Our Platforms
- Raising awareness about persisting injustices and barriers in today's society
- Challenging the racial bias in the criminal justice system
- Providing aid to the homeless
- Striving for quality education and equal access to resources
Some Current U.S. Disproportionate Statistics
- The U.S. has 5% of the world’s population but nearly 25% of world’s incarcerated people
- African Americans make up 42% of people on death row but only 13% of US population
- 1 in 3 black males born in this century are expected to be incarcerated
- 1972 = 200,000 people incarcerated in U.S. → 2.2 million people today
- African-Americans make up 28% of Oakland’s population, but disproportionately account for 70% of the homeless population