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Public Welfare Cohort Attends NationSwell NYC Summit
December 5, 2019Earlier this year, Public Welfare launched its inaugural NationSwell Council cohort of 11 reformers who are working tirelessly to advance a new vision of justi…
Lessons in Place, Grantmaking & the City Within Our Nation’s Capital
October 29, 2019This past January, Public Welfare Foundation announced that we would begin our new approach to transformative justice right here in our hometown of D.C.I was e…
Demand More: PWF Launches New Video Series Highlighting Community Reinvestment
September 9, 2019“We can’t arrest our way out of this situation… It has not worked.” – Justin Cooper, Colorado Criminal Justice Reform CoalitionBillons of dollars have been was…
I Want Rebellion
August 20, 2019Last year Public Welfare Foundation commissioned artist Kaliq Crosby to create two murals inside of the True Reformer Building that honor the building’s histor…
The Value of Life: Let’s Rally for More than Just the Privileged
July 12, 2019Heavy in this week’s news cycles are reports of A$AP Rocky’s detention in Sweden. On July 2, the American rapper and record producer was arrested in Sweden whi…
Public Welfare Team Reflects on Recent Trip to Montgomery
June 25, 2019This May, Public Welfare Foundation’s board and staff convened in Montgomery, Alabama for its Spring board meeting.The goal of the time together was not only t…
Advancing Efforts to Promote Racial Equity
June 3, 2019Public Welfare Foundation recently announced its new strategic framework, which focuses on an approach to justice that is community-led, restorative and racial…
Rethinking Chances in the Context of Justice
April 29, 2019Since 2017, April has been designated as Second Chance Month to highlight the barriers to full citizenship faced by people with criminal records, and to spur s…
Communities Must Lead the Way to a Transformed Criminal Justice System
April 1, 2019We are familiar with the statistics: over 2.3 million people sit in our nation’s jails and prisons; another 18 million have prior felony convictions; and, near…
