2021 Annual impact report

2021 was not the year that many of us hoped for: An insurrection, an enduring pandemic, intensified threats against Black and Brown lives, and a Supreme Court poised to set reproductive rights back five decades. And yet, through all the hurt, struggle, disappointment, and uncertainty, we’ve also seen growing movements.

Working people are organizing in rapidly rising numbers. Advocates are pushing for long-overdue overhauls of policing and public safety, demanding protections that include all of us, not just some at the expense of others. And local governments across our network are listening. They are not just settling for “business as usual” that pits the government against the communities they’re supposed to serve; they are using their power to become allies and advocates. Our report is no longer viewable, but detailed how we protected our most underserved communities by changing the way state, local, and tribal governments enforce laws.