The last episode of our podcast series Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. featured two leading voices in the family policing abolitionist movement, Kristen Weber of the National Center for Youth La...

We close our podcast series, Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation., with a very special episode. Recorded in person at our annual board meeting, we're joined by two of the leading voices in the family policing abolitionist movement....

In this episode of Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. we hear from Erin Miles Cloud, co-founder of Movement for Family Power and Joyce McMillan, founder and executive d...

In the third episode of Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. we hear from Jaime Koppel of Communities for Just Schools Fund and Geoffrey Winder of the

In the second episode of Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. we hear from Michelle Ruiz and Jayden Huerta of Puente Human Rights Movement in Phoenix, AZ. They discuss their experiences as youth ...

A new season of our podcast kicks off with a brand new series that centers youth in the movement to abolish harmful systems: Organizing for Abolition. Envisioning Liberation. Hosted by AFF Director Mishi Faruqee, each episode in this lim...

In this episode of Out Of The Margins, we close our series on what it takes to MANIFEST change with Marcy Mistrett and Billy Harris, previously with the Campaign for Youth Justice. After 15 ...

In this episode, Alejandra Ruiz of the Youth Engagement Fund (YEF) joins us to discuss the voting power of young people of color. She reflects on the organizing wins of the 2020 election and how YE...

In this very special episode of Out Of The Margins, we discuss the Visionary Freedom Fund (VFF), an initiative launched by the Andrus Family Fund. We speak with members of VFF's Power Table, including one of its youth leaders, to learn about th...

In this episode, Juniperangelica (Gia) Cordova of the Transgender Law Center explains how the organization manifests change through its organizing and advocacy work. She discusses the unique chall...

We continue our series that unpacks what it takes to manifest change. In this episode, we hear from Monica Cordova, Co-Executive Director of Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO

We kick off a new series that unpacks what it takes to manifest change. Our first episode of the series features Anna Gennari, Deputy Director of Foster Youth in Action. She connects the d...

To close our Dream series, we speak with Jessica Nowlan, Executive Director of the Young Women’s Freedom Center. In this episode, she reflects on her lived experience — from being on the streets and...

Our Dream series continues with Danielle Sered, Executive Director of Common Justice. In this episode, she unpacks the drivers of violence and how divesting from law enforcement and incarceration has actua...

Our Dream series continues with Wakumi Douglas, the co-founder and former executive director of S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective. In this episode, she reflects on the arduous demands moveme...

We continue our series on the importance of making space to dream in the youth justice movement with Francisca Porchas Coronado of Resilient Strategies. In this episode, we'll dig into the subj...

In this episode, we asked our grantee partners from Youth First Initiative about their dreams for youth justice, reinvesting in communities of color and reimagining a world without youth prisons. 

We conclude our conversation about investing in communities by exploring what equitable outcomes look like and how philanthropy can better invest in community safety.  If you missed the first part of the discussion, go back and listen to p...

What happens when we divest from harmful systems? In our new podcast series, our guests passionately discuss how public and private dollars can be equitably invested in communities. Tune in to hear the first episode of this two-part conversatio...

To conclude our first series of 2021, our guests break down how divesting from police could enhance safety for communities of color and why philanthropy should shift their funding from reform to abolition. Listen now. Host:Manuela A...

We kick off our first episode of the year with a series on what it really means when organizers say "defund the police." We're joined by leaders in the movement who dig into topics such as redefining public safety, police accountability, why re...

We conclude our conversation with current and former board members about trust-based philanthropy. Tune in to hear them dispel myths that are common in philanthropy and why they urge trustees to let go of control and shift power to grantee part...

Current and former board members reflect on their time serving on the board and how foundation trustees can shift power to push for anti-racist grantmaking practices. Read the AFF board's recommendations to fellow trustees about how they can sh...

We conclude our episode on realizing police free schools in Rochester, NY by speaking directly with youth on the impact of #PoliceFreeSchools and organizers share what more needs to be done to create a positive school climate. Tune in to hear t...

AFF's Program Officer, Nyoka Acevedo, co-hosts this very special episode of Out Of The Margins along with Jaime Koppel of the Communities for Just Schools Fund. Together, they engage in a rich conversation...