About Justice Beyond PunishmenT
The Justice Beyond Punishment Collaborative is a narrative and culture change initiative made up of more than 10 organizations in New York state dedicated to strengthening our movements' efforts for narrative change around violence, punishment, safety, and justice. Centering the leadership of directly impacted people and addressing the fundamental racism in the current narratives, JBPC is working to end state violence and the reliance on punishment, criminalization, and incarceration as the primary responses to interpersonal violence, and to advance more just and effective approaches to safety and justice. Our objectives are to build power and solidarity around shared and cooperative understandings, messages, and efforts, and to develop tools and resources for those active in the movements to end mass incarceration and carceral punishment. Together, we are building powerful narratives towards justice beyond punishment.
Who We Are
The Justice Beyond Punishment Collaborative is led by the Center for Justice at Columbia University, and past and present members include the Center for Constitutional Rights, Color of Change, Community Capacity Development, Common Justice, The Drug Policy Alliance, Girls for Gender Equity, How Our Lives Link Altogether (H.O.L.L.A!), The National Council for Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP), the Surveillance Resistance Lab, and V-Day. The Campaign also includes individual collaborators Kathleen Pequeño, and Sharon White-Harrigan.
Charlene Allen and Cameron Rasmussen steward the Justice Beyond Punishment Campaign with thanks to past steward Raphael Eissa.
Support
The Justice Beyond Punishment Campaign is made possible through the generous support of Trinity Church Wall Street