STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

At Straight Ahead, we know that our power is directly proportionate to the base we are able to organize and the coalitions we are able to build. In our strategic partnerships work, we prioritize building coherence, alignment and deep relationships in order to go the distance.

PA Justice Alliance

PA Justice Alliance is a strategic alignment table created to coordinate the work of criminal legal reform organizations composed of formerly incarcerated people, grassroots activists, legal and policy advocates, and legislative organizers. Straight Ahead -along with other movement partners- has played a leading role in bringing this table of over 30 organizations together focused on amplifying our power in Harrisburg. The PA Justice Alliance envisions a commonwealth where an aligned criminal justice left, commits to engaging in sustained, state-level legislative advocacy to pass meaningful policy reforms that seek to diminish the carceral state in Pennsylvania. We conduct trainings, host legislative breakfasts, track bills as they move through the General Assembly and help each other navigate the halls of power together.

Learn more: www.pajusticealliance.org

Pennsylvania Working Families Party

Straight Ahead is a proud member of the Pennsylvania Working Families Party State Committee. Through this powerful alliance of labor unions, community organizations and progressive elected officials, we build power to get more people directly impacted by the criminal legal system into elected office and we build power to pass legislation that benefits our communities.

Learn more: workingfamilies.org/state/pennsylvania

Other Coalitional Work

On a regular basis and on every issue we work on we prioritize convening stakeholders and movement partners in order to build the power necessary to win. Whether we are fighting death by incarceration or advocating the end to long term punitive parole supervision, we believe in building the broadest unity possible. We are stronger together.
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