News & Announcements
Georgia Justice Project Featured as a High-Impact Nonprofit in Updated Edition of "Forces for Good"
The Georgia Justice Project will be featured in the newest edition of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits. First published in 2007, Forces for Good describes six unique, counterintuitive practices of nonprofit organizations that have achieved extraordinary results for the causes they champion. Authors Leslie Cruthfield and Heather McLeod Grant employed a rigorous research methodology to determine "what makes great nonprofits great?" From Habitat for Humanity to Environmental Defense Fund to Feeding America--and now the Georgia Justice Project--these high-impact nonprofits affirm the viability of six basic practices for scaling social impact.
The Georgia Justice Project will be featured in the newest edition of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits. First published in 2007, Forces for Good describes six unique, counterintuitive practices of nonprofit organizations that have achieved extraordinary results for the causes they champion. Authors Leslie Cruthfield and Heather McLeod Grant employed a rigorous research methodology to determine "what makes great nonprofits great?" From Habitat for Humanity to Environmental Defense Fund to Feeding America--and now the Georgia Justice Project--these high-impact nonprofits affirm the viability of six basic practices for scaling social impact.
GJP Celebrates Success with Criminal Justice Reform
GJP Board Members and staff joined Georgia Governor Nathan
Deal on the capitol steps on May 2, 2012 as he signed HB 1176, “Criminal Justice Reform
for Georgians” into law. The GJP team
worked under the Gold Dome for almost three years to advocate for major changes
to the state’s record restriction laws.
Originally a stand-alone bill sponsored by Representative Jay Neal, the
provisions were eventually added to the Governor’s criminal justice reform
package and passed by the Georgia General Assembly earlier in 2012.
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GJP Board Members and staff joined Georgia Governor Nathan
Deal on the capitol steps on May 2, 2012 as he signed HB 1176, “Criminal Justice Reform
for Georgians” into law. The GJP team
worked under the Gold Dome for almost three years to advocate for major changes
to the state’s record restriction laws.
Originally a stand-alone bill sponsored by Representative Jay Neal, the
provisions were eventually added to the Governor’s criminal justice reform
package and passed by the Georgia General Assembly earlier in 2012.
Georgia Justice Project Hires Director of Legal Services
Anna Blitz to serve as the Director of Legal Services at Georgia
Justice Project, overseeing all aspects of the organization’s legal services in
Atlanta and Macon, Georgia.
Anna Blitz to serve as the Director of Legal Services at Georgia
Justice Project, overseeing all aspects of the organization’s legal services in
Atlanta and Macon, Georgia.
Atlanta Celebrates 25 Years of Grass Roots Justice
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HB 1176 Passes from Georgia General Assembly to Governor Deal
Great news: The Georgia
Senate passed HB1176 unanimously yesterday and it included many of the changes
GJP has been advocating for since 2009!
Fox News interviewed a GJP client and staff about record restriction yesterday,
just prior to Senate vote. You can watch
the full report TODAY on Atlanta Fox5 News at 5 pm, or a national broadcast on
the Fox news Channel at 7:40 pm EST. Click here to read the full article and watch the report.
Great news: The Georgia
Senate passed HB1176 unanimously yesterday and it included many of the changes
GJP has been advocating for since 2009!
Fox News interviewed a GJP client and staff about record restriction yesterday,
just prior to Senate vote. You can watch
the full report TODAY on Atlanta Fox5 News at 5 pm, or a national broadcast on
the Fox news Channel at 7:40 pm EST. Click here to read the full article and watch the report.
GJP Action Alert #4: House Approves Record Restriction in Criminal Justice Reform Package!
With a vote of 164-1, the Georgia House of
Representatives passed HB 1176, the criminal justice reform bill that includes
important changes to the record restriction law. Sincere congratulations
go to our hardworking team at the Capitol, in particular Marissa McCall Dodson,
who sent us the good news at about 3:15 p.m. yesterday.
With a vote of 164-1, the Georgia House of
Representatives passed HB 1176, the criminal justice reform bill that includes
important changes to the record restriction law. Sincere congratulations
go to our hardworking team at the Capitol, in particular Marissa McCall Dodson,
who sent us the good news at about 3:15 p.m. yesterday.
HB1176 Passed out of Committee
HB1176 passed out of the committee on Tuesday, March 20th - on to the House floor for a vote today. Thanks for all of your calls and support.
HB1176 passed out of the committee on Tuesday, March 20th - on to the House floor for a vote today. Thanks for all of your calls and support.
GJP Action Alert #3: Record Restriction Included in HB 1176--Express Your Support to Joint Committee on Criminal Justice Reform
The Governor's revised criminal justice reform package, HB 1176, will be heard by the Special Joint Committee on Criminal Justice Reform at 3 p.m. today, Tuesday March 20th. It includes all the substantial revisions to the law that GJP has been advocating since 2009. This is major progress, but we still need your support to remind the General Assembly that they are doing the right thing by including criminal record reform in their efforts. It's not over until it's been voted upon by both the House and Senate and signed by Governor Deal!
The Governor's revised criminal justice reform package, HB 1176, will be heard by the Special Joint Committee on Criminal Justice Reform at 3 p.m. today, Tuesday March 20th. It includes all the substantial revisions to the law that GJP has been advocating since 2009. This is major progress, but we still need your support to remind the General Assembly that they are doing the right thing by including criminal record reform in their efforts. It's not over until it's been voted upon by both the House and Senate and signed by Governor Deal!
Georgia Justice Project Action Alert #2
Your calls are working! We have been informed that the record restriction language from HB 663 is strongly being considered for inclusion into the Governor's Criminal Justice Reform package, HB 1176. However, there is likely to be intense, focused pressure on a number of key provisions throughout the weekend and until the revised bill drops early next week. Therefore, we still need your help!
If you have already made a call on behalf of HB 663, please call those officials AGAIN and thank them for working to include HB 663 in HB 1176. If you have NOT made any calls, please do so TODAY or TOMORROW, asking the representatives to assure that HB 663 is included in the Criminal Justice Reform package, HB 1176.
Your calls are working! We have been informed that the record restriction language from HB 663 is strongly being considered for inclusion into the Governor's Criminal Justice Reform package, HB 1176. However, there is likely to be intense, focused pressure on a number of key provisions throughout the weekend and until the revised bill drops early next week. Therefore, we still need your help!
If you have already made a call on behalf of HB 663, please call those officials AGAIN and thank them for working to include HB 663 in HB 1176. If you have NOT made any calls, please do so TODAY or TOMORROW, asking the representatives to assure that HB 663 is included in the Criminal Justice Reform package, HB 1176.
GJP Legislative Action Alert
Your help is needed to convince the Georgia General Assembly of the importance of record restriction for people whose cases have not resulted in a conviction. We have a brief window of time in which HB 663, The Creating Opportunities for Employment Act, can be included in the Governor's important new Criminal Justice Reform package. But this will only happen with your help.
Please call your legislators and say you want the provisions of HB 663--restriction of nonconviction records in pre-employment background screening--included in the Criminal Justice Reform package (HB 1176). Click here for more information on HB663.
Your help is needed to convince the Georgia General Assembly of the importance of record restriction for people whose cases have not resulted in a conviction. We have a brief window of time in which HB 663, The Creating Opportunities for Employment Act, can be included in the Governor's important new Criminal Justice Reform package. But this will only happen with your help.
Please call your legislators and say you want the provisions of HB 663--restriction of nonconviction records in pre-employment background screening--included in the Criminal Justice Reform package (HB 1176). Click here for more information on HB663.