COMMUNITY WORKS WEST

We honor as expertise the lived experience of survivors, incarcerated people, and their communities. Our programs are culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and rooted in Restorative Justice and the Arts... The Community Works (CW) mission is to transform justice through programs and policy rooted in humanity and healing. We aim to reduce the number of individuals entering and re-entering the criminal legal system and support communities of color disproportionately harmed by mass incarceration through direct programs and participant-led advocacy... Transformation Programs offer people the opportunity to address the root causes of their behavior, make amends and forge a new path. We work both with people incarcerated and with the survivors of their harm.

Primary location: Oakland United States