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Oct 30th 2024
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Coldwater Kitchen: A Culinary Approach to Prison Reform and Advocacy
This story is featured in the Michigan Justice Fund’s 2023 Annual Report. The criminal legal system – which touches one out of three Americans – can be shifted by reforming...
Jul 30th 2024
Strengthening the Workforce: Michigan Works! Initiative to Support Returning Citizens
This story is featured in the Michigan Justice Fund’s 2023 Annual Report. Headquartered in Lansing, Michigan Works! is deeply integrated into local communities through offices and physical service centers...
Jul 29th 2024
Reentry Through Relationships: How A Brighter Way Empowers Justice-Involved Individuals in Washtenaw County
This story is featured in the Michigan Justice Fund’s 2023 Annual Report. Fueled by personal experiences and a deep knowledge of the challenges of reentry, the founders developed programs...
Jul 29th 2024
Empowering Change: How GRWRC’s New Beginnings Program Transforms the Lives of Incarcerated Women
This story is featured in the Michigan Justice Fund’s 2023 Annual Report. Throughout its history, GRWRC has been a trailblazer, introducing innovative approaches tailored to uplift disadvantaged populations and...
Jul 29th 2024
Community Foundation is a ‘force multiplier’ when it comes to public-private partnerships
Hudson-Webber Foundation President and CEO Melanca Clark, left, and Community Foundation President Richard (Ric) DeVore co-moderated a Mackinac Policy Conference panel about public-private partnerships. Panelists included Michigan Justice Fund Director...
Jul 14th 2023
Empowering Justice-Impacted Women: The Women’s Resource Center’s Impact
By Liv Velarde, Program Assistant for the Michigan Justice Fund Conversations around incarceration often center around men, but women now account for 1 in 4 jail admissions and the number...
May 17th 2023
A Job Well Done: Q&A with Amanda Alexander of the Detroit Justice Center
By Liv Velarde, Program Assistant for the Michigan Justice Fund Amanda Alexander is the Executive Director of the Detroit Justice Center. She founded the organization in 2018 and is phasing out...
Feb 28th 2023
A better chance at a fresh start
This story was originally published in our 2021 Annual Report. Nearly 100,000 people in Michigan are currently in prison, on parole, or on probation. Among those, roughly 40,000 individuals are...
Jul 13th 2021
Michigan Justice Fund Will Address Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
Across the country, amid protests against police violence and vehement calls for social justice, Americans are engaging in conversations about how and where racial inequities are harming — and have...
Nov 9th 2020
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