In 2022, Atlanta made history by passing the first ordinance in the U.S. to classify formerly incarcerated people as a protected class—prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, and public services. The effort, led by directly impacted organizers from Barred...
After spending 10 years in prison, Simpson struggled to find housing where she was welcome and could afford it. For four months after her release she lived under a highway overpass … Her record placed a laundry list...
After just a few months of grassroots organizing, Atlanta’s city council voted in October 2022 to name formerly incarcerated people a protected class, making it illegal for employers, landlords, banks and schools to discriminate on the basis of...
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