News & Events

The Georgia Justice Project will host its clients and their families at the 7th Annual Back-2-School Festival on Saturday, July 13th. This is a fun-filled event with information booths, games, boxed lunches, a family atmosphere, and fully stocked backpacks for our client’s children. GJP counts on friends and supporters like you to help make this [...]

Looking back at my first week at the Georgia Justice Project, the most surprising thing is how the general population largely overlooks the problems of our criminal justice system. At times I have admittedly been guilty of the same thing. Over the nineteen years that I have called Atlanta my home I have come to [...]

GJP is excited to announce this year’s Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore Summer Intern Class.  Each summer, GJP welcomes a new class of enthused and energetic interns to join our team. Congratulations to all of the interns:   Eloisa Cleveland – Wellesley College Ethan Watt-Bishop – Washington & Lee University Katie Wilson – American University Washington [...]

GJP had its first Community Advisory Group meeting on Saturday, June 1, 2013.  The Community Advisory Group is comprised of approximately 20 former clients/client family members who have previously received services from GJP.   The Community Advisory Group will meet four times a year and  will help plan and implement GJP client events (Back-2-School and [...]

Congratulations to one of GJP’s interns, Dominque Madison, for graduating from Charles Drew High School with  Honors this May.  Dominque has interned with GJP for the last past three summers while in High School and has joined the team again this summer before she goes to college to study Political Science.   Dominique is not [...]

A staggering 3.2 million Georgians have criminal records and many face a daunting array of counterproductive legal barriers that make it difficult for them to succeed in important aspects of life. Lack of access to employment, housing, civic life, state IDs, and food assistance present major obstacles for individuals seeking to escape the cycle of poverty and [...]

Congratulations to GJP’s Board member, Janine Brown on being recognized as one of the 2013 Academy of Women Achievers at YWCA’s Salute to Women of Achievement Luncheon on May 22, 2013.  Ms. Brown received such an honor for her contributions to empowering girls and women in the Atlanta Community.   The YWCA of Greater Atlanta [...]