It takes a Village.
Organizers, land stewards, scholars and neighbors — many of us directly impacted by incarceration — building Human Justice from Brooklyn to the Finger Lakes.
Our team
The people doing the work.
“People are fulfilled to the extent that they create their world (which is a human world), and create it with their transforming labor.”
Read bio of Kyung-Ji Kate Rhee“Life without freedom is no life, even if the freedom we seek has never been known to us in this lifetime.”
Read bio of Chino Hardin“Knowledge is power.”
Read bio of Terrance Sumpter
Village voices
Shaped by Communiversity. Leading the block.
“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free!”
Read bio of Brittany V.Z. Smith“If it doesn’t apply, let it fly.”
Read bio of Rocky Covington“Some things are better left unsaid… go with the flow.”
Read bio of Jalisa Armstrong
Our board
Guided by movement elders and builders.
Joe CoelloChair
Orisanmi Burton
Robert Fullilove, Ph.D.
Lori Adelman
Nuri Nusrat
Rahkii Holman
MJ Williams
Marlon Peterson
Danny GloverHonorary
In loving memory
The Late Gus NewportEmeritus · We will always remember you!
The Late Ibrahim Abdul-MatinEmeritus · We will always love you!