Election Protection Is Fighting Voter Suppression
Dear Friends, This election year we are focusing on voter suppression and voter empowerment. We join a nationwide effort to: Combat voter suppression laws and tactics that manipulate election [...]
People Get Ready: “Songs of Protest” Launches on MLK Jr. Day
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." —Martin Luther King, Jr. Dear Friends, The soul of JusticeAid rests upon the powerful relationship between music [...]
End-of-Year Appeal
Dear Friends, Over the past six years, JusticeAid has given away close to one million dollars of critical financial support for organizations on the cutting edge of fighting injustice. 100% [...]
It’s a Wrap! Many Thanks…
Dear friends, More than 300 people came out to support JusticeAid in New York City and Washington, DC, this fall for two intimate jazz evenings. Thanks to your indefatigable devotion, [...]
Meet the Artists
Matthew Whitaker Matthew Whitaker at The Jazz Standard, New York City Tuesday, October 15, 2019 6:30 PM: Doors Open; 7:30 PM: Dinner 8 PM: PERFORMANCE 116 [...]
Buy Tickets and Support JusticeAid
"No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails." —Nelson Mandela WHITAKER/NYC TICKETS WHITAKER/NYC TICKETS Every day in the [...]
Upcoming Fall 2019 Concerts: Save the Dates!
This past year, JusticeAid, through our concerts and outreach programs in New York and Washington, DC, raised and donated a total of over $375,000 for our three beneficiaries: The Immigrant [...]
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 panel discussion at our free public forum, co-hosted by the Immigrant Defense Project, our 2019 beneficiary. [...]
Profile with Louis Perez, Los Lobos: April 16 at The Hamilton
According to Louie Perez, co-founder, songwriter, and guitarist for Los Lobos, "Mass incarceration, detention, and deportation are tearing people apart.” The legendary rock band will be performing at this [...]
IDP Feature
A mother screams for help as her son is dragged towards an unmarked car by men who refuse to identify themselves. A child goes to bed every night wondering if [...]
Indefensible: Immigrants Trapped by the Criminalization of the Immigration Process
JUSTICEAID IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE ticket are now on sale for our April 16th music benefit with Los Lobos in support of the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP). TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019, [...]
Announcing Our 2019 Theme and Save the Dates!
JusticeAid is thrilled to return this spring with Los Lobos, a concert in support of the Immigrant Defense Project, the beneficiary of our 2019 campaign: Indefensible: Immigrants Trapped by the Criminalization of [...]
Heartfelt Thanks: A Great Year!
This past year, we were able to raise over $220,000 for our 2018 beneficiaries Civil Rights Corps and Essie Justice Group in two sold-out concerts: one in Washington, DC and the other in New York, each with accompanying public [...]
Paine the Poet, “Poet of the People”
Paine The Poet was raised in Columbus, Ohio, and currently resides in Washington D.C. After serving an 8-year sentence within the Virginia Department of Corrections, he began to use [...]
Abena Koomson-Davis
Abena Koomsom-Davis is a performer, educator, and wordsmith. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she earned a B.A. in Liberal Arts, and also of Teachers College, [...]
20th Century Debtors’ Prisons
A single mom laments her son's 20-month stay in a county jail. "He's just sitting there. No trial, no nothing," Another is driven to secure a loan at 150 [...]
Randall Horton
Letters from the Locked Away Randall Horton past honors include the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, a National Endowment [...]
