Who We Are

Founded in 2019 by a formerly incarcerated advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights,The Social Impact Center is the first LGBTQ+ and drug war survivor community reentry hub in America. Rooted in fostering lived experience leadership, it prioritizes inclusivity and justice for marginalized communities.

Mission

We are building power in criminalized BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities through stigma-free organizing and mutual aid. Our model is rooted in storytelling, education, cultural expression, intergenerational healing, and intersectional coalition building.

Vision

Centering our individual narratives and collective histories, we are building a Los Angeles rooted in compassion, care, healing, and intergenerational power for criminalized BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.

group of Social Impact Center team members

Theory of Change

BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) represent 72% of California’s state prison population with a recidivism rate of 50% over the last 10 years.

Systemic criminalization - rooted in white supremacy, gendered violence, and racial capitalism - has produced and continually produces violence including but not limited to police brutality, mass incarceration and economic sanctions. It especially separates BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities in Los Angeles from their power, health, value, opportunities, connection to each other, the land and nature.

1 in 3 people in the U.S have a criminal record

1 out of 3 people in LA County Jails suffer from mental illness and LA County spends 32 times more money on putting people in jail than keeping them out.

We’re here to change that.

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