Barred Business is a group started in 2020 by formerly incarcerated Black women.E. program for formerly incarcerated women and works on bail, voting rights and fair laws for people with records. People with records and their families can join as members.
Ebenezer Baptist Church is a historic church in Atlanta., in person and online. It also offers a Wednesday evening discussion group, a children and youth chapel, and classes for new members.
Black Push Inc. is an Atlanta group that speaks up on social justice, voter suppression, and gun violence, and helps people coming out of incarceration get back on their feet. They hold voter turnout events called Party at the Polls and help formerly incarcerated people find jobs and get their civil rights restored.
The Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Collaborative is a community agency near Ebenezer Baptist Church. It puts several kinds of help for families in one place, such as job and money training, free tax help, housing classes and emergency help to stay housed. Its goal is to help families become self-sufficient.
Georgia Innocence Project is a nonprofit law firm. It gives free legal help to a very small number of people convicted in Georgia of serious crimes they did not commit. It also helps freed clients rebuild their lives and works to prevent wrongful convictions.
The Southern Center for Human Rights works for fairness and dignity for people hurt by the criminal legal system in the Deep South. Its site talks about big lawsuits, work to change policy, and public campaigns.
Atlanta Community Support Project is a group run by people who have been affected by the criminal legal system. It holds trainings and community events. It also connects volunteer lawyers with jailhouse lawyers to work on parole and post-conviction cases in Georgia.
The Atlanta Alliance is the Atlanta branch of a national group that works against racism and police violence. It is working to close Fulton County Jail and end cash bail there. It holds regular Tuesday evening meetings and stands with families of people killed by police or who died in jail.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private foundation based in Baltimore that works across the country to improve life for children, young people and families. It shares research, data and guides, and it makes grants to agencies and community groups. It also runs an Atlanta Civic Site that works with families in Southside Atlanta's NPU-V neighborhoods.
Justice for Johnny Hollman is a community campaign that speaks up for accountability after an Atlanta police officer tased and killed a church deacon during a 2023 traffic stop. The page shares updates on the criminal case and lawsuit, calls supporters out to rallies and gatherings, and asks people to help the family through a fundraiser linked in its bio. Anyone can follow along on Instagram to learn about the case and join the push for justice.
Reform Georgia is a volunteer-run, statewide group that studies Georgia's justice system and speaks up for changes like ending cash bail, shrinking probation, and making it easier to clear a criminal record. It shares data and ways to take action, and it collects stories from people affected by the system. It does not provide legal help or direct services.
All of Us or None ATL is a grassroots group that organizes for the rights of people who are currently or formerly incarcerated, and their families, in the Atlanta area. Their current campaign works to end the part of Georgia's constitution that still allows slavery and forced labor as punishment for a crime. People can follow their advocacy and join their organizing through social media.
Community Over Cages is a group of national and local organizations working to put fewer people in jail in Fulton County. It speaks to lawmakers, writes research for the public, and backs support for public defenders. Community members can learn, speak up, volunteer, give, or share their own story.