Alliance for Justice

Since 1979, AFJ has fought to protect and promote justice for all Americans and strengthen the public interest community's ability to influence public policy at the state and national level.

Why do we exist?

The Alliance for Justice was founded in 1979 to address the widespread injustice that negatively impacts our society. The mission of the Alliance for Justice is to advance the cause of justice for all Americans, strengthen the public interest community’s ability to influence public policy, and foster a new generation of advocates.

The Alliance for Justice is unique in its way of approaching widespread societal problems. Through action on neighborhood, community, city, state, regional, and national levels on behalf of justice for all Americans, the Alliance is making a difference.

Too often, the positions of only the most powerful few are represented in public policy debates. The Alliance for Justice believes that in order to achieve an equal and just society, we need to include the voices and opinions of all people.

What have you accomplished?

The Alliance for Justice engages several strategies in our efforts to bring about justice for all Americans. One of these approaches emphasizes the importance of educating and training youth to become actively involved in advocating for positive change in their communities. Through workshops, ongoing technical assistance, and moral support, the Alliance for Justice helps youth think about the world that they would like to live in, identify the discrepancies between current realities, and formulate plans for action that can make change happen.

Recently, a group of youth gathered as a part of First Monday 2000, the Alliance’s national campaign to end gun violence, and created a huge banner that listed their ideas for common-sense ways to end gun violence. They then encouraged the several hundred people in the audience to sign this banner. After gaining the signatures of so many concerned citizens, the youth mailed the banner to a representative from their state, sending the message that youth are affected by gun violence and are ready to take a stand in preventing gun violence. First Monday events happened all across the country at over 350 events attended by tens of thousands of concerned citizens uniting together to end gun violence.

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