Affiliate Partners
UENI
Affordable, Done-For-You Websites for Small Businesses. UENI provides a comprehensive solution for small businesses to establish a professional online presence. They build and launch your website or online store within seven days, complete with essential features like local SEO, e-commerce capabilities (0% commission), 24/7 bookings, and marketing support.
Heliotrope
Natural, Small-Batch Skincare and Custom Aromatherapy. Heliotrope crafts a range of high-quality, all-natural skincare and personal care products made in small batches in the Bay Area. They specialize in using simple, organic ingredients and offer unique services like custom aromatherapy blending, making natural care personal and sustainable.
Bodi by Samirah
Handmade, Natural Body Care and Henna Services. Bodi by Samirah is committed to providing handmade, luxury natural body care products to the entire family. Their focus is on creating healthy skin products using all-natural, vegan ingredients, alongside offering professional henna services.
Hello Skip
Simplifying Access to Government Services and Funding. Hello Skip (or TrySkip) is a platform that helps individuals and small business owners navigate and access various government services, funding, and grants, including assistance with EIDL loans, unemployment, and other essential resources.
Hijab Souq
A Wide Selection of Quality Hijabs and Modest Fashion. The Hijab Souq offers a diverse collection of hijabs, scarves, and accessories in various fabrics, colors, and styles. They aim to provide high-quality options for modest dress to meet the daily needs and special occasion wear of Muslim women.
Community Resources
Black Girls Can Inc.
Empowering Black Girls Through Education and Mentorship. Black Girls Can Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring and empowering Black girls through mentorship, educational programs, and character development initiatives, helping them realize their full potential and become future leaders.
Guidance Residential
Shariah-Compliant Home Financing Solutions. Guidance Residential is a leading provider of Shariah-compliant home financing (Islamic Home Financing) in the U.S. They offer an alternative to conventional mortgages, allowing individuals to finance a home without relying on interest (riba).
Inmates to Entrepreneurs
Teaching Entrepreneurship to the Formerly Incarcerated. This non-profit organization provides free educational resources, training, and support to current and formerly incarcerated individuals, teaching them how to start and grow their own businesses to promote successful reentry and economic independence.
Defy Ventures
Business Training and Mentorship for Incarcerated Individuals. Defy Ventures runs programs both inside and outside prison walls to offer entrepreneurship training, character development, and mentorship. Their mission is to transform the lives of people with criminal histories by equipping them to become successful entrepreneurs.
Children of Incarcerated Parents (CT-CIP)
Support and Advocacy for Children Affected by Parental Incarceration. CT-CIP (Connecticut Children of Incarcerated Parents) is dedicated to raising awareness and providing support for the unique needs of children with a parent in the criminal justice system, working to mitigate the negative impact of incarceration on children.
Soar Foundation (PICS Is Real)
Empowerment and Support for the Incarcerated Community. The PICS Is Real (Preparing Incarcerated Citizens for Success is Real) Soar Foundation offers support, resources, and mentorship to individuals who are currently or formerly incarcerated, focusing on education, job training, and successful reentry.
Uniquely Me Creative Arts (UMCA)
Creative Arts Programs for Youth in Underserved Communities. UMCA provides high-quality, accessible creative arts programming to youth in underserved communities, fostering self-expression, confidence, and skill development through dance, music, theater, and visual arts.
Visionary V - Anger Management Training
Professional Anger Management and Relationship Skill Building. Visionary V offers certified anger management training and related courses focused on emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, and healthy relationship skills for both individuals and groups.
Advocacy Initiatives
Reentry Act - Federal (H.R. 2586)
Ensuring Pre-Release Medicaid Coverage. This federal bill aims to ensure that individuals returning home from incarceration can receive Medicaid benefits 30 days prior to their release, addressing critical healthcare needs and supporting a smoother reentry process.
Due Process Continuity of Care Act (H.R. 1510 / S. 1720)
Preventing Healthcare Lapse for Pretrial Individuals. This bill is designed to allow individuals who are pretrial to continue their healthcare coverage (Medicaid) while detained. This prevents a lapse in coverage and care, particularly important upon their release on bond.
Protect In Person Visits - NY
Advocacy for Maintaining Physical Visits in NY Prisons. This initiative, promoted by Susu Osborne, advocates for legislation and policy that protects the right to in-person visitation in New York correctional facilities, recognizing the critical role of physical contact for family and inmate well-being.
PLAN Act - NY
Promoting Fairness and Opportunity for the Formerly Incarcerated. The PLAN (Promoting Legislative Advancement Now) Act in New York is an advocacy effort focused on removing barriers and promoting fairness in employment, housing, and civil rights for people who have been formerly incarcerated.
Safer Supervision Act
Reforming Probation and Parole Supervision. This campaign advocates for federal and state policy changes to create a safer, more effective, and shorter period of probation and parole supervision. The goal is to reduce technical violations and encourage successful completion of supervision terms.
Right to Hug - Michigan
Advocating for Physical Contact in Correctional Facilities. The Right to Hug is a grassroots movement in Michigan fighting for policies that restore and protect physical contact—specifically the right to hug—between incarcerated individuals and their children and loved ones during visits.
Wrongful Conviction Relief Act - CT
Supporting the Overturning of Wrongful Convictions in Connecticut. This advocacy effort, symbolized by the campaign to free Abdus, pushes for the establishment of a more accessible legal mechanism in Connecticut to review and overturn cases of factual innocence where a wrongful conviction occurred.
Due Process Continuity of Care Act (H.R. 1510 / S. 1720)
Preventing Healthcare Lapse for Pretrial Individuals. This bill is designed to allow individuals who are pretrial to continue their healthcare coverage (Medicaid) while detained. This prevents a lapse in coverage and care, particularly important upon their release on bond.