Partner Organizations
LOCAL PARTNERS
- Baltimore Action Legal Team (BALT)
- Baltimore Racial Justice Action
- Campaign for Justice Safety & Jobs
- CASA
- Coalition for Justice for Anton Black
- Common Cause Maryland
- Disability Rights Maryland
- Esperanza Center
- Equality Maryland
- Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle
- League of Women Voters
- Maryland Coalition for Justice and Police Accountability
- Maryland Indivisible
- Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative
- Out for Justice
- Pride Center of Maryland
- RISE Coalition of Western Maryland
- Silver Spring Justice Coalition
NATIONAL PARTNERS
- ABA (American Bar Association) Network
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Chetty Equality of Opportunity
- Haas Institute
- Inclusive Communities Project
- Kirwan Institute
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
- National Coalition for School Diversity
- National Fair Housing Alliance
- National Low Income Housing Coalition
- National NAACP
- People for the American Way
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- PRRAC: Poverty and Race Research Action Council
- Public Justice Center
- VCU Website with Redlining Maps
OUR VALUES WHEN ENGAGING IN COALITION WORK
Equity in Coalition Engagement Decision-making
Persons impacted by injustice must lead the effort. At a minimum, this means they make key decisions about what reforms are needed. This decision-making structure must be formalized.
Power & Resources
The effort must have an explicit goal of shifting power, resources, expertise, media attention and other means of advocacy to impacted persons. Moreover, this goal must be met with concrete and attainable steps, which the coalition holds itself accountable to.
Credit, Accolades, and Public Messaging
The coalition understands that persons directly impacted by injustice are the foremost experts on the injustice and their voices and experiences are central to any public messaging the coalition engages in. Credit and accolades for progress made is directly attributable to the work and sacrifice of communities directly impacted by the injustice.
Culture
Partners in the effort candidly name and address white supremacy and other inequities when they surface. This requires that all partners have an understanding of white supremacy and the many ways it manifests in the justice advocacy field.