Victoria Herrmann, one of our 2017 JMK Innovation Prize Awardees, was named one of Saving Places "40 under 40." Read more about Victoria, and the rest of the forty recipients: 40 Under 40: People Saving Places.
The California-based non-profit is changing its name to Freedom for Immigrants to better reflect its mission to free all people from the bonds of immigration detention.
Stephanie Gibbs of Safe Passage Project, as well as Irma Solis from NYCLU, speak about how the Department of Justice, ICE, and the local police are violating due process of immigrant children on the podcast "Pod Save the People." Listen
Gina Clayton and her colleagues at Essie Justice Group were highlighted in Vogue for their fight to reform the Criminal Justice system. Read the full article: A Matter of Justice
Christina Fialho and Christina Mansfield, founders of Social Justice grantee CIVIC, were recently awarded The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for their work to end isolation and create human conditions for immigrants in detention centers. Click here to read more:
Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) has been included in ArtPlace America's recent report as a case study. Click here to read the report: Farther, Faster, Together: How Arts and Culture Can Accelerate Environmental Progress.
Esq. Apprentice, 2017 JMK Innovation Prize awardee, was recently featured on The Root. Click here to watch the video: These Future Attorneys Are Skipping Law School
David Muhammed, a 2017 JMK Innovation Prize Awardee, writes about the desperately needed paradigm shift in the administration of youth justice in Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. Click here to read more: Local Restorative Justice Could Be Best Kind of Diversion
Brandon Dennison, one of the Fund's 2015 JMK Innovation Prize awardees, was named WV Living's West Virginian of the Year. Read the whole article here: Revisioning Appalachia
Bob Libal of Grassroots Leadership, one of our recent Social Justice Grantees, was named one of the "15 More People Changing the Nonprofit World" by Philanthropy.com. Read the full article here: 15 More People Changing the Nonprofit World