Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    WE GOT US NOW IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO ENGAGE, EDUCATE, ELEVATE AND EMPOWER CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY PARENTAL INCARCERATION. IN JANUARY 2020, WE LAUNCHED OUR ACTIONIST LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR DIRECTLY IMPACTED DAUGHTERS AND SONS WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TRAINED AND DEVELOPED THEM INTO LEADING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WITH A PROVEN COMMITMENT TO REFORM THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM THROUGH ACTION AND ADVOCACY WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES AND STATES IN ALIGNMENT WITH WE GOT US NOW POLICY PRIORITIES. FROM MOTHER'S DAY THROUGH FATHER'S DAY, WE CONDUCTED OUR 2ND ANNUAL #KEEPFAMILIESCONNECTED CAMPAIGN THAT INCLUDED 7-WEEKS OF WEEKLY MULTIMEDIA ACTIVATIONS, PANELS, DISCUSSIONS, A NATIONWIDE FORUM TO #PROTECTOURPARENTS BEHIND BARS DURING COVID-19, AN OPEN LETTER, PETITION AND DIGITAL PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. WE CURATED DAY TWO OF THE DIGITAL CONFERENCE FOR CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS: RESILIENCE, SUCCESS & TRIUMPHS WITH PANELS FEATURING OUR ACTIONISTS AND PARTICIPATED IN HOWARD UNIVERSITY'S CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS PATHWAYS TO RESILIENCE RESEARCH REPORT. IN THE FALL OF 2020, WE PRODUCED OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL SERIES WHERE WE SHARED WAYS FOR FAMILIES TO HELP CHILDREN UNDERSTAND HOW TO BEST NAVIGATE SITUATIONS THAT ENSURE THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND REDUCE THE RISK OF CONTRACTING #COVID19. EVERY TUESDAY IN OCTOBER, WE FEATURED OUR ACTIONISTS ON INSTAGRAM LIVE WHERE WE EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ON THE CONTINUED CHALLENGES CHILDREN WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS FACE DURING THE PANDEMIC, SHARED PERSONAL ANECDOTES, DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CARE AND WELLNESS, AND SUPPORTIVE WAYS ALLIES CAN HELP KEEP FAMILIES CONNECTED AND END MASS INCARCERATION. WE ALSO LED A PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED DIRECTLY IMPACTED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY'S CHILD WELL BEING STATE OF INCARCERATION VIRTUAL SUMMIT'S EDUCATION DAY. IN NOVEMBER, WE WERE AN IMPACT PARTNER WITH AMAZON PRIME VIDEO FOR THE OSCAR NOMINATED FILM, TIME AND CELEBRATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH OUR REUNIFICATION CELEBRATION SERIES TO HIGHLIGHT THE RELEASE AND REUNITING OF THEIR INCARCERATED PARENTS. AT THE END OF 2020, WE FOUND OUT THAT WE GARNERED (4) LEGISLATIVE WINS AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS THAT SUPPORTED CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS AND KEEPING FAMILIES WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS CONNECTED IN WASHINGTON DC (LOCAL), LOUISIANA (STATE), NEW YORK (STATE), AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $217.9K

  • We Got Us Now Initiative

    WE GOT US NOW IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS TO ENGAGE, EDUCATE, ELEVATE AND EMPOWER CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IMPACTED BY PARENTAL INCARCERATION. 2022 PROGRAM ACTIVITES INCLUDED:#KEEPFAMILIESCONNECTED CAMPAIGN - OUR ANNUAL CAMPAIGN SERIES THAT RUNS FROM MOTHER'S DAY THROUGH FATHER'S DAY HIGHLIGHTS THE WE GOT US NOW PODCAST THAT HIGHLIGHTS COMPELLING STORIES FROM OUR ACTIONISTS, DIRECTLY IMPACTED CHILDREN, YOUNG ADULTS, FAMILIES FROM OUR WE GOT US NOW COMMUNITY, AND ALLIES FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WHO GIVE IN-DEPTH PERSPECTIVES AND INSIGHTS INTO THE EXPERIENCE OF PARENTAL SEPARATION BY WAY OF INCARCERATION FOR CHILDREN AND AMPLIFIES POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR WHILE ELEVATING AND EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY.WE GOT US NOW WAS EAGER TO GALVANIZE OUR NEXT COHORT OF ACTIONISTS, POST PANDEMIC. AFTER THOUGHTFUL SELECTION, WE ARE HONORED TO REIGNITE OUR ACTIONIST LEADERSHIP PROGRAM WITH 10 AMAZING DIRECTLY IMPACTED DAUGHTERS/SONS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WHO NOT ONLY SEEK TO SHIFT THE NARRATIVE ABOUT THE HISTORICALLY INVISIBLE POPULATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS, BUT ARE DETERMINED TO BRING FORTH INNOVATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE SOLUTIONS FROM THEIR OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT WILL HELP TO ELIMINATE THE COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES AND CARCERAL MECHANISMS THAT CONTINUE TO HARM CHILDREN WITH PARENTS BEHIND BARS ACROSS THE NATION.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $319.4K