Queer Art + Artists: September Picks
We hope you enjoy these interesting September Queer Art + Artists selections celebrating [...]
Fall Forum Wrap-Up, September 18, 2022
At Erasure: The Otherization of Queerness, JusticeAid’s September 18th public [...]
Queer Art + Artists: August Picks
As the summer draws to a close, we bring our August Queer Art + [...]
Tickets on Sale! #JusticeAidConcert – October 11, 2022
We just opened the virtual box office so you can get your [...]
RSVP for “The Otherization of Queerness,” JusticeAid’s Fall Forum
These are perilous times for people who identify as LGBTQ. Twenty-three states [...]
Queer Art + Artists: July Picks
We hope you are finding time this summer to relax with a [...]
Save the Dates for Our Fall Events
Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 7 PM City [...]
A Gift to Make You SMYAL
Great News! Last week JusticeAid’s Board approved a grant of $200,000 [...]
What Your Gift to JusticeAid Makes Possible
Artwork by Little SMYALS participant Exciting Updates! Our grantee [...]
PROUD to Support LGBTQ Rights: Queer Art + Artists
It’s Pride Month, a celebration of LGBTQ lives, identities, and community. In June, [...]
JusticeAid Spring Benefit Concert Gratitude + Photos!
On Monday, May 16th, a full house of JusticeAid friends, fans, and [...]
Join with JusticeAid in Supporting Queer and Trans Youth
Your support for JusticeAid right now gives LGBTQ youth a chance for [...]
Celebrating Queer Art+Artists: Don’t Miss This Month’s Featured Film
Greetings all, We hope you are enjoying our Queer Art + Artists monthly features [...]
Join Us on April 7th for LGBTQ Rights: Protecting the Queer Frontier ClassACT webinar
For young people who identify as LGBTQ, intolerance about their identity at [...]
Tickets on Sale for 5.16.22 Concert: Bessie! Empress of the Blues
ANNOUNCING THE SPRING 2022 JUSTICEAID BENEFIT CONCERT! Join us for an [...]
Don’t Miss This Month’s Featured Film
As part of our 2022 focus on LGBTQ rights, JusticeAid offers monthly [...]
Celebrating Bessie Smith: Announcing JusticeAid’s Spring Concert
The lineup for JusticeAid’s spring concert is nothing short of spectacular. Bessie! [...]
Save the Dates! JusticeAid’s 2022 Upcoming Events
It's feeling like Spring here in Washington, DC. Light. Fresh air. Hope. [...]
Affirming Freedoms – At Home and Abroad
With the fragility of freedom and democracy uppermost in our minds, we [...]
Don’t Miss This Month’s Featured Film
Consistent with our goal to promote justice through the arts, and our focus [...]
All We Need Is Love
Love is a universal emotion. Yet for many, to love themselves and [...]
Don’t Miss This Month’s Featured Film
Seeing queer people is powerful, and it matters. Art that depicts and focuses on [...]
Announcing SMYAL, 2022 Grantee Partner
Dear JusticeAid Family, This year, we turn our spotlight to LGBTQ rights, specifically the [...]
No Justice No Peace
Dear JusticeAid Family, There are only 4 days left to make a gift to JusticeAid's year-end [...]
Read our 2021 Impact Report
Dear JusticeAid Friends and Supporters: We are humbled by your commitment to [...]
A Message from JusticeAid’s President
As I reflect on this Thanksgiving holiday, I am thankful for many [...]
This Giving Tuesday, Support JusticeAid’s Mission
Every year JusticeAid identifies a pressing civil rights issue and spotlights nonprofits [...]
A Whole Lot of Love: Here’s a Recap from JusticeAid’s Fall Concert
Music and social justice are inextricably linked in American history, and on [...]
Thank you for your support of the JusticeAid Fall Concert
JusticeAid met its goal to raise an additional $100,000 for the Police Accountability/Community [...]
Join us for a night of Music for Justice with Mavis Staples and special guest Amy Helm….
The incomparable Mavis Staples is coming to [...]
JusticeAid Announces Author Talk with Prof. Kris Henning at Busboys & Poets
Sorry, registration is closed, but please attend the Facebook event. We are [...]
Help Reimagine Public Safety by Supporting the JusticeAid Fall Concert
This year JusticeAid spotlights police accountability and community empowerment and the work [...]
Don’t miss this opportunity to spend an evening with Mavis Staples and special guest Amy Helm
JusticeAid proudly presents Grammy Award-winning musician and Kennedy Center honoree Mavis Staples with special guest, singer-songwriter Amy [...]
For Immediate Release: JusticeAid Presents Mavis Staples with Special Guest Amy Helm: A Concert for Neighborhood Defender Service
BUY TICKETS For Immediate Release: JusticeAid Presents Mavis [...]
Tickets on Sale for the JusticeAid Fall Concert!
JusticeAid is back with live music this fall, and our focus remains [...]
Save the Date! Mavis Staples to headline JusticeAid Fall Concert
Announcing JusticeAid's Fall benefit concert for Neighborhood Defender Service, featuring music icon Mavis [...]
JusticeAid will match your gift to end racist policing.
Thank you if you already donated. If not, there's [...]
Robert Glasper in Free Concert Benefiting NDS: 5/27
We think it is high time for a Change of Tone. It’s [...]
Robert Glasper headlines JusticeAid’s benefit concert for NDS PACE
THIS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL! A few weeks ago we recorded a special [...]
US Rep. Cori Bush Added to this Sunday’s Forum on Racist Policing: Join Us!
When Sherrilyn Ifill was a ten-year-old girl growing up in Queens, a [...]
Sherrilyn Ifill to Keynote JusticeAid Public Forum on Racist Policing in Communities and Schools
While we are all still absorbing the significance of the Chauvin conviction, [...]
Safety for Whom? May 2nd Public Forum on Racist Policing
Save the Date! Sunday, May 2nd, 4 and 8 PM ET We are [...]
Racism and the Criminal System – Save the date: March 25th
RACISM AND THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM: March 25, 2021, 7-8:30pm ET Join us [...]
JusticeAid invites you to learn with us about the crisis in policing
In 2021, our focus is on racism in policing. Join us in [...]
JusticeAid News
JusticeAid is pleased to share exciting news about our 2021 grantee partner, [...]
We’re Taking on Racism in Policing
New Year. New Justice Focus: Racism in Policing Every year JusticeAid identifies a [...]
Silence Is NOT an Option
America’s rampant racism continues to be revealed in the most stark black [...]
Silence Is Not an Option
America’s rampant racism continues to be revealed in the most stark black [...]
Our Impact Report Is Here
During this year of tremendous challenges, both to the health [...]
Hold on! A new year is coming
Over the past year we hope you've enjoyed reading our music [...]
We’re So Grateful
Every year JusticeAid identifies a pressing civil rights issue to [...]
Here is what your support made possible
Every year JusticeAid identifies a pressing civil rights issue to [...]
Music That Matters Blog: Songs to Vote by
Here at JusticeAid we’ve been doing what you’ve been doing: working to ensure [...]
12 Months of Music That Matters: Music to Vote By
OCTOBER PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE & SPOTIFY [...]
What a Show! Thank You, Thank You!
At our fall concert, we came together to rejoice in the beauty [...]
Join Us at the 2nd “Voices to Protect the Vote” Online Concert, Oct. 17th at 8 pm ET
Dear Friends of JusticeAid, With just 32 days until November 3rd, we [...]
Winners of the #JusticeAid Prize Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the #JusticeAid Prize. Find every potential voter you [...]
August Update
One hundred years ago this month, women finally secured the [...]
12 Months of Music That Matters: Women’s Rights
PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE & SPOTIFY Women’s [...]
How Can We Engage Our Youth in the 2020 Elections?
This year JusticeAid’s focus has been on engaging voters, fighting racist [...]
Music That Matters: Injustices of Policing
PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE & SPOTIFY Racial [...]
Youth Film Challenge: Deadline for Submissions Approaching
At our recent public forum on voter suppression, Lift Every Voice and [...]
Thank You! Lift Every Voice and Vote Forum
Thank you to all who joined us for Lift Every Voice and Vote, JusticeAid's [...]
Honoring Black Lives and the Urgent Need to Dismantle Systems of White Supremacy
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, [...]
Stacey Abrams and Hakeem Jeffries to Headline June 14 Public Forum, Lift Every Voice and Vote
We are thrilled to announce Lift Up Your Voice and Vote, an online [...]
12 Months of Music That Matters: No Love Excepted
W elcome to this month’s Music that Matters. This month we [...]
Heartfelt Thanks…and We’re Re-Airing “Voices” May 26th
We are filled with gratitude for the outpouring of support we received [...]
Meet the Artists: #JusticeAidConcert
Next Monday evening, May 18th, 2020, we invite you to join us [...]
Join us at #JusticeAidConcert on May 18
In normal times this would be an invitation to attend a live [...]
12 Months of Music That Matters: Economic Injustice
OCTOBER PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE & SPOTIFY [...]
12 Months of Music That Matters: You Are Only Issued One Earth
In observance of Earth Day on April 22, this month’s edition [...]
Paine the Poet, “Poet of the People”
Paine the Poet will be performing at JusticeAid’s Voices to Protect the [...]
Will You Help Us Protect Voting in the Age of COVID-19?
Dear Friends, A s the world pushes the pause button, JusticeAid remains [...]
Songs to Uplift During Trying Times
We hope this playlist keeps your spirits up with some classic songs, [...]
Voting in the Age of COVID-19
JusticeAid is raising money this year to provide Election Protection the financial [...]
In Peace and Love: JusticeAid’s March Songs of Protest
Welcome to the second edition of our Songs of Protest. This month we focus on songs that [...]
Song List for March Protest Songs
LISTEN ON YOUTUBE & SPOTIFY THANKS FOR YOUR [...]
JusticeAid Hires First Managing Director
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer "Jenny" [...]
Election Protection Is Fighting Voter Suppression
Dear Friends, This election year we are focusing on voter suppression [...]
People Get Ready: “Songs of Protest” Launches on MLK Jr. Day
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." —Martin Luther King, [...]
Songs of Freedom: Inspirations on MLK Day 2020
Today we begin what will be a monthly discussion of protest songs [...]
End-of-Year Appeal
Dear Friends, Over the past six years, JusticeAid has given away close [...]
It’s a Wrap! Many Thanks…
Dear friends, More than 300 people came out to support JusticeAid in [...]
Meet the Artists
Matthew Whitaker Matthew Whitaker at The Jazz [...]
Buy Tickets and Support JusticeAid
"No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its [...]
Upcoming Fall 2019 Concerts: Save the Dates!
This past year, JusticeAid, through our concerts and outreach programs in New [...]
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Joins DC Forum on Ending Criminalization of Immigration
W e are thrilled to announce that Representative Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) will join the [...]
Profile with Louis Perez, Los Lobos: April 16 at The Hamilton
According to Louie Perez, co-founder, songwriter, and guitarist for Los Lobos, "Mass [...]
IDP Feature
A mother screams for help as her son is dragged towards an unmarked [...]
Indefensible: Immigrants Trapped by the Criminalization of the Immigration Process
JUSTICEAID IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE ticket are now on sale for our April 16th [...]
Announcing Our 2019 Theme and Save the Dates!
JusticeAid is thrilled to return this spring with Los Lobos, a concert in support [...]
Heartfelt Thanks: A Great Year!
This past year, we were able to raise over $220,000 for our 2018 [...]
20th Century Debtors’ Prisons
A single mom laments her son's 20-month stay in a county jail. [...]
Randall Horton
Letters from the Locked Away [...]