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The POWER of change

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People often don’t realize the true driving force behind the justice reform movement — women. The women on this page are real movers and shakers who have worked and sacrificed to effect significant, positive change in the criminal justice system. 

Sistas With Voices is a reentry and prison reform and advocacy group who advocated on behalf of prisoners during the Coronavirus emergency
The women of Beauty Behind Bars strive to bring healing and inner freedom to incarcerated women who have suffered trauma at the hands of an abuser
the California Coalition for Women Prisoners has been a power to be reckoned with in the push to end Life- Without-Parole sentences
Ella Baker was a force to be reckoned with, fighting tirelessly for civil rights. Her efforts resulted in the naming of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in her honor.
the Essie Justice Group rallies behind women who have been impacted by the criminal justice system and mass incarceration
HOUSES of HEALING by Robin Casarjian
Robin Casarjian is the executive director of the Lionheart Foundation and founder of the Houses of Healing correspondence program, working to bring true inner healing to incarcerated people.
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