National Bail Out
In the spirit of Harriet Tubman and other strategic radical abolitionists, Color of Change is collaborating with Southerners On New Ground, Movement for Black Lives and several activist organizations and putting our skills, resources, and money together to pay for our loved ones’ freedom. It's called National Bail Out Day, and we are bailing out Black people across the country for Father's Day, Juneteenth, and Pride.
At least 80 percent of women caged behind bars are mothers who have only been accused of minor offenses but not found guilty. The reason they are still in jail and separated from their families is because they are too poor to afford bail.
One in nine Black children have a parent who is incarcerated. There are more Black men in prison than there were enslaved in 1850 and over the last three decades, the percentage of Black women incarcerated has increased by 700%. Black LGBTQ and gender nonconforming people are overrepresented in local jails and are more likely to be abused once in jail.
We have the power to right this wrong and provide Black women, fathers and LGBTQ folks with their human right to be treated innocent until proven guilty. But we still need $20,000 to make sure these National Bail Out Days reach the airwaves and the freed Black people have the media coverage and support needed when they are bailed out.Will you chip-in to make the reuniting of Black people with their families visible and demand an end to modern-day debtors prisons?
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