Center for Community Alternatives

Working for restorative justice and an end to mass criminalization and mass incarceration. Advocacy, organizing, and direct services across New York State.

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Juneteenth teaches us that while delayed freedom is painful, enduring hope changes history.

Let us celebrate our progress and build a future where liberty is shared by all.

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CCA is hiring! See all of our open positions: https://t.co/lrtGV4s4ig

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STATEMENT: CCA Applauds Rule Requiring Judges to Visit Detention Facilities Each Year

"A justice system that understands the full consequences of incarceration is better equipped to deliver justice." - Thomas Gant, Community Organizer at CCA

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Want to end mass incarceration and bring our loved ones home?

Apply for CCA’s Summer Organizing Institute & learn how to build power through organizing, legislative advocacy, direct action, & campaign strategy. It's free of charge.

Apply through 07/07: https://t.co/nC2oJsY2EY

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Join us this Thursday, June 11, at 6pm for our CCA Member Meeting as we recap the legislative session, celebrate key wins, and discuss the work ahead. RSVP at: https://t.co/rcJeopme54

All are welcome.

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The CUSE Center happily welcomed NYS SNUG Outreach for a presentation and tour focused on community-based violence prevention. SNUG works to reverse cycles of gun violence by engaging those most at risk and addressing the trauma violence leaves on our communities.

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74 people have died in custody this year. That's one every two days.

Albany cannot look away.

With days left in session, we call on Gov. Hochul and lawmakers to pass bills that expand pathways home and overhaul prison conditions, including the Earned Time & Second Look Acts.

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Happy 23rd Anniversary to Donald Jones! 🎊

As a longtime A4TD volunteer and CUSE member, Don is the heart behind our weekly Men-to-Manhood program.

On behalf of the staff, volunteers, and peer members at CCA: thank you, Don, for your decades of hard work and dedication!

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New York is one step closer to reuniting families and creating a fair pathway home for incarcerated people who have transformed while inside.

Call your lawmakers and tell them to pass Second Look now!
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🚨BREAKING: New York Unions Call on Albany to Pass the Second Look and Earned Time Acts!

🔗 Visit https://t.co/Ciqqq4QBaK to join the fight!

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Why are we obsessed with retribution in criminal justice?

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Proud of our NYC Youth Services team for representing CCA on “Leveraging Design to Rebuild.” Patrick Stephens, Rhamgurav Robinson, and Youth Leader Kevin shared lived experience on mentorship, restorative practices, and creating real pathways into Architecture.

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SECOND LOOK IS MOVING!

New York is one step closer to reuniting families and creating a fair pathway home for incarcerated people who have transformed while inside.

Tell Albany: pass Second Look now! https://t.co/Ciqqq4QBaK

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CCA is hiring! See all of our open positions: https://t.co/BcGlyRvhGl

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This Mother’s Day, hundreds of advocates and impacted families took over the Albany Capitol to demand the immediate passage of the Earned Time, Marvin Mayfield, and Second Look Acts, because true justice means believing in second chances and healing.

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NY lags behind other states when it comes to earned time & other measures that enable incarcerated people to demonstrate rehabilitation & reduce their sentences. I'm a proud supporter of the Earned Time Act & am ready to vote yes on this bill, in committee & on the floor.

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32 Senators. A majority.

New York is ready. Bring the Earned Time Act to a vote.

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“I’m free, but I’m in prison.”

More than half a million mothers are raising children with an incarcerated co-parent, shouldering the costs associated with incarceration, additional domestic labor, and childcare on their own. Read their stories: https://t.co/DEdEcKRQsw

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We must build real pathways home for people. At the Reentry Connections Conference, CCA Community Organizer Thomas Gant moderated “Who Controls Opportunity? Employment, Licensing & Access,” joined by CCA Senior Reentry Advocate Dan Karlin, Shawn “GEE” Goburn, and Keith Brown.

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Assemblymember Eddie Gibbs’ Harlem office brought our neighbors and partners together for an important conversation about New York’s #CleanSlate law.

Elizabeth Seymour (Manhattan DA’s Office), Paul Keefe (Community Service Society), and CCA’s Ismael Diaz broke down what record clearing really means for access to jobs, housing, and stability.

With full implementation on track for November 2027, the thoughtful questions in the room made one thing clear: people are ready for a real path forward.