Our nation is hurting, John.

In the wake of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police, people across the country are standing up to demand justice. It’s incumbent upon all of us to raise our voices with them.

But it’s not enough to just raise our voices in solidarity. We have to put real resources to work to support those leading and organizing on the front lines.

We must support community bail funds made available to post bail for arrested protesters. Click any of the buttons below to have your contribution automatically split between 38 community bail funds doing this work across the country:

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Though the media spends a lot less time covering it, most protesters raising their voices and marching in our streets have done so peacefully. And yet, peaceful protestors are facing unnecessary arrests and consistent escalations in force from police.

Making matters worse, our country’s cash bail system essentially criminalizes poverty and magnifies the inequality in our system of justice by disproportionately impacting communities of color.

Cash bail means well off protesters -- more often white -- are able to get out quickly while less affluent protesters -- more often Black and brown -- remain detained no matter how trivial the alleged offense. People unable to afford bail can be detained for weeks and months on end while they await trial, which is all the more dangerous during this pandemic as jails are one of the top flashpoints for the spread of COVID-19.

We have to dismantle the systemic racism that corrodes our system of justice. But people who can’t afford to post bail simply can’t wait for big legislation out of Washington.

They need our help now.

That’s why we’re asking you to donate to the community bail funds working to post bail for people across our country. Your contribution will have an immediate impact: