Join us for a night of Music for Justice with Mavis Staples and special guest Amy Helm….
The incomparable Mavis Staples is coming to town on October 19th [...]
JusticeAid Announces Author Talk with Prof. Kris Henning at Busboys & Poets
Sorry, registration is closed, but please attend the Facebook event. We are at capacity for the [...]
Help Reimagine Public Safety by Supporting the JusticeAid Fall Concert
This year JusticeAid spotlights police accountability and community empowerment and the work that Neighborhood Defender Service is doing [...]
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 Helm on Tuesday, October 19th at Washington, [...]
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 Staples with Special Guest [...]
Tickets on Sale for the JusticeAid Fall Concert!
JusticeAid is back with live music this fall, and our focus remains the same: to uplift [...]
Save the Date! Mavis Staples to headline JusticeAid Fall Concert
Announcing JusticeAid's Fall benefit concert for Neighborhood Defender Service, featuring music icon Mavis Staples with one of today's [...]
JusticeAid will match your gift to end racist policing.
Thank you if you already donated. If not, there's still time for your gift [...]
Robert Glasper in Free Concert Benefiting NDS: 5/27
We think it is high time for a Change of Tone. It’s almost summer – and [...]
Robert Glasper headlines JusticeAid’s benefit concert for NDS PACE
THIS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL! A few weeks ago we recorded a special concert in Los Angeles [...]
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 NYPD officer shot 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, the video of Chicago [...]
Safety for Whom? May 2nd Public Forum on Racist Policing
Save the Date! Sunday, May 2nd, 4 and 8 PM ET We are excited to announce JusticeAid's [...]
Racism and the Criminal System – Save the date: March 25th
RACISM AND THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM: March 25, 2021, 7-8:30pm ET Join us in attending this virtual [...]
JusticeAid invites you to learn with us about the crisis in policing
In 2021, our focus is on racism in policing. Join us in learning how our grantee [...]
JusticeAid News
JusticeAid is pleased to share exciting news about our 2021 grantee partner, the NDS PACE Program [...]
We’re Taking on Racism in Policing
New Year. New Justice Focus: Racism in Policing Every year JusticeAid identifies a pressing civil rights issue [...]
Silence Is NOT an Option
America’s rampant racism continues to be revealed in the most stark black and white terms. Last week [...]
Silence Is Not an Option
America’s rampant racism continues to be revealed in the most stark black and white terms. Last week [...]
Our Impact Report Is Here
During this year of tremendous challenges, both to the health of our world and [...]
Hold on! A new year is coming
Over the past year we hope you've enjoyed reading our music blog and accompanying playlists, attended [...]
We’re So Grateful
Every year JusticeAid identifies a pressing civil rights issue to spotlight, and carefully selects [...]
Here is what your support made possible
Every year JusticeAid identifies a pressing civil rights issue to spotlight, and carefully selects [...]
Music That Matters Blog: Songs to Vote by
Here at JusticeAid we’ve been doing what you’ve been doing: working to ensure that the right to [...]
12 Months of Music That Matters: Music to Vote By
OCTOBER PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE & SPOTIFY H ere at [...]
What a Show! Thank You, Thank You!
At our fall concert, we came together to rejoice in the beauty of music, to recharge, [...]
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 know you are doing [...]
Winners of the #JusticeAid Prize Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the #JusticeAid Prize. Find every potential voter you know and share these [...]
August Update
One hundred years ago this month, women finally secured the right to vote. This [...]
12 Months of Music That Matters: Women’s Rights
PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE & SPOTIFY Women’s suffrage was not won [...]
How Can We Engage Our Youth in the 2020 Elections?
This year JusticeAid’s focus has been on engaging voters, fighting racist voter suppression, and getting [...]
Music That Matters: Injustices of Policing
PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE & SPOTIFY Racial injustice in policing is [...]
Youth Film Challenge: Deadline for Submissions Approaching
At our recent public forum on voter suppression, Lift Every Voice and Vote, panelists Kristin Clarke [...]
Thank You! Lift Every Voice and Vote Forum
Thank you to all who joined us for Lift Every Voice and Vote, JusticeAid's 2020 Public Forum that [...]
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, Philando Castile, Eric Garner, [...]
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 public forum in partnership [...]
12 Months of Music That Matters: No Love Excepted
W elcome to this month’s Music that Matters. This month we focus on social justice [...]
Heartfelt Thanks…and We’re Re-Airing “Voices” May 26th
We are filled with gratitude for the outpouring of support we received last night during our [...]
Meet the Artists: #JusticeAidConcert
Next Monday evening, May 18th, 2020, we invite you to join us for Voices to Protect [...]
Join us at #JusticeAidConcert on May 18
In normal times this would be an invitation to attend a live benefit concert in support [...]
12 Months of Music That Matters: Economic Injustice
OCTOBER PLAYLIST ON YOUTUBE & SPOTIFY This month’s Music that [...]
12 Months of Music That Matters: You Are Only Issued One Earth
In observance of Earth Day on April 22, this month’s edition of JusticeAid’s Twelve Months [...]
Paine the Poet, “Poet of the People”
Paine the Poet will be performing at JusticeAid’s Voices to Protect the Vote online May 18th [...]
Will You Help Us Protect Voting in the Age of COVID-19?
Dear Friends, A s the world pushes the pause button, JusticeAid remains vigilant in its resolve [...]
Songs to Uplift During Trying Times
We hope this playlist keeps your spirits up with some classic songs, quiet treasures, and perhaps [...]
Voting in the Age of COVID-19
JusticeAid is raising money this year to provide Election Protection the financial support it needs to [...]
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 protest war and its [...]
Song List for March Protest Songs
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JusticeAid Hires First Managing Director
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer "Jenny" Chandler as JusticeAid's first [...]
Election Protection Is Fighting Voter Suppression
Dear Friends, This election year we are focusing on voter suppression and voter empowerment. We [...]
People Get Ready: “Songs of Protest” Launches on MLK Jr. Day
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." —Martin Luther King, Jr. [...]
Songs of Freedom: Inspirations on MLK Day 2020
Today we begin what will be a monthly discussion of protest songs that JusticeAid is singing, [...]
End-of-Year Appeal
Dear Friends, Over the past six years, JusticeAid has given away close to one million dollars [...]
It’s a Wrap! Many Thanks…
Dear friends, More than 300 people came out to support JusticeAid in New York City and [...]
Meet the Artists
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Buy Tickets and Support JusticeAid
"No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails." —Nelson Mandela [...]
Upcoming Fall 2019 Concerts: Save the Dates!
This past year, JusticeAid, through our concerts and outreach programs in New York and Washington, DC, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
IDP Feature
A mother screams for help as her son is dragged towards an unmarked car by men who [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
20th Century Debtors’ Prisons
A single mom laments her son's 20-month stay in a county jail. "He's just sitting there. [...]
Randall Horton
Letters from the Locked Away [...]