Flikshop

Boeing Invests $250K In Black-Owned Flikshop Platform

The Boeing Company has invested $250,000 in Flikshop; a platform designed to combat recidivism.
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
African American in Prison

Flikshop App Aims To Combat Recidivism

Social entrepreneur Marcus Bullock is using his business Flikshop to keep families connected with their incarcerated loved ones and combat…
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
Meek Mill, Michael Rubin, And CEO Van Jones Launch The Reform Alliance With Founding Partners

REFORM Alliance To Donate Masks To U.S. Prisons

Jay-Z and Meek Mill’s nonprofit REFORM Alliance will donate masks to every correctional facility in the U.S.
by Brandee Sanders
10.13.43
LA Premiere Of Cirque Du Soleil's "Volta"

Common’s Nonprofit Launches #WeMatterToo Campaign Amid COVID-19

Common’s nonprofit has launched a criminal justice reform campaign to address the spread of COVID-19 in correctional facilities.
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
Phresher And Funk Master Flex In Concert - New York, NY

Rapper Fred Da Godson Dies Of The Coronavirus

The lawyer of YNW Melly requests his release.
by Brandee Sanders
10.22.24
ENTERTAINMENT-US-TELEVISION-COSBY-TRIAL

The Coronavirus Is Reportedly In Bill Cosby's Prison

The comedian is apart of the larger conversation to incarceration issues.
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
Rihanna's 5th Annual Diamond Ball

Meek Mill Surprises Children Impacted By Incarceration

Meek Mill and Reform Alliance leaders treated children whose lives have been impacted by incarceration to a shopping spree.
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
B Block at galadstone gaol, south australia

Families Slam Jail For Disturbing Deaths Of Inmates

Pressure from relatives builds.
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
Washington Wizards v Brooklyn Nets

NBA Player Provides Haircuts For Brooklyn Children

NBA player Jarrett Allen provided children in Brooklyn with back-to-school haircuts.
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
African American mother and her daughter.

#FreeBlackMamas Bails Out Black Moms For Mother’s Day

The #FreeBlackMamas initiative is posting bail for Black mothers so they can be reunited with their families in time for…
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
Philly Fights Cancer: Round 3

John Legend Supports Accelerator Program For Former Inmates

John Legend, New Profit, and Bank of America have joined forces to launch an entrepreneurial accelerator program for former inmates.
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
Prison cell bars

Census Bureau Displaces Minority Prisoners

A coalition of civil rights groups urge the Census Bureau to change its policy of how counting prisoners. In a…
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
Democratic National Convention

Clinton Gets Post-DNC Poll Bump

According to a new poll, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is edging out Donald Trump in the presidential race. The survey,…
by Brandee Sanders
11.05.97
Jail Cell

Spending On Incarceration Far Outpacing School Funding

An Education Department report finds a dramatic increase in prison spending over education funding. The Obama administration is calling for…
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
Obama vows to politicize fight for tighter gun laws

Education Department To Help The Formerly Incarcerated

The Department of Education announced funding for new tools to help those returning from prison. Grants offer a means to…
by Brandee Sanders
04.08.22
jail

Rich Black Kids More Likely To Be Incarcerated…

African-American kids from rich families are more likely to go to prison than White kids from underprivileged households.
by Brandee Sanders
01.01.70
President Obama Speaks At The Newark Campus Of Rutgers University

Three Ways Obama’s Criminal Justice Reforms Will Help…

On Monday, President Obama unveiled a series of initiatives to overhaul the criminal justice system. Here's how the reforms will…
by Brandee Sanders
02.27.36
Ta-Nehisi Coates, National Correspondent for The Atlantic Magazine, wrote the cover piece about reparations in this month's issue...

Ta-Nehisi Coates Stirs Debate With Treatise On “The…

The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates is back with a probing analysis titled "The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration."
by Brandee Sanders
04.28.83
Jail Cell

Bail Equals Inequality: The Kalief Browder Case &…

For the three years Kalief Browder sat in New York’s Rikers Island, he probably wondered what the difference would have…
by Brandee Sanders
02.03.22
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