Community Justice takes all of us. Our team at Queens Community Justice Center was joined by the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, the Muslim Bar Association of New York, and Queens-based juice shop We Juicing to provide 300 turkeys, free Mets tickets, and delicious juices to the Queens community.
“Reentry to me, is a second chance at life,” said Ramon Semorile, who runs the Reentry Anonymous Group at Bronx Community Solutions. Ramon and his team gathered community partners together at Hostos College in the Bronx to connect people returning from incarceration to help with housing, health care, employment opportunities, and other crucial needs. After the resource fair, returning citizens spoke on a panel about how their own experiences with incarceration and reentry help them to support others now embarking on the same journey.
One in four women and one in seven men have experienced intimate partner violence. Domestic violence is not a private issue, it is a community issue that calls for community-based solutions. Like our RISE Project shows every year with a bike ride, press conference, and candlelight vigil, Community Justice means raising our voices for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
“When Brownsville wins, everybody wins.” The [B]Live Music and Arts Festival has brought thousands of community members together over the years for music, dance, creativity, and connection in Brownsville, Brooklyn. A celebration of Brownsville’s resilience and talent produced by young people from the neighborhood, it’s a powerful example of what Community Justice can look like. Organized in partnership with BRIC, this year’s [B]Live featured delicious food, art exercises, local service providers, and performances from iconic artists like Dave East, Cassidy, and Jesse Royal.
At the “Coffee Corner,” a partnership between our Brooklyn Justice Initiatives team and Fountain House, participants in New York City’s Supervised Release Program can stop by for a friendly conversation and free coffee, tea, or soda. There are no strings attached—just a human exchange over a refreshing drink. This is Community Justice. Read more about this important work.
The Center for Justice Innovation is a community justice organization that centers safety and racial justice in partnership with communities, courts, and the people most impacted. We have worked for nearly 30 years to build safe, thriving communities by creating and operating innovative programs, conducting field-leading research, and sharing what we learn with justice systems and communities across the country.
Governments across the country are shoring up responses to crime, rather than minimizing the need for these responses in the first place. Highlighting recent research and encouraging examples of innovation, this policy brief makes the case that community safety is part of community justice, and that public safety investment needs to be expanded "upstream," beyond the boundaries of the criminal legal system.
This fact sheet provides a brief description of the history, approach, and documented results of the Midtown Community Justice Center, one of the country's first problem-solving courts. It also gives an overview of the Justice Center's programming in areas such as social services, community engagement, and diversion programs.
Housing justice is a through line in the Center for Justice Innovation’s efforts to build safety and racial justice. In our new video, you’ll meet tenants, Center staff, and partners from the community and government working to prevent evictions, respond to tenant needs, and support access to safe, stable, and affordable housing.
The Recovery and Reform team provides high-quality training and technical assistance to improve community and legal system responses to behavioral health and reduce harm to individuals and communities. This work is guided by our values: person-centered practices, equitable collaboration, transformative impact, and anti-racist and anti-oppressive framework. Learn more about this team's work and how they can assist jurisdictions and communities across the country.
