The last year has been challenging and unnerving. We have witnessed a rise in the politics of fear and anger, leading many to tolerate and accept things that should never be tolerated. The United States Supreme Court has signaled an unprecedented retreat from gains made during the civil rights movement and efforts to protect the most vulnerable in our jails and prisons. There has been a sharp increase in the number of executions in the United States. An assault on museums, cultural institutions, and schools is taking place that threatens to undermine honest teaching about America’s history of racial injustice. We have also seen the most significant cut to federal spending in decades to help the poor, the elderly, and those facing hunger.
The work of EJI has never been more critical. We remain steadfast in our commitment to stand with the condemned, the wrongly convicted, and the unfairly sentenced. We are deepening our commitment to provide services to the poor who face food insecurity and inadequate health care. We are expanding our public education work and strengthening the vital work of the Legacy Sites. And we are committed to inspiring young people to believe in a better future.
Everything we do is an extension of your commitment and belief in a healthier nation and a more just world. Your contributions and support have enabled and empowered us to continue fighting. On behalf of everyone at EJI, and the thousands of people we assist, represent, and try to uplift, we say thank you.
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Since we opened the first Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in 2018, the Legacy Sites have attracted more than two million visitors to Montgomery.
Stephen Gabris
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More than 47 million people in the U.S. experience food insecurity. This year we launched a mobile grocery truck that travels throughout Alabama selling groceries at drastically reduced prices.
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We are continuing our work to change the narrative about race in America by teaching the history of racial injustice.
Kisha Bari / Vision and Justice
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This year, we continued to support young scholars, most recently donating more than 11,000 books to provide for every first and second grader in Montgomery Public Schools.
Montgomery Advertiser
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As part of our Community Remembrance Project, this year communities around the country continued their efforts to install historical markers that memorialize documented victims of racial violence.
Kenyatta Crisp / Signal Cleveland
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Through our Art and Justice series, we had the privilege to host world-class musicians in Montgomery for transformative musical and artistic events.