National Expungement Week
The Social Impact Center leads the Los Angeles
National Expungement Week efforts.
N.E.W. provides year long coordinated relief clinics,
discussions, and healing sessions that provide relief,
equity, and opportunity in communities historically
and currently impacted by the War on Drugs. N.E.W.
also organizes an annual national week of action.
LA County's Week of Action & Awareness 2021
2020 IMPACT
- 7 Hubs in LA County
- Fed 1100 families with 6 tons of food donated by Food Forward
- 150+ people received free legal services
- 130+ people registered to vote
- Provided 1 Day of healing workshops
National Expungement Week, N.E.W., is a movement for the liberation of justice-impacted communities. Through our holistic year-round programming including legal relief, wraparound services, and advocacy for expanded access to expungement, we build and restore pathways for generational healing and wealth.
We partner with the cannabis industry to repair the harm caused by the war on drugs, but we are not cannabis-exclusive. We espouse that any person whose record can be expunged, sealed, and/or reclassified, should have access, and that by doing so we reduce the urgency to reoffend.
