Nov 24, 2020 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates, Survivor Messages |
As we enter the holiday season, 13-year-old Nevaeh Savannah Lemons sent a heartfelt letter to Governor Gavin Newsom describing the impact of the 9-year absence of her mother, Tomiekia Johnson. Tomiekia has been incarcerated since 2012 after defending herself from...
Jun 4, 2020 | Calls to Action, Case & Campaign Updates, Survivor Messages |
Tomiekia Johnson’s case and several other incarcerated survivors of color were covered in a recent article in The Guardian! The article highlights the call for Gov. Gavin Newsom to grant incarcerated survivors emergency commutations and release them from a...
Aug 20, 2018 | Media, Survivor Messages |
S&P California member, Ny Nourn, recently gave this TED talk describing her experiences with immigration to the U.S. as a Cambodian refugee, surviving domestic violence, being convicted for the actions of her batterer and sentenced to life without the...
Aug 7, 2018 | Case & Campaign Updates, Media, Survivor Messages |
In this excerpt from her conversation with writer Victoria Law, Valerie Seeley expresses her commitment to helping other women criminalized for survival and asking Cuomo to grant more clemencies. Valerie Seeley is a survivor of domestic violence. In 1998 Valerie was...
Dec 28, 2017 | Case & Campaign Updates, Survivor Messages |
art by Francis Mead from the “Visions from the Inside” project 김이화씨는 길고 긴 8개월 동안 박해와 학대를 이민자 수용소 안에서 겪은 후 2017년 12월 28일 오전에 한국으로 강제로 출국당한다. After 8 long months of abuse and harassment in immigration detention, Yihwa Kim is being forced to return back to South Korea...
Nov 16, 2017 | Case & Campaign Updates, Survivor Messages |
Domestic violence survivor, Ny Nourn, has finally been released from ICE detention! More info about the organizing to free her can be found in this article, and Ny released the letter below via Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus: To My Loved Ones and...
