Advocacy

Are you passionate about making a difference and amplifying our important message? Do you have a knack for social media and a desire to help shape the narrative of our organization? If so, we want YOU to join our Media and Social Media Team! The Florida Action Committee is looking for a few key members with experience in social media

In an era where evidence-based policy is increasingly valued, Arizona continues to maintain a sexual offense registry system that fails to deliver on its promises while creating serious collateral damage. Our current approach, originally designed to protect communities, has evolved into a system that paradoxically undermines public safety while devastating lives. As Arizona lawmakers consider criminal justice reforms, it’s time

A Palm Beach Judge said “ You may as well write a tattoo across his forehead that says sex offender” when reminding the Prosecutor of the debilitating consequences of being labeled a sex offender. “When he tries to get a job, when he tries to have a good relationship with someone, when he tries to bring his kids to school.

Dr. Alissa Ackerman is a professor of criminal justice at California State University, Fullerton, and co-founder of Ampersands Restorative Justice.  Ackerman studies every aspect of sexual abuse and the criminal justice policies used after it occurs. Being a rape survivor, Ackerman advocates for restorative justice for sex crimes where there is a likelihood of not sexually re-offending.  But she acknowledges