Diversion Center inside Atlanta Center Detention Center
The creation of the Diversion Center will allow us to expand pre-arrest diversion as a 24/7 resource and to provide critical services...
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
GOTV Community Block Party
As the elections draw closer, Women on The Rise and Communities Over Cages is inviting all our members, partners and friends out to...
- Sep 30, 2021
- 1 min
GMEN's Reentry Design Charrette
This is the beginning of different organizations and representatives from Senator Ossoff & Warnoff's office sharing our insight and...
- Sep 10, 2021
- 3 min
BOLD AD CAMPAIGN TACKLES PUBLIC SAFETY: URGES ACTION TO CLOSE AND REPURPOSE THE EXTRA CITY JAIL
AD BUILDS ON RECENT POLL SHOWING VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT “SMART SAFETY STRATEGIES” OVER INCREASED POLICE AND JAIL The Communities...
- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
Women on the Rise Launches #VOTEATL 2021
Registering Formerly-Incarcerated Folks to Vote & Building Power at the Polls! All eyes are again on Georgia as we prep for the November...
- Jul 30, 2021
- 1 min
#NOSL21: WE KEEP US SAFE BLOCK PARTY August 3rd 5pm - 9pm
YOU ARE OFFICIALLY INVITED!! #NOSL21: WE KEEP US SAFE BLOCK PARTY Night Out for Safety and Liberation is the night when people across the...
- Apr 12, 2021
- 2 min
COMMUNITIES OVER CAGES: CLOSE THE JAIL ATL CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES NEW AD CAMPAIGN
Over two years have passed since Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Atlanta was "no longer in the jail business" and pledged to close...
- Dec 7, 2020
- 5 min
Women on the Rise Joins 25 Organizations Calling for Councilmembers to Close Jail by December 31st
Group Represents Rising, United Majority Women on the Rise joined twenty-five organizations, including New Georgia Project and GA...
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
Women on the Rise Launches #Free2Vote
Registering Formerly-Incarcerated Folks to Vote & Building Power at the Polls! All eyes are again on Georgia as we head into runoff...
- Oct 7, 2020
- 3 min
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: “Demolish That Monstrosity”
New survey finds overwhelming support for “a clean break with the history of pain and suffering” caused by the Atlanta city jail;...
- Aug 11, 2020
- 2 min
How do you imagine Atlanta? VOTE TODAY
We've got big news in our Communities Over Cages: Close the Jail ATL Campaign! Four different options currently sit on the Mayor’s desk...
- Jun 24, 2020
- 1 min
ATL CITY COUNCIL PROTEST!
🎶What side are you on my people what side are you on I’m on the Freedom side💪🏿 A quick recap of THIS EPIC SHOW DOWN✊🏿✊🏾
- Jun 16, 2020
- 1 min
Rain Or Shine We Will Fight!
Justice Cant Wait, We Need a Date! Mayor Bottoms, when will the jail officially close? On June 10th, hundreds of people marched in the...
- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
SIGN OUR PETITION NOW to move $18 million from cuffs to care!
The City of Atlanta is voting on a budget with $18 million dollars for the Atlanta City Detention Center - a building that sits mostly...
- Apr 1, 2020
- 0 min
- Mar 25, 2020
- 1 min
Ms. Murry Doesn't Deserve to Die In Isolation Alone
@thesoutherncenter #repost Ms. Murry deserves the chance to see her family for the last time. She does not deserve to die in isolation in...
- Mar 20, 2020
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- Feb 17, 2020
- 1 min
Justice Day 2020, Feb. 27th
Women on the Rise is proud to co-sponsor Justice Day 2020! On February 27th, 2020 from 8:30am- 3:30pm partners of the Justice Reform...
- Nov 12, 2019
- 3 min
Where We Came From & Where We're Headed: A note from Marilynn Winn
I want to share just a little history of where Women on the Rise originated from. I met Xochitl Bervera in 2011 when I was working for...