Essie Justice Group
@essie4justice.bsky.social
The nation’s leading advocacy organization of women with incarcerated loved ones taking on the rampant injustices created by mass incarceration.
We closed out our Fall 2025 Healing to Advocacy Graduation season in LA, welcoming 54 graduates from our Pasadena, Compton, and Inland Empire cohorts into our loving and powerful Sisterhood! Stay tuned for a special recap of our historic graduation season! #SisterhoodIsPowerful (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We closed out our Fall 2025 Healing to Advocacy Graduation season in LA, welcoming 54 graduates from our Pasadena, Compton, and Inland Empire cohorts into our loving and powerful Sisterhood! Stay tuned for a special recap of our historic graduation season! #SisterhoodIsPowerful (1/2)
Want to improve the mental health of women with incarcerated loved ones? #EndMassIncarceration ✊🏾
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Want to improve the mental health of women with incarcerated loved ones? #EndMassIncarceration ✊🏾
No matter if it’s a shutdown, lapse, or partial payment—any impact to #SNAP is deeply felt by system-impacted Black and Brown families. #GovernmentShutdown
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
No matter if it’s a shutdown, lapse, or partial payment—any impact to #SNAP is deeply felt by system-impacted Black and Brown families. #GovernmentShutdown
Congratulations to our Fall 2025 National Healing to Advocacy graduates! Our 59th cohort graduation welcomed 23 women with incarcerated loved ones from 12 different states into our Sisterhood. #SisterhoodIsPowerful #Healing #Advocacy #Graduation 🧡💐 (1/3)
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Congratulations to our Fall 2025 National Healing to Advocacy graduates! Our 59th cohort graduation welcomed 23 women with incarcerated loved ones from 12 different states into our Sisterhood. #SisterhoodIsPowerful #Healing #Advocacy #Graduation 🧡💐 (1/3)
Introducing Paris Hatcher of Black Feminist Future and Melonie Griffiths of Freedom to Thrive: Essie’s Advocacy Spotlight Speakers for this weekend's Fall 2025 National Healing to Advocacy Graduation! 🙌🏾🧡
We can't wait to hear the wisdom they'll share with us!
We can't wait to hear the wisdom they'll share with us!
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Introducing Paris Hatcher of Black Feminist Future and Melonie Griffiths of Freedom to Thrive: Essie’s Advocacy Spotlight Speakers for this weekend's Fall 2025 National Healing to Advocacy Graduation! 🙌🏾🧡
We can't wait to hear the wisdom they'll share with us!
We can't wait to hear the wisdom they'll share with us!
We kicked off our Fall 2025 Healing to Advocacy Graduation season in Oakland, welcoming our 58th cohort of 16 women with incarcerated loved ones into our loving and powerful Sisterhood! Stay tuned as we celebrate more this weekend during our National graduation ceremony. (1/2)
October 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We kicked off our Fall 2025 Healing to Advocacy Graduation season in Oakland, welcoming our 58th cohort of 16 women with incarcerated loved ones into our loving and powerful Sisterhood! Stay tuned as we celebrate more this weekend during our National graduation ceremony. (1/2)
Our staff came together in Oakland for an annual #StaffRetreat! We focused on skill-building, power-based campaigning, and organizing strategies to deepen connection in this political moment. Thank you to Chantá Parker for facilitating and bringing deep expertise to our space! 🧡
October 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Our staff came together in Oakland for an annual #StaffRetreat! We focused on skill-building, power-based campaigning, and organizing strategies to deepen connection in this political moment. Thank you to Chantá Parker for facilitating and bringing deep expertise to our space! 🧡
Last weekend at #MentalWealthAlliance and @iheartradio.bsky.social’s #MentalWealthExpo, we hosted Power & Connection: The Impact of Incarceration on Mental Health—a breakout session exploring how incarceration isolates women, harms our mental health, and ways we can combat isolation. 🫂🧡
October 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Last weekend at #MentalWealthAlliance and @iheartradio.bsky.social’s #MentalWealthExpo, we hosted Power & Connection: The Impact of Incarceration on Mental Health—a breakout session exploring how incarceration isolates women, harms our mental health, and ways we can combat isolation. 🫂🧡
"Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer." — #bellhooks 🧡
Happy birthday to bell hooks, whose legacy embodies radical love as a force for healing, community building, and liberation.
#BlackFeminist
Happy birthday to bell hooks, whose legacy embodies radical love as a force for healing, community building, and liberation.
#BlackFeminist
September 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer." — #bellhooks 🧡
Happy birthday to bell hooks, whose legacy embodies radical love as a force for healing, community building, and liberation.
#BlackFeminist
Happy birthday to bell hooks, whose legacy embodies radical love as a force for healing, community building, and liberation.
#BlackFeminist
If you have a loved one in jail or prison, you are not alone. 💜🫂
To hear more of Okha's story, check out Pillars: Untold Stories of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones: pillarspod.com
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast #PrisonStories
To hear more of Okha's story, check out Pillars: Untold Stories of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones: pillarspod.com
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast #PrisonStories
September 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you have a loved one in jail or prison, you are not alone. 💜🫂
To hear more of Okha's story, check out Pillars: Untold Stories of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones: pillarspod.com
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast #PrisonStories
To hear more of Okha's story, check out Pillars: Untold Stories of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones: pillarspod.com
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast #PrisonStories
We stand against The Supreme Court's ruling and continue in our fight to end the incarceration and detention of our families and communities.
September 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We stand against The Supreme Court's ruling and continue in our fight to end the incarceration and detention of our families and communities.
📣 BONUS Pillars Episode 📣 Reentry experts Alice and Raylene talk about the unseen ways they hold down their formerly incarcerated loved ones.
Tune in: pillarspod.com
#PillarsPod #Women #Reentry #Podcast
Tune in: pillarspod.com
#PillarsPod #Women #Reentry #Podcast
September 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
📣 BONUS Pillars Episode 📣 Reentry experts Alice and Raylene talk about the unseen ways they hold down their formerly incarcerated loved ones.
Tune in: pillarspod.com
#PillarsPod #Women #Reentry #Podcast
Tune in: pillarspod.com
#PillarsPod #Women #Reentry #Podcast
Essie’s member-led Campaign Team kicked off our Campaign Development Launch! ✊🏾 Our Campaign Development Subcommittee is leading with the skills and tools we learned from Campaign School to identify our future campaign work.
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September 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Essie’s member-led Campaign Team kicked off our Campaign Development Launch! ✊🏾 Our Campaign Development Subcommittee is leading with the skills and tools we learned from Campaign School to identify our future campaign work.
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Subscribe for updates! essiejusticegroup.org/subscribe
Our Fall 2025 Healing to Advocacy Program has officially begun! The leadership of women with incarcerated loved ones this summer helped us collect 455 nominations and made 1300+ calls inviting women to join our Sisterhood.
#SisterhoodIsPowerful #Community #Healing
#SisterhoodIsPowerful #Community #Healing
September 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Our Fall 2025 Healing to Advocacy Program has officially begun! The leadership of women with incarcerated loved ones this summer helped us collect 455 nominations and made 1300+ calls inviting women to join our Sisterhood.
#SisterhoodIsPowerful #Community #Healing
#SisterhoodIsPowerful #Community #Healing
Are you a woman with a currently or formerly incarcerated loved one? You are not alone. Join our FREE Healing to Advocacy Program to access a safe space for healing, resource sharing, and life-long community. 🧡
Nominate yourself or someone you know: essiejusticegroup.org/nominate
Nominate yourself or someone you know: essiejusticegroup.org/nominate
August 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Are you a woman with a currently or formerly incarcerated loved one? You are not alone. Join our FREE Healing to Advocacy Program to access a safe space for healing, resource sharing, and life-long community. 🧡
Nominate yourself or someone you know: essiejusticegroup.org/nominate
Nominate yourself or someone you know: essiejusticegroup.org/nominate
Thank you @npquarterly.bsky.social for highlighting The Hidden Heart of Reentry Report! Read the full article here: nonprofitquarterly.org/new-report-l...
Check out the report here: bit.ly/HiddenHeartReentry
cc: @nationalbailout.bsky.social @nbwji.bsky.social
#Reentry #FreeBlackMamas
Check out the report here: bit.ly/HiddenHeartReentry
cc: @nationalbailout.bsky.social @nbwji.bsky.social
#Reentry #FreeBlackMamas
New Report Looks at Lessons Learned from Bail Out Campaign - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Women make up the fastest-growing incarcerated population in the country. A new report looks at the lessons learned from efforts to bail out incarcerated Black women in California.
nonprofitquarterly.org
August 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Thank you @npquarterly.bsky.social for highlighting The Hidden Heart of Reentry Report! Read the full article here: nonprofitquarterly.org/new-report-l...
Check out the report here: bit.ly/HiddenHeartReentry
cc: @nationalbailout.bsky.social @nbwji.bsky.social
#Reentry #FreeBlackMamas
Check out the report here: bit.ly/HiddenHeartReentry
cc: @nationalbailout.bsky.social @nbwji.bsky.social
#Reentry #FreeBlackMamas
This #BlackAugust, we honor the #FreedomFighters who relentlessly fought for our liberation. Our ancestors' sacrifices remind us of the determination that’s required to bring about change, and is all the evidence we need to continue the fight.
cc: @mauricewfp.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org
cc: @mauricewfp.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org
August 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This #BlackAugust, we honor the #FreedomFighters who relentlessly fought for our liberation. Our ancestors' sacrifices remind us of the determination that’s required to bring about change, and is all the evidence we need to continue the fight.
cc: @mauricewfp.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org
cc: @mauricewfp.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org
Okha spends $850 per prison visit to see her father.
Are you a woman with an incarcerated loved one who's faced a similar price tag? We want to hear from you. Share your untold story with us at pillars.com/untold.
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast #PrisonStories
Are you a woman with an incarcerated loved one who's faced a similar price tag? We want to hear from you. Share your untold story with us at pillars.com/untold.
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast #PrisonStories
July 31, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Okha spends $850 per prison visit to see her father.
Are you a woman with an incarcerated loved one who's faced a similar price tag? We want to hear from you. Share your untold story with us at pillars.com/untold.
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast #PrisonStories
Are you a woman with an incarcerated loved one who's faced a similar price tag? We want to hear from you. Share your untold story with us at pillars.com/untold.
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast #PrisonStories
TUNE IN NOW: Ep. 2 of Pillars Podcast — Okha’s Story.
In this episode, Okha shares what it’s like to be the daughter and primary caregiver of an incarcerated parent. Available now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/watchpillars
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast
In this episode, Okha shares what it’s like to be the daughter and primary caregiver of an incarcerated parent. Available now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/watchpillars
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast
July 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
TUNE IN NOW: Ep. 2 of Pillars Podcast — Okha’s Story.
In this episode, Okha shares what it’s like to be the daughter and primary caregiver of an incarcerated parent. Available now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/watchpillars
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast
In this episode, Okha shares what it’s like to be the daughter and primary caregiver of an incarcerated parent. Available now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/watchpillars
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast
Earlier this month, 14 member leaders came together for advanced facilitation training through our Facilitator's Training Program 201! ✊🏾 (1/3)
July 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Earlier this month, 14 member leaders came together for advanced facilitation training through our Facilitator's Training Program 201! ✊🏾 (1/3)
In our debut episode of Pillars: Untold Stories of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones, Carmen shares what it’s like to be one of the 1 in 4 women in the U.S. with an incarcerated loved one.
Watch: bit.ly/watchpillars
Listen: bit.ly/pillarspod
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast
Watch: bit.ly/watchpillars
Listen: bit.ly/pillarspod
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast
June 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In our debut episode of Pillars: Untold Stories of Women with Incarcerated Loved Ones, Carmen shares what it’s like to be one of the 1 in 4 women in the U.S. with an incarcerated loved one.
Watch: bit.ly/watchpillars
Listen: bit.ly/pillarspod
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast
Watch: bit.ly/watchpillars
Listen: bit.ly/pillarspod
#PillarsPod #Women #Podcast
We stand in unwavering solidarity with immigrant communities and families impacted by the Los Angeles ICE raids. 🧡
cc: @chirla-org.bsky.social, Black Alliance for Just Immigration
#Immigration #NoICE #WeKeepUsSafe #LosAngeles #Community
cc: @chirla-org.bsky.social, Black Alliance for Just Immigration
#Immigration #NoICE #WeKeepUsSafe #LosAngeles #Community
June 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We stand in unwavering solidarity with immigrant communities and families impacted by the Los Angeles ICE raids. 🧡
cc: @chirla-org.bsky.social, Black Alliance for Just Immigration
#Immigration #NoICE #WeKeepUsSafe #LosAngeles #Community
cc: @chirla-org.bsky.social, Black Alliance for Just Immigration
#Immigration #NoICE #WeKeepUsSafe #LosAngeles #Community
Reposted by Essie Justice Group
Reminder: We keep us safe!
🛑 If you see ICE in LA, don’t stay silent. Report it to the LA Rapid Response Network. 📲
#ImmigrantsBelong #NoDeportations #SomosCHIRLA
🛑 If you see ICE in LA, don’t stay silent. Report it to the LA Rapid Response Network. 📲
#ImmigrantsBelong #NoDeportations #SomosCHIRLA
June 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Reminder: We keep us safe!
🛑 If you see ICE in LA, don’t stay silent. Report it to the LA Rapid Response Network. 📲
#ImmigrantsBelong #NoDeportations #SomosCHIRLA
🛑 If you see ICE in LA, don’t stay silent. Report it to the LA Rapid Response Network. 📲
#ImmigrantsBelong #NoDeportations #SomosCHIRLA
Reposted by Essie Justice Group
Leading the Black Mama’s Bail Out campaign, @essie4justice.bsky.social has bailed out 21 Black mothers & caregivers from CA jails. Every year, we experience intentional, onerous, & negligent tactics inside CA's jail system, writes Tanasia Newman in an op-ed.
prismreports.org/2025/06/02/b...
prismreports.org/2025/06/02/b...
Black mothers are at the mercy of California's negligent jail system
It took 96 hours and more than $230,000 for members of Essie Justice Group to secure the release of four Black mothers from a California jail
prismreports.org
June 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Leading the Black Mama’s Bail Out campaign, @essie4justice.bsky.social has bailed out 21 Black mothers & caregivers from CA jails. Every year, we experience intentional, onerous, & negligent tactics inside CA's jail system, writes Tanasia Newman in an op-ed.
prismreports.org/2025/06/02/b...
prismreports.org/2025/06/02/b...
PASADENA & LOS ANGELES: Register for State of the People POWER Tour June 6 & 7! Show up for two days of action powered by community and rooted in local solutions. Register now at stateoftheppl.com! ✊🏾
@stateoftheppl.bsky.social #StateOfThePeople #PowerTour2025 #LosAngeles #Pasadena #Altadena
@stateoftheppl.bsky.social #StateOfThePeople #PowerTour2025 #LosAngeles #Pasadena #Altadena
June 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
PASADENA & LOS ANGELES: Register for State of the People POWER Tour June 6 & 7! Show up for two days of action powered by community and rooted in local solutions. Register now at stateoftheppl.com! ✊🏾
@stateoftheppl.bsky.social #StateOfThePeople #PowerTour2025 #LosAngeles #Pasadena #Altadena
@stateoftheppl.bsky.social #StateOfThePeople #PowerTour2025 #LosAngeles #Pasadena #Altadena