Organizations Filed Purposes:
GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP WORKS FOR A MORE JUST SOCIETY WHERE PRISON PROFITEERING, MASS INCARCERATION, DEPORTATION, AND CRIMINALIZATION ARE THINGS OF THE PAST.
GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP FIGHTS TO END FOR-PROFIT INCARCERATION AND REDUCE RELIANCE ON CRIMINALIZATION AND DETENTION THROUGH DIRECT ACTION, ORGANIZING, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN COMMUNITIES TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL LEADERS AND COALITIONS, MOBILIZE OPPOSITION TO PRIVATIZATION, AND TRANSFORM THE IMMIGRATION AND JUSTICE SYSTEMS.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS - THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS WORK TO END FOR- PROFIT PRIVATE PRISONS AND JAILS AND END CRIMINALIZATION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHILE BUILDING A BASE OF IMPACTED PEOPLE AND ALLIES FOR CHANGE. CAMPAIGNS UNDER THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE A CAMPAIGN TO END THE TREATMENT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, A CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE INCARCERATION IN TEXAS AND CLOSE PRISON AND JAIL FACILITIES, AND A CAMPAIGN TO END CRIMINALIZATION OF HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND SUBSTANCE USE, AND OTHER FACTORS DRIVING MASS INCARCERATION. IN ADDITION, TEXAS ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE (TAJ) IS A PROJECT OF DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE STRIVING TO END CRIMINALIZATION OF OUR COMMUNITIES, BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS OF REENTRY FROM JAIL AND PRISON IN TEXAS, AND TO DEMOLISH THE LEGACY OF RACISM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. TAJ UNITES FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, THEIR FAMILIES, PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS, AND ALLIES TO BUILD SAFE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH ORGANIZING, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, AND CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS - THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO CHANGE THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT FEED THE FOR-PROFIT DETENTION SYSTEM AND RESULT IN DEPORTATIONS, IMPACTING INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CAMPAIGNS UNDER THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE THE CAMPAIGN TO END CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS OF MIGRANTS, ICE OUT OF AUSTIN, THE HUTTO VISITATION PROGRAM, THE SHUT DOWN HUTTO CAMPAIGN, THE COMMUNITY DEFENSE BOND FUND, AND THE LINEA DEFENSA DEPORTATION DEFENSE HOTLINE.
GENERAL PROGRAMS - THE ORGANIZATION STRIVES TO IMPACT CHANGE BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES TO UNJUST POLICIES AND PRACTICES, CHANGING THE NARRATIVE AROUND CRIMINALIZATION, MASS INCARCERATION, AND DEPORTATION, BUILDING A BASE OF IMPACTED PEOPLE, AND BUILDING A HEALTHY AND SOLVENT ORGANIZATION. THESE PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDE OUR SPONSORSHIPS. SPONSORSHIPS INCLUDE TEXAS UNITED FOR FAMILIES AND WACO IMMIGRANTS ALLIANCE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Robert Libal | EXECUTIVE DI | 40 | $65,811 |
| Marianna Dorta | FINANCIAL DI | 40 | $57,511 |
| Barbara Hines | CO-CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Darwin Hamilton | CO-CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Gislaine Williams | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Topeka Sam | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Zenen Jaimes Perez | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Hope Mustakim | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Isis Misdary | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Foster | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Gabriela Benitez | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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