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Our Community

Racial and economic justice organizations, labor unions, faith groups, social justice advocates, and many more support a fair and just pathway to parole for young people.  For example, the following organizations supported a California bill in 2026 to give second chances to young people who had life without parole:

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Social Justice & Human Rights Organizations

  • AAPI Equity Alliance

  • ACLU California Action

  • Amnesty International USA

  • Asian-Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles

  • Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB)

  • Courage California

  • Dolores Huerta Foundation

  • Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

  • Everychild Foundation - Los Angeles

  • Homeboy Industries

  • Human Rights Watch

  • Immigrant Defenders Law Center

  • Korean American Family Service

  • Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance

  • Latino Justice PRLDEF

  • League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

  • Little Tokyo Service Center

  • Long Beach Forward

  • Nikkei Progressives

  • Pacific Asian Counseling Services

  • PoderLatinx

  • SAAHAS for Cause

  • South Asian Network

  • Thai Community Development Center

  • Viet Voices

  • Youth Forward​

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System Impacted Groups

  • All of Us or None

  • Anti-Recidivism Coalition

  • API RISE

  • Asian Prisoner Support Committee

  • California Coalition of Women Prisoners

  • California Innocence Advocates

  • California Innocence Coalition

  • Fair Chance Project

  • Initiate Justice

  • Initiate Justice Action

  • Life Without Parole Alliance Group

  • MILPA Collective

  • National Life Without Parole Leadership Council

  • Safe Return Project

  • Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition

  • Survived & Punished

  • The Change Parallel Project

  • UC Berkeley Underground Scholars Initiative

  • UC Irvine Underground Scholars Initiative

  • UC Los Angeles Underground Scholars Initiative

  • UCSD Underground Scholars Initiative​​

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​Labor Organizations

  • California Labor Federation

  • Los Angeles County Federation of Labor

  • Los Angeles County Public Defenders Union Local 148

  • San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council

  • San Francisco Labor Council

  • SEIU California

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Business Associations​

  • Black Contractors’ Association San Diego

  • California African American Chamber of Commerce

  • California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce

  • San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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​Community Groups​

  • Asian American Criminal Trial Lawyers Association

  • Asian Law Alliance

  • California Public Defenders Association

  • California Youth Defender Center

  • Californians for Safety and Justice

  • CASA of Los Angeles

  • Children’s Advocacy Institute

  • Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ)

  • Death Penalty Focus

  • FAMM - Families for Justice Reform

  • Felony Murder Elimination Project

  • Freedom for Youth

  • Friends Committee on Legislation of California

  • GRIP Training Institute

  • Healing Dialogue and Action

  • Justice2Jobs Coalition

  • Juvenile Law Center

  • La Defensa

  • League of Women Voters of California

  • Legal Services for Prisoners and Children

  • Los Angeles County Public Defenders Office,

  • Mental Health Advocacy Services

  • National Center for Youth Law

  • Rabbits of Realness

  • Rubicon Programs

  • San Francisco Public Defender’s Office

  • Silicon Valley Debug

  • Smart Justice California

  • Spirit Awakening Foundation

  • The Bar Association of San Francisco

  • The Peace and Justice Law Center

  • The W. Haywood Burns Institute

  • UnCommon Law

  • University of Southern California Gould School of Law Post-Conviction Justice Project

  • Urban Peace Movement

  • Vera Institute of Justice

  • Youth Services Division - South

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Notable People

  • Dolores Huerta

  • Kim Kardashian

  • National City Councilmember Jose Rodriguez

  • U.S. Representative Juan Vargas

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