Collaboration
The Michigan Justice Fund creates welcoming spaces where stakeholders can share their experiences and ideas in order to build an effective criminal legal reform movement in our state. ...
Oct 30th 2024
On the Road: The Clean Slate Initiative Annual Convening
By Meg Galindo, Senior Manager, Michigan Justice Fund In June Josie Graham, MJF Program Assistant, and I had the pleasure of attending the annual Clean Slate Initiative (CSI) 2024 Annual...
Aug 1st 2024
In General
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
Community Foundation’s Michigan Justice Fund initiative announces more than $2.8M in grants to support returning citizens, advance justice reform
The Michigan Justice Fund, an initiative of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, today announced more than $2.8 million in grants to improve the economic mobility of individuals with criminal convictions...
Jan 23rd 2023
In General