Equal Justice Initiative

• Providing legal representation for individuals who cannot afford it, ensuring fair treatment and justice for all.
• Funding educational programs to raise awareness about the injustices within our criminal justice system.

Leading up to and the days following June 18th, we are challenging the cycling community to ride as far as they can and match their miles with a dollar contribution to our Gofundme page. The funds that we raise will be directed to the Equal Justice Initiative .

In addition, your donation will give you a chance at winning a prize from our supporting partners.

We are committed to making change 1 mile at a time.

Why are we riding for racial justice?
+ We are challenging ourselves to work for racial equity.
+ We are challenging our community to begin the conversations necessary to end systemic racism.
+ We are raising funds to work towards racial justice through the Equal Justice Initiative. 

Event details:
When: June 18th, 2022

How to participate:
+ Join the Ride for Justice Strava Club (so we can track total miles and you can get updates).
+ Promote the Ride for Justice to your friends and family.
+ RIDE as many miles as you can on June 18th (or any date between 6/13 and 6/19).
+ After your ride, contribute a $/mile to the GoFoundMe page and provide a link to your ride on Strava in the comments section of the donation page.
+ Ask your friends and family to donate with a link to your ride.

On July 2nd, 2021 I'm attempting an Everest, a deliciously simple event that requires climbing the same hill over and over until the total ascent equals the height of Mt. Everest (29,029 ft).  Having the time and resources (bikes, cars, hundreds of shot blocks) to train for this event is a huge privilege. 

The social justice movement, disproportionate effect of COVID on Black and Indigenous people, and hate crimes against Asian-American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have had a huge impact on me and triggered deep introspection.  

This introspection has led to a desire to understand the stories and struggles of people whose life stories are radically different from mine.  Through these stories, I've learned that it's incumbent on those of us with privilege and power to use them in ways to improve equity and justice in our society. 

What will you do with your privilege?

Start by donating and help us reach our goal of raising $4k for the Equal Justice Initiative. Lisa and I will be matching donations at least up to $2k, and maybe more!!  The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is a nonprofit, human rights organization committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting the basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

Stories that have moved me during the past year:

Justin Williams & L39ION.la - Instagram 
Disclosure 
POSE 
Ear Hustle 
Trevor Noah - Born A Crime 
Serial Season 3 

Learn more about privilege and how unconscious or implicit bias masks our perceptions:

Peanut Butter, Jelly, and Racism - NY Times Video Series 
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race - Jay Smooth on TEDx 
The Difference Between being "not racist" and Anti-Racist - Ibram X Kinde on TED 

I set up this account to raise money for The Equal Justice Initiative, founded by
Bryan Stevenson,  who wrote Just Mercy.

 EJI is a human rights organization committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive
punishment in the US,  challenging  racial and economic injustice, and protecting
the basic human rights of the most
vulnerable people in America. https://eji.org/

Here’s how I am going to do my bit to support EJI:

I live in Princeton New Jersey and cycle a lot. The closest training hill is .5 miles long with
135 feet of climbing. I plan on doing this climb      846 times over the next 120 days.

My goal is  to raise at least $8460.00 to support  EJI’s vitally important work. 

WILL YOU HELP THE CLIMB FOR JUSTICE   BY  PLEDGING A DIME PER CLIMB  ($85 TOTAL)   AND BY SHARING THIS LINK?

I will keep you posted on my progress via weekly tweets  @cameronstout14 and on my blog:
lightatseaatstoutheart.org. 

We got this!
Cam

Starting this MLK day, the philanthropy committee and the DEI committee have decided to hold a fundraiser for the Equal Justice Initiative. The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is a nonprofit, human rights organization committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting the basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

Please consider donating! We will be collecting donations through February to also recognize Black History Month.

Help us support the Equal Justice Initiative, who is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable.

For more information, visit www.eji.org

Gem X is hosting Gemflix, a series of online jewelry chats and talks with industry experts and thought leaders. In keeping our programming complimentary, we hope you will consider donating what you would ordinarily pay for an event like this. 100% of your donations go straight to this cause.

Equal Justice Initiative: The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is a nonprofit, human rights organization committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting the basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

To learn more about EJI and Bryan Stevenson, you can read his book  Just Mercy or watch his TED talk  or see the powerful movie .

Hello from Ajay Krishnamurthy and Tanvi Krishnamurthy. We are both Seniors in high school. Like many of us, we have been deeply affected by what happened over the course of this year, especially this summer. So we wanted to do something to support racial justice around the world. We are learning classical Indian Arts, and we decided to organize this concert as a fundraiser for social justice causes. This GoFundMe site will forward all donations to the Equal Justice Initiative started by Bryan Stevenson. Please support the cause in any way that you can.
Tanvi and Ajay Krishnamurthy

The concert was streamed on Nov. 14 and on Nov. 15, 2020. If you want to see the concert, here is the link  .
Tanvi Krishnamurthy has also been raising funds for BLM and EJI using her art work .

A few other links for more information:
Museum on the Legacy of Racial Terror 
1619 Project Essay on Mass Incarceration and Slavery 
Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davis 
Caught by Marie Gottschalk 
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander