Families for Books Not Bars is the first-ever statewide network for families of incarcerated youth.
We organize parents, grandparents, siblings and relatives whose children are caught in the juvenile justice system. Our members have had to watch as a system that is supposed to provide their children with guidance and help instead abuses and neglects them.
We've know that the system not only harms children, it also traumatizes families. Our members have fought for their children's rights and have joined with Books Not Bars to fight for all of California's youth.
Across the state, we have more than 1,000 members and we're continuing to grow. We provide our members with:
Individual support
Resources and information
Opportunities to engage in public education, advocacy, media, legislative outreach and mass mobilizations
We train our members in grassroots organizing and to advocate for their family members in the system.
When implemented, CARB’s program has the potential to generate significant revenue, ranging in the hundreds of millions of dollars per compliance period, as green house gas emission permits are sold to polluting sources.
The Interrupters tells the stories of three "violence interrupters" who, with bravado, humility, and even humor try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they themselves once perpetuated.
