Integrated Multi-Method Advocacy

Conducts advocacy campaigns at state and federal levels to oppose executions and abolish the death penalty, including supporting the passage of abolition bills in states such as Colorado (2020) and Virginia (2021), advocating for repeal legislation in Ohio, and leading a campaign urging President Biden to commute federal and military death sentences—resulting in 37 of 44 commutations. Also leads congressional advocacy to abolish the federal death penalty.

Provides support to establish and strengthen state-based organizations opposing the death penalty, including in South Carolina (2021), Idaho (2024), and Utah (2025), and helped form South Carolinians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

Operates an online submission platform to collect information on alleged wrongful convictions for public dissemination and maintains a public list of such cases to direct attention toward investigative review and systemic flaws in the death penalty system.

Provides emotional and peer support to co-victims (family members of murder victims) and families of people on death row through a dedicated prisoner family liaison and online request forms. Offers experiential support from individuals with lived experience in the death penalty system.

Operates petition delivery systems, maintains email sign-up forms, and organizes public actions such as protests, vigils, and fasts—including the annual Starvin’ for Justice event at the U.S. Supreme Court—to mobilize public opposition to executions and support for abolition.

Organizes and manages national and regional events, including the "Human Rights in Crisis" and "End of Executions" conferences (2020–2021), the Texas Journey of Hope (2017), and statewide advocacy tours such as in Ohio (2019), to build movement and coordinate opposition to executions.

Produces and disseminates educational media, including eight mini-documentaries in "The People vs. The Death Penalty" series, videos calling for clemency, and awareness campaigns such as For Whom the Bells Toll and March4Mercy. Maintains public listings of featured death row cases and wrongful conviction cases to inform public discourse and prompt investigative review.

Produces research-based content identifying systemic flaws in the U.S. death penalty, including racism, geographic disparity, prosecutorial overreach, high error rates, and inadequate legal representation, to support advocacy and public education efforts.

Leads national, state, and local campaigns to enact, protect, and expand open primary elections through direct advocacy, voter mobilization, legislative engagement, and ballot referendum efforts. Counters legislation aimed at closing primaries and promotes inclusion of independent voters in taxpayer-funded elections.

Trains and supports independent voters, activists, and spokespeople in public communication, storytelling, and campaign leadership. Offers virtual training programs and builds national networks to strengthen grassroots advocacy for primary reform.

Builds and supports litigation strategies to challenge closed primary systems in federal and state courts, including filing complaints, amicus briefs, and constitutional challenges in states such as Maryland, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Wyoming, and Florida. Partners with attorneys and legal firms nationwide to advance these cases.

Produces and promotes public-facing content including personal narratives, letters to the editor, editorials, and virtual discussion events featuring political figures to raise awareness about independent voters and the benefits of open primaries.

Conducts and supports research on electoral reform, including co-authoring analyses of independent voting patterns. Produces and disseminates research publications to inform public understanding and policy debates.

Leads and participates in citywide advocacy campaigns to advance police accountability and community safety reforms, including the passage of the How Many Stops Act, the repeal of NY’s 50-a law, and the establishment of a special prosecutor for police killings. The organization played a leadership role in overriding the mayor’s veto of the How Many Stops Act in 2024.

Engages in public education and outreach to empower low-income Latinx and other communities of color in New York City to address police violence and systemic racism. This includes distributing Know Your Rights materials and building a movement against police violence.

Initiates, organizes, and leads CopWatch programs that train and deploy community members to monitor and document police activity during protests, high-security events, and neighborhood patrols. The organization also co-founded the NYC Cop Watch Alliance and has provided CopWatch training to thousands of individuals.

Runs the Families Organizing Program in NYC, where families of individuals murdered by police develop and launch campaigns for systemic reform, including policy advocacy and grassroots organizing around police accountability and community safety.

Runs the Community Defense program that organizes New Yorkers of color to develop and advocate for community safety alternatives, including campaigns to divest from the NYPD, remove police from mental health responses, and promote community-led safety models.