and social media pages: 


- You can watch, share and host a screening of Page Dukes' film "Until We All Count" at https://www.representjustice.org/until-we-all-count

- You can watch, share and host a screening of our founder, Waleisah Wilson - Menefee's film "Working in Captivity: A Woman's Quest to End Slavery in Georgia" at https://www.representjustice.org/working-in-captivity

Key dates to remember 

  • April 20th- last day to register to vote is April 20th 
  • May 27th-May 15th- early voting. 
  • May 19th- election day 

To check your voter status, find a voting location, see candidates, request absentee ballots, update your address and more, visit GA’s My Voter Page at https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/ 

Voter protection hotline: To report voter suppression or if you have a legal question around voting, call 1 866 OUR VOTE (1 866 687 8683) 

HELPFUL RESOURCES & THINGS TO KNOW

  • 706 Citizen is a great civic engagement resource for Columbus citizens. See all the candidates, info on how to vote, city council and school meetings calendars and more, view 706 Citizen's 2026 Civic Engagement Flip book online at https://heyzine.com/flip-book/e757bb9a89.html 

VOTING WITH A FELONY IN GA

As a reminder, you CAN vote in Georgia with a felony. you just can't be: 

  1. currently on probation or parole (you can vote even if you owe restitution, fines and fees) 
  2. cannot currently be incarcerated for a felony or for violating felony probation 
  3. cannot have had your 1st offender status revoked and 
  4. you cannot have had your conditional discharge revoked 

3/11/26. 7pm. Know Your Voter Rights & Voting With a Felony in GA Webinar with Fair Count & VoteRiders

From key election deadlines, to the USPS's new postmark rule, to the importance of the Public Service Commission's role in rates for Georgia utilities to data centers to absentee ballot processes and deadlines to getting a free ID to busting myths about voting in Georgia with a felony to reporting problems at the poll, this webinar hosted in partnership with Fair Count and VoteRiders, provided attendees with critical and empowering info needed to make an informed decision at the polls and to support their civi engagement even after election day. 

Absentee Ballots: You must request an absentee ballot in order to receive one in the mail & you must be a registered voter in order to request one. Absentee ballots are an option for registered voters who prefer not to vote in person. You do not need an excuse to request an absentee ballot. Your County Registrar's Office must receive your ballot before the polls close on Election Day to be counted. 

  • You can request an absentee ballot application in several ways at https://georgia.gov/vote-absentee-ballot 
  • KEY UPCOMING ABSENTEE BALLOT DEADLINES 
    • May 19th’s Primary/Nonpartisan Election 3/2/26- (earliest day to request)
    • 5/8/2026 (last day to submit) 4/04/2026 (earliest day for a registrar to mail it) 
    • June 16th's Primary/Nonpartisan Election RUNOFF 3/30/26- (earliest day to request)
    • 6/5/2026 (last day to submit) 5/02/2026 (earliest day for a registrar to mail it)
  • You can request an absentee ballot from your local board of elections in Columbus, GA at 3111 Citizens Way. Not in Columbus? Find your county registrar at https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/county-election-offices 

3/13/26. Atlanta. Founder attends PICS training, gets certified

Each year, approximately 7.6 million people reenter their family lives, communities and workforces from U.S. jails and prisons. Carceral trauma, coupled with the difficult transition process, impacts nearly everyone around them. PICS positions incarceration as a system‐produced chronic traumatic stressor, not an individual
pathology.

Our founder, attended a 4-hour train-the-trainer training, provided by Dr. Nicole Wiesen, that equipped facilitators, social workers, peer leaders, clinicians and interdisciplinary teams with a structured framework for understanding the physical and mental impacts of incarceration, recently identified as Post-Incarceration Syndrome (PICS).

Those in attendance left certified and equipped to deliver
rigorous, ethically-grounded, trauma‐informed instruction on PICS that  integrates professional trauma literature, public‐health research, correctional mental‐health scholarship and lived‐experience praxis.

3/11/26- 4pm. Columbus, GA City Council District 5 Candidate Talks Social & Criminal Justice

Thanks to everyone who came out to hear from city council district 5 candidate, Robert Watkins, to hear his vision for the district and the city, including social and criminal justice issues. The invitation was sent to the incumbent, but was declined. 

We'd also like to thank local district 7 candidate Becca Zajac for attending as well.

If you missed it, you can click here to watch the recording.

Friday, March 6, 2026. 6pm-10pm.

Shanequa & Sharon G. attend ATL screening of Oscar nominated "The Alabama Solution"

Thanks to our board directors, Shanequa & Sharon G. for representing and going out to support Barred Business for their screening of the Oscar nominated "The Alabama Solution" and hear from a dynamic panel! If you haven't seen it, it is a must watch to give you a true look at what is happening inside those prison walls and just how much human life is disregarded, all for the sake of profit!

3/4/26- Columbus, GA City Council District 3 Candidates Talk Social & Criminal Justice

Thanks to everyone who attended our candidates forum to hear from Columbus city council District 3 candidates, Sherrie Aaron & Zack Lee to hear about issues candidates often fail to address: social and criminal justice issues. 

We'd also like to thank local mayoral candidates, Steve Kelly & Dr. Jaketra Bryant for attending as well as candidate for Lt. Governor, Richard Wright. 

If you missed it, you can click here to watch the recording.

You can click here to watch the WTVM News Leader 9 coverage. 

2/24/26- Justice Day Was Amazing!

Thanks to our board directors (Sharon G, Shanequa, Tabatha and Waleisah) and volunteers who attended Justice Day at the Capitol last week on February 24th in Atlanta. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table to connect and congrats to the 2 winners of our cash giveaway! From legislative and parole reform panels, to breakout sessions, networking, connecting with resources, participating in creative labs to going to the Capitol to connect with legislators, the event's theme "Joyful Resistance: A Day of Storytelling, Solidarity and Action" was truly realized. 

Special thanks to our volunteers and supporters, Bria, Tawanda and Terrameka for coming out to assist and support us and Waleisah's friend State Representative Teddy Reese for committing to stop by to speak to all in attendance. 

Our Work in the Community- 2025

Reimigining Safety & Community Care Without Police & Prisons

12/19/25. Atlanta Theatre. 
Founder Sits On Panel of Barred Business' Film Screening & Panel Discussion with Film Producer Jordan Flaherty & Local Abolitionists.

Our founder, Waleisah Wilson-Menefee, joined an amazing panel of revolutionaries, visionaries and storytellers at Barred Business' film screening and panel discussion with award winning film producer, Jordan Flaherty, to discuss his new film "Space to Breathe" and discuss envisioning a world without police and prisons and reimagining safety and community care! 

Space to Breathe, a 21 min short film set in a Utopian future of 2070 where Black and Indigenous ancestors have succeeded in prison abolition after decades of struggle, is an abolitionist, Afrofuturist science fiction hybrid documentary that celebrates the closing of the last prison in the U.S., celebrating the achievement and understanding the principles of transformative justice and looks "back" at how today's movements built that future. 

Mixing archive footage with the voices of contemporary revolutionaries and abolitionist artists from across the US, including Atlanta's very own Women On The Rise's freedom work with their #CloseTheJailATL campaign, Space to Breathe teaches us that our battles for a better world are not in vain and that prioritizing safety and community care over cages can be achieved! 

12/4/25- Macon, GA
Founder Attends SOLVE Network's Georgia Southern Roadshow to Address the Assault on Voting Rights in the South!

Our founder, Waleisah, traveled to Macon to attend the SOLVE Southern Tour, hosted by Fair Count, New Disabled South, ProGeorgia and the Southern Leadership for Voter Engagement (SOLVE) network, where she connected with voting rights advocates, SOLVE network members and grassroots leaders to learn, strategize to defend democracy and build power. Housed under the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), SOLVE is a multi-state nonpartisan collaborative of more than 300 grassroots organizations dedicated to sharing strategies, resources, and support in the ongoing struggle to protect and expand voting rights. 

No region of the country has been more affected by this dangerous retreat from equitable voting access than the South. You can read the Southern Coalition for Social Justices' full report on the State of the South: Voting Rights Under Assault, that documents how southern voters of color, young voters and those with disabilities have been targeted with repressive laws and policies that undermine the hard-fought progress secured during the Civil Rights era, at https://southerncoalition.org/voting-rights/solve/state-of-the-south-voting-rights-under-assault/

10/19/25-10/21/25- Memphis, TN
Board Members Attend FICPFM's Quest 4 Democracy Training in Memphis, TN!

Board members Waleisah & Tabatha, joined other formerly incarcerated leaders from Georgia and across the country in Memphis, TN for the 2025 QuestForDemocracy convening to connect, strategize and hear about transformative work being done to lift up equity, freedom, liberation, healing and ways to protect democracy and voter rights. 

One of the special highlights and irony of the trip for Waleisah was to be in a city that was currently being occupied by the National Guard, where Dr. King fought for freedom (and was later assassinated) to strategize with other freedom fighters on protecting our civil liberties and persevering in our quest for democracy and freedom while having   patroning the restaurant of another freedom fighter, Willie Moore, an elder civil rights activist who marched alongside Dr. King. in Memphis just before Dr. King's assassination. He shared his experiences with Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement, thanked them for their activism and encouraged us to stay strong and to never give up in the fight from freedom and true equality. 

9/27/25- Columbus, GA
Probation & Parole Listening (& Feedback) Session

Thanks to everyone who came out to learn more about our collective work to reform probation and parole in Georgia, to share your personal experiences "on paper" to help us gather critical feedback. Thanks to REFORM Alliance & All of Us or None- Atlanta Chapter for your partnership. Congrats to everyone who won cash giveaways in addition to the $50 stipends that everyone received for attending. Thanks to Down Home Southern Catering, LLC. for the delicious food!

$50 stipends and additional cash giveaways were made possible with grant funding received from the HOAPE Coalition via the Heising-Simons Foundation.

9/12 & 9/13: Columbus, GA
Resources, Know Your Rights (Voting with a Felony, Early Termination of Probation & Parole and Restoration of Gun Rights

If you missed us in Columbus on 9/12/25 & 9/13/25, you missed some great info on local resources, voting rights (with a felony), early termination of probation and parole and restoration of gun rights. Thanks to everyone who came out to the events and congrats to all who won the cash giveaways. Special thanks to our Columbus partners, Goodwill Career Center, St. James AME and N. Columbus Library for your partnership and support of those we serve. 

Event activities were made possible with funding from the HOAPE Coalition via the Heising-Simons Foundation.

From Incarceration to Inspiration: 
Founder featured in ATL Voyager as one of ATL’s most inspiring stories. 

Our Founder, Waleisah Wilson - Menefee, was featured in ATL Voyager as one of ATL’s most inspiring stories. Click here to check our her story! 

June 2025. Waleisah Accepted Into YWCA Greater Atlanta's Georgia Women’s Policy Institute's (GWPI) Signature training

Congrats to our founder Waleisah-Wilson Menefee for being accepted into the 2025 GWPI cohort! On Saturday, June 28th, Waleisah attended the first cohort training for YWCA Greater Atlanta's Georgia Women’s Policy Institute's (GWPI) Signature training program where she attended a full day of training, connected with her fellow cohort members and heard from GWPI alumni, State Representative Kim Schofield..

Each year, GWPI empowers Georgia women to become a part of the policymaking process by providing training in leadership, advocacy, and civic engagement. GWPI fellows meet over the course of one year for education, team building, and hands-on learning to develop and support state-level policy proposals and work collaboratively on a real world policy project that impacts the lives of women and girls in Georgia with a focus in 3 areas: Economic Empowerment & Health and Safety, Reproductive Justice and Racial Justice!

#2025GAReentryAwarenessMonth

COLUMBUS, GA (July 1st, 2nd & 6th)

We'd like to thank everyone who came out to support us for our #2025GAReentryAwarenessMonth events in Columbus, GA. From our community partners to justice impacted people, their families and our allies, we than you for attending one of more of our events that connected the justice impacted community and their families to employment, resources, voter education, fellowship, worship, free meals and cash giveaways but most importantly...SUPPORT! Appreciative thanks to Journalist Ashlee Williams for documenting 3 of the events and for putting together a beautiful video to summarize the work we do in Columbus. 

Congrats to all the winners of cash giveaways, including those who won 1st ($100), 2nd ($50) and 3rd ($25) place prizes for your dynamic creative submissions for our 3rd annual ballots and bites voter education arts contest. 

Special thanks to the sponsors of the events: Columbus Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter (CMAC) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Georgia Equality, REFORM Alliance, Dr. Jaketra Bryant and Living On Purpose ATL

Click the image below to watch the Ash On Air video recap coverage produced by Columbus, GA Journalist Ashlee Williams o our YouTube page. You can also click here to watch it. 

#2025GA Reentry Awareness Month Virtual Events

From addressing the challenges to reentry for Georgians impacted by the registry to record restrictions and pardons, to creating financial documents in excel to budget or manage your small business finances to learning about a program that exclusively helps justice impacted people build fianancial capabiloty through financial education, banking and entrepreneurship, attendees received very valueable info and resources to help them and their loved ones with upward mobility.  Thanks to our partners of the virtual events: Restore Georgia, Justice Reform Partnership, Dekalb Co. Library, Fulton Country Deputy DA Ramona Toole and First Step Alliance (New Jersey). 

#2025GAReentryAwarenessMonth

Ellenwood, GA (July 31st)

Thanks to everyone who came out to the last of our #2025GAReentryAwarenessMonth events, a 2nd Chance job & resource fair in that was held in Ellenwood. Thanks for coming out to connect with all of the criminal record friendly employers, housing and resource providers. Special thanks to the vendors but most importantly to the sponsors: Georgia Equality, REFORM Alliance, Sources of Light Hub and Living On Purpose ATL. Congrats, to the 2 winners of the $25 cash giveaway, Ms. Love & Mr. Williams. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE EVENT.

7/15/25 Directors attend a GA Safety Coalition Meeting

In an effort to establish new community relationships and resources to support those we serve, Waleisah & Sharon G. attended a lunch and learn session in Smyrna, GA to connect with reentry providers and other criminal justice reform advocates, including representatives from the DOC, to hear about REFORM Alliance's Georgia Safety Coalition's focus areas, goals and plans for correctional reform in the state. 

5/18/25. Columbus. GA. The Empty Seat at the (Mother's Day) Table: Supporting Mothers with Incarcerated Children. 

We'd like to thank Pastor James C. Tucker & his congregation at Mind Of Christ Ministries Intl for being a welcoming church to us and justice impacted people on yesterday and for having a heart for the people in the community for which it serves. Special thanks to our board director, Kelton Biggs, a member of MOCMI, for facilitating our new relationship and partnership with MOCMI. On Sunday, May 25th, our founder, Waleisah Wilson-Menefee, traveled to Columbus to speak to, worship with and fellowship with mothers of currently (and formerly) incarcerated children who experienced an empty seat at the table this past Mother's Day.

After the service, we treated them and other justice impacted people and their families, to dinner to support them and connect them to Dr. Jaketra Bryant, a certified family therapist who works with families impacted by mass incarceration and the effects of carceral separation.

You can check out the live streaming of the service on their Facebook page here or on their YouTube page here. If your would like to connect to a welcoming and judgement free place of worship, please visit Mind of Christ on Sundays at 11:15am at 3007 Clover Lane, Columbus, GA. 31903. Website: www.mocminternational.com

5/6/25 & 5/7/26- Irma attends SAMHSA's 1.5 day Sequential Intercept Model Mapping Workshop in Columbus, GA.

On May 6th & 7th, Board Director Irma, attended SAMHSA's 1.5 day Sequential Intercept Model Mapping Workshop in Columbus, GA. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) is a federal agency whose misson is to improve the quality and availability of mental health and substance abuse treatment services. 

The workshop, hosted and facilitated by SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation brought together key local criminal justice, behavioral health, and community stakeholders to identify existing resources for responding to the needs of adults with mental and substance use disorders who are involved or at risk for involvement in the criminal justice system, as well as gaps in services and opportunities for cross-system collaboration and partnerships. 

The work that Irma and others accomplished will result in the development of strategies for identifying and diverting individuals with mental health and addiction needs out of the criminal justice system, creating local priorities for change, strategic action plans and connecting them with community-based treatment providers and support services. Irma will be a part of the Collaboration and Resource Collection Committee and we thank her for her service and commitment to those we serve in the Columbus, GA area! 

4/26/25- We Partnered with Georgia Legal Services for their Columbus Record Restriction event. 

Our Board Directors, Andrea & Irma, joined our partners at Georgia Legal Services to host a recor restriction event to remove non-convictions from attendees criminal records. Thanks to Andrea & Irma for your dedication and for GLSP for your partnership. 

4/23/25- We Tabled at Columbus DCS's Resource & Wellness Fair

Board Director, Irma, braved the heat and tabled at the Columbus Dept. of Community Supervision's Resource and Wellness Fair held at Safehouse ministries. Thanks to all who stopped by our tableto connect with Irma to hear about our services.  

3/11/25- Hapeville, GA. Board Directors Waleisah & Tabatha speak and show their films at Women on The Rise's Women's History Month Event. (Photo Credit: Women on the Rise)

As guests at Women on the Rise's monthly membership meeting to honor Women's History Month, both Waleisah & Tabatha shared their testimony and how they moved from pain to power and how their pain and passion for the work they do as activists and nonprofit leaders motivated them to produce short documentaries that allowed them to express their advocacy through the arts. Members and attendees also heard from Reentry Arts Connection who shared ways to tell your own story and make your voice heard through the arts. 

Tabatha is the founder of Woman With a Plan, a Georgia nonprofit that support women in recovery and those who have returned home from incarceration. Waleisah is the founder of this nonprofit, an entrepreneur and the chapter lead for All of Us or None GA where their current campaign is to amend GA's constitutional law that still legalizes the enslavement of people convicted of a crime. Both women created their films as a part of their roles as ambassadors with Represent Justice, a national organization that supports the advocacy of formerly incarcerated people by funding their needs to amplify their advocacy and activism through the arts. 

You can watch both films on YouTube: 

2/25/25- Justice Day at the Capitol

2/25/25. Justice Day at the Capitol. Atlanta. Thanks for stopping by our table at Justice Day! If you weren't able to make it to this year's Justice Day (2/25/25) to connect with justice reform advocates, hear informative panels, attend engaging workshops, learn about pending good and bad laws or go to the capitol to speak with your legislator, you missed a treat! Board Vice Chair, Shanequa, presented tips and best practices on how to advocate for an incarcerated loved one, especially those in need of medical or mental health care, are older, LGBTQ, in need of protection and/or have been subjected to sexual harassment or rape. You can access the tips, best practices, learn how to know where your loved one is in the system, the emails and phone numbers of who to contact at the Department of Corrections, here.

  • If you attended, please complete the attendee/participant feedback form here.
  • Watch the Justice Day recap on YouTube here 
  • See all of the slides and handouts (including ours on advocating for an incarcerated loved one's care and safety) at justicereformpartnership.org/justicedayresources. 

2/22/25- Fair Count's Partners Networking & Strategy Luncheon

Board Director, Irma, attended the in person luncheon to connect with other voter rights advocates in Columbus. 

Photo Credit: Fair Count

2/13/25. Columbus GA. Record Restriction Townhall (in partnership with GA Legal Services Program)

We'd like to thank Georgia Legal Services & Goodwill of the Southern Rivers for their partnership on the record restriction townhall held in Columbus, GA to give information to justice-involved individuals regarding restricting non-convictions on their criminal record. Thanks to our dedicated  team, Irma, Andrea, Kelton, Juanisha and Waleisah who attended and offered support. 

2024

11/18/24- Our founder was guest panelist on the issue of the faith community's role in supporting families impacted by sex registries

11/14/24- Hosted virtual screening & discussion on mental illness & substance use disorder

11/2/24- Canvassed in Columbus, GA with Fair Count to Get Out the Vote

10/26/24- Canvassed with Fair Count in Columbus, GA

10/26/24- Provided Education & Conducted Get Out The Vote Activities at ATL's Vote in My Honor Rally

10/19/24- Canvassed with Fair Count in Columbus, GA

10/17/24- Co-Hosted Hapeville, GA Dinner & Introduction to Restorative Justice Event for Formerly Incarcerated Mothers

9/22/24- In person screening of our founder's film that focuses on ending prison labor in Georgia

9/27/24- Invited to Table at Columbus, GA Recovery on The River community resource fair

9/10/24- Our founder moderated a New Disabled South Panel

8/15/24- Our founder was a panelist at NACDL's 23rd Annual State Criminal Justice Network Conference

7/30/24- Reclaim Your Vote: Voting with a Felony in Georgia & Early Probation Termination (in partnership with GA Justice Project)

7/24/24- Reentry & Education Focus Group & Discussion (in partnership with DeKalb Co. Library)

7/20/24- Dinner & Fellowship- Formerly Incarcerated People & Families

7/17/24- Hosted Webinar on the Challenges to Reentry for Special Populations

7/5/24- Grocery Giveaway in Douglasville, GA

7/1/24- Voter Education in Columbus, GA

JULY 2024- We hosted our month-long 8th Annual Reentry Awareness Month Events

6/23/24- Our founder delivers NARSOL conference keynote speech

6/22/24- Board Director get honorary doctorate from Morehouse College

6/15/24- Provided Voter Education at New GA Project's F.I.R.E. event in ATL (Mechanicville)

4/16-4/18 Chay attends NARP conference

4/17- Chay in Chicago to advocate for housing

4/10/24- Voter Ed in Columbus, GA

4/8-4/11- Shanequa Advocates for Housing

4/5-5/6- Chay goes to Arlington, VA

Chay, Fox, Kemba & DeAnna

4/4/24- Andez & Andrea Provide Voter Education

3/13/24- Chay Goes to D.C.

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