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Who Speaks for Me

Mission

Who Speaks for Me? is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We are an advocacy and activist-driven prison abolition organization, working to create alternatives to incarceration for women, girls and LGBTQ people who are impacted by the justice system. Our programs center the voices of justice-impacted women, girls and LGBTQ people, to share their experiences, with the goal of creating a Trauma-Informed Justice System to interrupt and dismantle the Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline™. We work to dismantle systems of oppression that intersect with becoming justice-involved and create a healing space for those impacted by trauma before, during and/or post incarceration. We specifically focus on justice-involved BIPOC who are women, girls and LGBTQ people.

Who Speaks For Me has received a Community Organizing Grant from the Peace Development Fund and all of the money raised from this fundraiser will be added to that grant to help support their organizing in 2021.  Please consider making a contribution today to support them and read more about their work below.

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Who Speaks for Me? has the following programs:

*Speakers Bureau of Returning Citizens--"Sharing Our Stories to Reclaim Our Lives: Raising Awareness about the Journey on the Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline";

*Reading/Writing Group for Women & LGBTQ who are finishing their time at Halfway Houses in DC Metropolitan Area or on probation--"Sharing Our Stories to Reclaim Our Lives: Understanding the Journey on the Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline";

Homeless Women's Direct Service Project--Providing Hygiene, Clothing, PPE and Advocacy for Women & LGBTQ living in low-barrier shelters or hotels;

Mobile Phones for Housing Insecure Pregnant Women; and

Trauma-Informed Trainings for Gatekeepers including: criminal judges, prosecutors, mental health workers, defense attorneys, and jail and prison staff.

How is Who Speaks For Me helping their community work toward justice through the COVID-19 pandemic?

"Who Speaks for Me is helping our community work towards justice during COVID-19 by advocating for quality safe affordable housing for women and LGBTQ people who are homeless. We are also providing webinars featuring Returning Citizens sharing their stories of the collateral consequences of mass incarceration, especially during a pandemic. Who Speaks for Me is collaborating with local grassroots organizations to interrupt and dismantle systems of oppression that directly impact system -impacted women, girls and LGBTQ people, especially unequal access to healthcare, housing and employment."

Website: https://www.whospeaks4me.org/

Who Speaks for Me? is a participant in Grassroots Funding Week, a week-long crowdfunding campaign that supports several social justice organizations from across the country. 

Click on the links below to read about other organizations participating in Grassroots Funding Week. 

Monday: We Want Justice, Not More Jails! 

Change Comes Now - Lake Park, Florida 

Decarcerate, Inc - Little Rock, Arkansas

Human Rights Coalition - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tuesday: Housing is a Human Right 

Springfield No One Leaves - Springfield, Massachusetts 

Fund for Empowerment - Phoenix, Arizona 

Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending - Worcester, Massachusetts 

Wednesday: Healing Our Communities and Our Land  

Communities for Clean Water - Taos, New Mexico 

Whiteswan Environmental - Bellingham, Washington 

Coal River Mountain Watch - Naoma, West Virginia 

Thursday: Intersectionality is Our Power 

NNLB United - New York, New York 

Who Speaks for Me - Washington, D.C.

Detroit Area Youth Uniting Michigan - Detroit, Michigan 

Friday: Economic Justice For All  

Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights - Olympia, Washington

Haymarket Pole Collective - Portland, Oregon 

For more information, visit: www.peacedevelopmentfund.org 

The Peace Development Fund works to build the capacity of community-based organizations through grants, training and other resources as partners in human rights and social justice movements.