Hudson's Employee Donation Match Program Contributes More Than 12,000 Dollars to 5 Nonprofits for Social Justice Efforts
A doubling down of donations for social justice organizations seeks to create change and equity in underfunded communities.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., October 7, 2020 (Newswire.com) - Hudson, a leading U.S. immigration law group, today proudly announced that it has matched donations of $12,768 to provide critical assistance to nonprofits addressing social justice issues.
The employee donation match program was established in June to provide Hudson employees a way to foster impactful change, help fight against the uneven distribution of resources in U.S. cities, and give back to communities that are in need. The program supported projects aimed at community-led development, educational outcomes, and legal matters such as helping to post bail for those who cannot afford to do so.
A total of 70 percent of the donations went to transforming the justice system and pretrial detention relief efforts to help pay bail and remedy for those in need. The practice of pretrial detention can be a cruel punishment for vulnerable populations and those who come from lower socioeconomic status because many individuals from such communities cannot afford to secure their liberty due to a lack of financial resources. This is an injustice that has appeared in the court of politics over and over again in the United States. In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, this issue becomes pressing due to the fact that detained individuals can be exposed to the coronavirus with a lack of social distancing measures within prisons.
Hudson is proud to donate to these organizations and create positive social changes. “The objective of combining our donations as a team to two or three organizations that have charitable purposes is to ultimately have a more concentrated, and greater impact,” said Michelle Putri, HR manager at Hudson. With such uneven distribution of resources spread across cities in America, these donations help spur the financial sustainability of organizations that depend on such philanthropic pursuits for community-led engagement in areas where government funding has been misallocated.
With the employee donation match program, five non-profit groups received funds donated by Hudson employees and matched by more than $6,000 from Hudson. These organizations include:
Chicago Community Bond Fund, a registered non-profit, which originally started as a volunteer organization in 2015. CCBF is a revolving fund that pays bond for people charged with crimes in Cook County, Illinois.
The Bail Project, a nonprofit organization that operates on a mission of providing free bail assistance to low-income individuals who are legally presumed innocent, and to whom a judge has deemed eligible for release before trial contingent on paying bail.
The Detroit Justice Center, a non-profit law firm working alongside communities to create economic opportunities, transform the justice system, and promote equitable and just cities.
Black Lives Matter Support Fund at Tides Foundation, a philanthropic partner and nonprofit accelerator dedicated to building a world of shared prosperity and social justice, which supports BLM’s grantmaking activities.
1Hood, an organization based out of Pittsburgh with a mission to build liberated communities through art, education, and social justice.
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