Mississippi Impact Coalition

RestoringDignity. Rebuilding Lives. Reclaiming Power. Ending Exploitation.

Our Mission

Our mission is to advance justice and equity across Mississippi by centering the leadership and voices of justice-impacted people. We build community-led solutions in housing, public health and safety, youth and criminal justice, prison reform, workforce development, reentry, participatory defense, and civic engagement. Rooted in liberation, healing, and restoration, we dismantle oppressive systems, confront the culture of incarceration, and create pathways of intervention, prevention, and second chances shifting the narrative from punishment to possibility, and from neglect to nurturing.

Thousands of families served through survival and support programs
Hundreds of justice-impacted leaders trained and employed.
Millions of dollars in inequitable state policies exposed
Participatory defense cases reducing incarceration and securing releases.
Survivors of gun violence uplifted and centered in safety policy.

Current Campaigns

Test or Die
Close Parchman
Clean Slate Mississippi
Public Health is Public Safety
Crime Survivors and Victims of Gun Violence
Second Chance Act
Mississippi Parole Project

Impact At A Glance

Scope Of Work

Re-entry: Providing resources, support, and guidance to justice-impacted individuals as they reintegrate into the community, emphasizing dignity and opportunity. Identification assistance, access to healthcare
Voting Rights: Advocating for and facilitating access to voting rights, ensuring justice-impacted individuals can participate fully in civic life.
Public Health: Implementing strategies to minimize the adverse effects of substance use and systemic harm, promoting health and safety.
Direct Support: Offering immediate assistance including case management, resource navigation, and emotional support to meet individual needs.
Advocacy: Campaigning for policy changes and raising awareness to dismantle systemic barriers and promote justice and equity.
Clinics and Workshops: Conducting educational and health-related clinics and workshops to equip communities with knowledge and skills.
Organizing: Building grassroots movements through community engagement, leadership development, and coalition-building.
Intervention and Prevention Strategies: Developing programs aimed at reducing incarceration rates and addressing root causes before crisis points.
Credible Messengers: Involving trusted community members and justice-impacted individuals to deliver messages and foster trust.
Workforce Development: Providing training and employment opportunities to support economic independence and skill-building.
Housing: Assisting with access to stable, affordable housing to support successful reintegration.
Mental Health Referrals: Connecting individuals to mental health services and counseling to promote emotional well-being.
Peer Support: Creating peer-led support systems to foster community, understanding, and shared healing.
Public Safety Accountability: Exposing abuse, corruption, and unconstitutional conditions in jails and prisons, while elevating the voices of incarcerated people through our Ambassadors Behind the Walls program.
Rights Restoration: Facilitating processes to restore voting rights and other civil rights deficiencies.
Family Reunification: Supporting family reconnectivity through counseling and mediation to strengthen relationships.
Civic Engagement and Rights Restoration: Statewide GOTV drives, voting rights restoration advocacy, and initiatives like Vote in My Honor to to reconnect civic power to the civil rights struggle.
Social Support for Justice Impacted Families: Employment assistance, housing navigation, tailored wraparound services, and peer mentorship for people and their families
Participatory Defense- Families fight alongside loved ones facing incarceration, reducing sentences, reuniting families, and preventing wrongful conviction.
Survivors Healing and Justice- Through our Crime Survivors and Victims of Gun Violence campaign, we honor lives lost, uplift survivors, and demand investments in prevention and healing over incarceration.
Crisis Relief: Distributed millions of bottles of clean water and filters during Jackson’s water crisis, and organized Back-to School and LoveGiving drives

Contact Us Now

Have a question or want to learn more about our work? Feel free to reach out to us. We are here to listen, engage, and work together towards a better future.