FWD.us is a policy organization working to advance better and more politically resilient solutions on criminal justice and immigration. For too long, our harmful criminal justice and immigration systems have held us back and been weaponized in ways that undermine our nation’s promise and democratic ideals.
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 robust coalitions that include 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.