For over a decade, FWD.us has advanced criminal justice and immigration reforms that expanded freedom and opportunities to tens of millions of people in the United States. Working with partners in red, blue, and purple jurisdictions, we have secured legislative and judicial victories and executive actions despite often-challenging political conditions.

Our goals are ambitious, but our approach is pragmatic. We build coalitions with key stakeholders and among unlikely partners, including elected officials, media, academic institutions, business leaders, labor groups, grassroots organizations and more. We use a combination of tactics—research, policy analysis, polling, lobbying, communications, storytelling, digital advocacy, grantmaking, and more—to design bespoke campaign plans for the needs of the time, place, and outcome we are chasing.

As we navigate this incredibly challenging moment for these two issues central to our democratic ideals, this flexibility allows our team to continue making and protecting change even as political windows open and close.