[…] the North Carolina Council of Churches. Updated September 12, 2023. Considerable empirical evidence demonstrates that the cash bail system is inequitable and ineffective. The cash bail system requires pretrial defendants to pay […]
Cash Bail Reform
[…] faith leaders (lay and clergy) across the state who are taking a dual approach to cash bail. While working to educate the public and mobilize for policy change, they are also […]
Cash Bail Study Guide for Faith Communities
The information in this electronic folder is the initial information on Money Bail Reform Efforts prepared by members of the North Carolina Council of Churches and representatives of the Bishop’s […]
Criminal Justice Reform
[…] death penalty. Racial disparities are integral pieces of maintaining white supremacy through the courts, from cash bail to mandatory minimums. Corporate interests and profit are furthered through the growing presence of […]
Legislative Advocacy
[…] on many of the issues listed above as well as gun violence prevention, climate justice, cash bail reform, confederate monument removal, raising wages campaign, HIV advocacy, overdose response, voting rights, and […]
Confederate Monument Removal
[…] This Third Edition of Whose Heritage? builds upon and expands the first and second editions. Click here to access the report. Cash Bail Reform Issue Statements The Council takes positions on issues through policy statements that inform, […]
Lenten Guide – Ash Wednesday
[…] consider one economic issue each week. I am choosing: mortgages, minimum wage, public school funding, cash bail, health care, income taxes. I want to understand how I benefit from each system […]
Hard year’s signposts in quest for justice
[…] of prosecutors, juries and judges. The report zeroes in on the ill effects of the cash bail system – a particular concern of the N.C. Council of Churches – which unnecessarily […]
Paid Sick Leave / Paid Family Leave
[…] committees which are made up of representatives of our member bodies. A Living Wage (11/9/2000) Cash Bail Partner Organizations Below is a list of our partners statewide with a link to […]
About
[…] education, raising wages, overdose awareness, racial equity, HIV advocacy, mental health advocacy, death penalty abolition, cash bail reform, and immigrants’ rights. With each new enterprise, the Council frequently finds itself out […]
Racial Justice
[…] which are made up of representatives of our member bodies. A Resolution to Change the Cash Bail Bond System (8/8/2022) Statement on George Floyd Murder Trial Verdict (4/21/2021) Remove Confederate Symbols […]
Resources
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Raising Wages
[…] committees which are made up of representatives of our member bodies. A Living Wage (11/9/2000) Cash Bail Partner Organizations Below is a list of our partners statewide with a link to […]
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[…] the Council is currently engaged across North Carolina include work on climate justice and resilience, cash bail reform, death penalty abolition, farmworker advocacy, and equipping congregations with mental health, healthy aging, […]