Common Justice

Common Justice develops and advances solutions to violent crime that transform the lives of those harmed and foster racial equity without relying on incarceration. Locally, we operate the first alternative-to-incarceration and victim service program in the United States that focuses on violent felonies in the adult courts. Nationally, we leverage the lessons from our direct service to transform the justice system through partnerships, advocacy, and elevating the experience and power of those most impacted. Rigorous and hopeful, we build practical strategies to hold people accountable for harm, break cycles of violence, and secure safety, healing and justice for survivors and their communities.   

Common Justice is growing with the support of our powerful, steadfast community.   

Your donations will help us to: 

• Prove that we can safely address violence without prison. 


• Build a field and movement of people committed to helping young men of color and their communities heal from trauma. 


• Change our country’s story about violence and what it will take to reduce it. 

This Giving Tuesday, will you help position us for the road ahead?  We are ready to put every last dollar to use in this new and powerful stage of our work. We would be honored if you would continue to equip us to build what we all know is—and has to be—possible.    

Who We Are

Common Justice develops and advances solutions to violent crime that transform the lives of those harmed and foster racial equity without relying on incarceration. Locally, we operate the first alternative-to-incarceration and victim service program in the United States that focuses on violent felonies in the adult courts. Nationally, we leverage the lessons from our direct service to transform the justice system through partnerships, advocacy, and elevating the experience and power of those most impacted. Rigorous and hopeful, we build practical strategies to hold people accountable for harm, break cycles of violence, and secure safety, healing and justice for survivors and their communities.