Michigan SALSA for Black Lives
Tax deductible
The South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA) at the University of Michigan Law School is gathering donations for The Bail Project.
From May 28 to May 31, 2020, police arrested approximately 1,700 protestors in numerous cities across the country. These individuals were fighting for justice for Black communities in the wake of the brutal police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others. The known infection rate of COVID-19 in U.S. jails and prisons is 2.5 times higher than in the general population. Black people are incarcerated in U.S. state prisons at more than five times the rate of white people. Black and Latinx individuals make up the vast majority (over 60%) of coronavirus deaths in custody.
Together, these facts make clear we are facing a public health crisis and a crisis of long-ignored institutional racism. You can be a part of the solution.
The Bail Project is a national non-profit organization that pays bail for thousands of people in need each year. On any given day, almost half a million individuals are detained in jail cells across America even though they have not been convicted of a crime. Such individuals, who are presumed innocent under the law, make up more than two-thirds of the country’s prison population. Unaffordable cash bail is the primary factor that contributes to this pretrial detention.
100% of money gathered by SALSA will be donated directly to The Bail Project. 100% of money gathered by The Bail Project is used to pay bail for incarcerated individuals.
From May 28 to May 31, 2020, police arrested approximately 1,700 protestors in numerous cities across the country. These individuals were fighting for justice for Black communities in the wake of the brutal police murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others. The known infection rate of COVID-19 in U.S. jails and prisons is 2.5 times higher than in the general population. Black people are incarcerated in U.S. state prisons at more than five times the rate of white people. Black and Latinx individuals make up the vast majority (over 60%) of coronavirus deaths in custody.
Together, these facts make clear we are facing a public health crisis and a crisis of long-ignored institutional racism. You can be a part of the solution.
The Bail Project is a national non-profit organization that pays bail for thousands of people in need each year. On any given day, almost half a million individuals are detained in jail cells across America even though they have not been convicted of a crime. Such individuals, who are presumed innocent under the law, make up more than two-thirds of the country’s prison population. Unaffordable cash bail is the primary factor that contributes to this pretrial detention.
100% of money gathered by SALSA will be donated directly to The Bail Project. 100% of money gathered by The Bail Project is used to pay bail for incarcerated individuals.
Organizer
Aashna Rao
Organizer
Ann Arbor, MI
The Bail Project
Beneficiary