The Campaign to End the New Jim Crow

OUR VISION"Our vision is for a grassroots, bottom-up human rights movement that is committed to ending mass incarceration entirely. This means more than a reduction in the rates of incarceration. It means a fundamental shift from a punitive model of justice - a model that does not criminalize people for public health problems like drug addiction, and does not criminalize poverty."   - Michelle Alexander

OUR MISSION"We challenge the culture of racism, repression and retribution that sustains mass incarceration. We seek to remove the structural injustices inflicted on the incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, their families and the communities from which they come. We seek human rights for all members of our society non-violently, in opposition to our current system of justice, which is inherently violent."