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People’s Justice Project is powered by the people, not politicians, not corporations, and not federal dollars. We believe in community-led organizing that answers only to the people we serve.

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Our Mission

The People’s Justice Project (PJP) builds the power of black and brown people disproportionately affected by state violence, mass criminalization, and incarceration by centering community organizing and leadership development.

Our Goal

The People’s Justice Project (PJP) envisions a world without the carceral state and an end to colonialism–Africa and all colonized lands are liberated, all people have self-determination, and our minds are free of colonial teachings.

Our Methods

To help achieve this vision, PJP seeks to be a political home for people who want to struggle together and build power with each other. Using a framework of Black Power, we organize to stop police terror and invest in our communities’ needs. We endeavor to help people enter political life and be a bridge, rather than a gatekeeper, to building deeper and broader based movements for justice.

Leadership Squad

The People's Justice Project is not led from the top down — it is built from the ground up, by the people most impacted by the systems we are fighting to dismantle.

Our leaders are moms, aunties, and grandmas. Students and young people. Veteranos and newcomers. Dreamers who show up with disciplined action. They come from our community, reflect our community, and are accountable to our community.

At PJP, leadership is not a title — it is a practice. We are committed to developing the next generation of organizers, movement builders, and change makers who will carry this work forward for decades to come.

Want to grow as a leader? PJP is a political home for people ready to struggle together, build power, and fight for a world without the carceral state.

Shahrzad

Phonan

Iniyal

Trenah

Shad

Destiny

Joey

Ava

Our Squad

Aramis Sundiata

Executive Director

Emily Szerafy-Cox 

Strategic Director

Ava Borromeo

Office and Communications Coordinator

Our Board of Directors

Dawn Blagrove

Executive Director, Emancipate NC

Brittany Gray

Founder, CommuniTEA & Black Girl Solutions

Chelsea Higgs-Wise

Board Chair

Executive Director, Marijuana Justice

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