The Alliance of Families of Justice, AFJ, exists to support, empower, and mobilize families and individuals impacted by the criminal justice system. Our campaign, Through Another Lens, allows AFJ families to share what it would feel like to be reunited with their loved ones. Because when a loved one is incarcerated it changes everything. The feelings of shame, social stigma, and loss of financial support are overwhelming. We want you to know these families. Hear from them. Understand them. And fight for them.

 
 

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During the month of August, the AFJ team held a family healing retreat. Close to 30 people joined and participated in yoga, meditation, singing bowls, writing exercises, art therapy, a nature walk, guided in-depth healing conversations, stretching ex
Please join us on September 22,2022, from 6-9:00 pm at The People's Forum to celebrate our growing community, our resilience, and our hope and vision for the future. While our community has endured and continues to endure many hardships, AFJ is emerg
The Fierce Urgency of Now! #BlackPhilanthropyMonth may be coming to a close, but the mission behind it is forever. Today's give for #BPM2022 is giving your word. We challenge you to think about what that means and how you apply it daily. Giving our w
The Alliance of Families for Justice is thrilled to announce that Our executive director, Soffiyah Elijah, has been selected as one of the honorees for the Black Women Give Back List from @womensphilanthropy, @blkphilanthropymonth and @thewisefundoff

Protesting new policies issued by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to create more unnecessary hurdles for families to send packages to their incarcerated loved ones. Advocating for the restoration of full-contact visits so visitors can hug and kiss their family members. Maintaining frequent, quality contact with their loved ones during incarceration is critical to retaining family bonds. Demanding sexually intrusive dog searches on visitors stop immediately.

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