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“The Ella Baker Center played a critical role in winning my freedom, and I am so appreciative of the dogged determination and brilliance of their team. They shared the pathway and tools that allow me to celebrate this fall – and every fall for the rest of my life – surrounded by my family.”

“I’m being provided with educational materials about legislation, it’s helping me build relationships with people within the work, and it’s one on one conversations about what this work means and envisioning a new justice system.”

“One of the things I so deeply appreciate about the Ella Baker Center is that the organization invested in and supported my leadership as a young Black female organizer and leader.”

“I had a sentence of 67-years-to-life before Proposition 57, and I have you to thank in getting that passed. Without amazing organizations like yours, I would still be sitting in this cell. I am also thankful for the sense of humanity that I have personally felt from the EBC team. I will never forget the inspiration that I always felt being in the presence of Emily. I felt like I was sitting with an advocate warrior whose spirit demanded that I not give up hope, that I harness my value and bring it to the fight.”

“I wouldn’t have known what to do, how to fight, and they made me the strong person I am today. The Ella Baker Center, I call them my family because they’ve been there for me.”

“While incarcerated, people see us but do not hear us. Now that I’m a part of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, watch me, Michael Mackey, and my legion of friends achieve the unachievable.”