Over 190 organizations have endorsed the Campaign to Close Rikers.

Coordinating Committee



 

Endorsing Organizations

 

A Little Piece of Light

The Ali Forney Center

Alliance of Families for Justice

All Kings

All Saints’ Episcopal Church Racial Justice Initiative

America on Trial Inc.

American Friends Service Committee

American Sikh Forum

Appellate Advocates

Arab American Association of New York

Archdiocese of New York Campus Ministry at Hostos and Bronx Community College

Artistic Noise

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action Riverdale

Bethany Baptist Church

BKForge

The Black Church Center for Justice and Equality

Both Sides of the Violence, Inc.

Breaking the Chains of Your Mind

The Bridge for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation

Broken Hearts Restored Inc.

Bronx United Progressives

Brooklyn Movement Center

Brooklyn Resistors

The Brotherhood Sister Sol

Buddhist Council of New York

Catholic Relief Services Ambassadors of Global Justice at St. John’s University

CASES

Center for Justice Innovation

Center for Employment Opportunities

Central Synagogue

Children of Promise, NYC

Children’s Defense Fund - NY

Children's Haven: A Place of Healing & Hope, Inc.

Children's Rights

Church of Gethsemane

Church of the Ascension NYC

Church of the Heavenly Rest

Circles of Support

Citizens Against Recidivism, Inc.

Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York

Coalition for a District Alternative

Community Access, Inc.

The Community Church of New York, Unitarian Universalist

Community Service Society of New York

Community Voices Heard

Congregation Beit Simchat Torah

Congregation Beth Elohim Dismantling Racism Team

Corporation for Supportive Housing

Correctional Association of New York (CANY)

Create Forward

CUNY Rising Alliance

Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College

Daughters4Justice

Dream Deferred Inc.

Drive Change

Elmcor Youth & Adult Activities, Inc.

The Episcopal Diocese of New York

exalt

The First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn

Flex Dance Program

Fordham Manor Church

The Fortune Society

Fountain House

Freedom Road, LLC

From Punishment to Public Health (P2PH) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Gangstas Giving Back

Gangstas Making Astronomical Community Changes (G-MACC)

The Gathering for Justice

The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church

Getting Out Staying Out (GOSO)

Grace Church Brooklyn Heights

Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice

Good Call

Guardians of Flushing Bay

The Health & Housing Consortium

Hindus for Human Rights

Holyrood Church

Hour Children

Housing Plus

Housing Works

Humanities Action Lab

The Ichigo Foundation

Ile Ifa Ofun Osa Temple

Incarcerated Nation Network, Inc.

Independent Neighborhood Democrats

Indivisible Brooklyn

Innocence Project

The Interfaith Center of New York

Inwood Indivisible

Jewish Community Project Downtown

Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club

John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity

Judson Memorial Church

Justice for Families

 

Justice Ministries Committee, NYC Presbytery

Just Write Community Project

Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice

Kings Against Violence Initiative (KAVI)

Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church

Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn

Latino Pastoral Action Center

League of Women Voters

Lenox Road Baptist Church

Long Island Council of Churches, Public Issues Committee

Man Up Inc.

Memorial United Methodist Church

Metro Hope Church NYC

Middle Church

Mott Haven Reformed Church

Music on the Inside

Mutual Aid Immigration Network

?MUVSU? What Moves You?

NAACP New York State Conference

National Action Network

National Action Network NYC Chapter Second Chance Committee

National Alliance on Mental Illness – NYC (NAMI-NYC)

National Religious Campaign Against Torture

The New 3 R’s

New Hour

New Kings Democrats

The New Shul

The New York Academy of Medicine

New York City Environmental Justice Alliance

New York County Defender Services

The New York Jewish Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest

New York Theological Seminary

Next Step Community Church

Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC)

Northwest Bronx Indivisible

Nurses for Social Justice

NYC Jails Action Coalition

The NYC Justice Peer Initiative

Orita Meta Resources Inc.

Osborne Association

Park Avenue Christian Church

Peer Network Of New York

Penn and Perry Inc.

People of Color Worship and Reflection Group - Queens Quakers

People’s Progressive Action

Peter Harris Outreach Center

Pray with Our Feet Podcast & Community

Presbytery of New York City

Project Attica

Project New Yorker

Providence House, Inc

Queens Defenders

Racial Justice BK

Raw Wisdom LLC

Recess

Re/Creation

Red Hook Initiative

Refoundry

The Remnant Fellowship Church

The Right Now Project

Rikers Debate Project

Rise Again Ministries

Rising Ground, Inc.

The Riverside Church in the City of New York

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Sadhana Hindus

Second Chance Studios

St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church

St. Boniface Social Justice Action Committee

St. Lydia’s Dinner Church

St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Harlem

St. Peter’s Chelsea

Stages for Success

Staten Island Inter-Religious Leadership

Supportive Housing Network of New York

Thank God for Abortion

Theatre of the Oppressed

thinkdance

T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

Together We Can

Trellis

Trinity Church Wall Street

Union Theological Seminary

United Community Centers

United Madrassi Association Inc.

Urban Pathways

Vera Institute of Justice

Village Zendo

Visionary V

Women & Justice Project

Women Who Never Give Up, Inc.

Women’s Prison Association

The Youth Anti-Prison Project

Youth Justice Network

Youth Over Guns

Youth Represent