COALITION GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

1. Community Resilience and Prevention: Sustain a community at the intersection of art and justice system reform, focusing on advocacy and reform for community resilience and prevention.

2. Empowerment through Art: Elevate art as a tool for systemic, cultural, and social change, building power among artists committed to using their work for these transformative ends.

3. Lasting Change within Legal Systems: Utilize artist and artistry to identify, demonstrate, and advocate for creative solutions, creating lasting change within the criminal legal system.

4. Persuasive Advocacy:Develop evidence to demonstrate to policymakers and funders that investing in the arts is investing in safety, andequipping practitioners with tools to substantiate this claim.

5. Collaborative Learning: Foster relationships between artists and arts and justice practitioners, facilitating shared language, tools, and techniques for societal change.

VALUES AND PRINCIPLES:

• Inclusive Collaboration: Recognize and invite diverse voices, acknowledging systemic pressures and working collaboratively to dismantle structures that perpetuate competition.

• Anti-Oppression: Actively undo systemic oppression through shared leadership, promoting practices that support the entire ecosystem.

• Methodology for Creative Production: AJSC employs a trauma-informed methodology through Community Convening Cohorts (CCCs). These cohorts bring together community stakeholders to collaboratively conceptualize, fabricate, and install public art and media. By representing the values and experiences of community members, AJSC aims to change public attitudes about individuals and communities impacted by the criminal legal system and inform more restorative policy solutions.