FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LOUISIANAS INCARCERATED CHILDREN
Programs
Community Organizing for Racial Justice
FFLIC IMPLEMENTS A MODEL OF ORGANIZING THAT'S PEOPLE-AND-COMMUNITY CENTERED, EXPLICITLY ANTI-RACIST, AND REFLECTS THE COMMUNITIES WE COME FROM. FFLIC WAS FOUNDED IN 2001 BY A GROUP OF BLACK PARENTS, MOSTLY MOTHERS, WHO CAME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AS THEIR CHILDREN AND LOVED ONES WERE BEING TARGETED AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY THE RACIAL INJUSTICE SYSTEM. CONCERNED ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE, THIS GROUP ORGANIZED AND LED THE CHARGE FOR LONG-TERM POLICY REFORMS. THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS LED TO THE PASSAGE OF A LANDMARK BILL ACT 1225 OR 2003, WHICH FOCUSED ON HOLISTIC, COORDINATED SYSTEMS OF CARE AND EFFECTIVELY CLOSED TALLULAH YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS YOUTH PRISONS IN THE NATION. FFLIC WAS FOUNDED ON THE BELIEF THAT PEOPLE ARE THE POWER AND THAT THOSE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED ARE THE CHOSEN ONES TO LEAD PERMANENT CHANGE BY DISRUPTING AND DISMANTLING BROKEN RACIST SYSTEM. OUR GOALS ARE TO RADICALLY TRANSFORM THESE SYSTEMS AS WELL AS SHIFT HOW THEY TREAT AND VALUE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC). WE HAVE THREE GENERATIONS OF ACTIVE FAMILY MEMBERS ADVOCATING SIDE BY SIDE TO ERADICATE THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE THAT FUNNELS BIPOC YOUTH INTO THE JUSTICE SYTEM.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$1.3M
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