A year after launch, ISLG convened the 16 Community-Based Restorative Justice initiative grantees to celebrate the work being done on the ground, as well as the training and technical assistance experts who’ve provided support along the way and the funders who can keep the work going.

The Request-for-Proposal (RFP) and other parts of grantmaking often leave out smaller, grassroots community organizations who are closest to those they serve. Using our Community-Based Restorative Justice Program and Grassroots Policy Incubator as examples, we dig into ways that funders and grant managers can create a more inclusive process that uplifts new ideas without sacrificing program quality and accountability.

A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, including a report on the constitutionality of NYPD Stop-and-Frisks and incubating grassroots policy ideas.

The 2024-2025 cohort of the Kriegel Fellowship celebrated their graduation at ISLG’s midtown office.

The study assessed how frequently officers who conduct stops violate the Fourth Amendment, examined the conditions in which unconstitutional stops occur, and identified the reasons a stop was unconstitutional.

A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, including quantifying the need for investment in the human services sector, building the next generation of civic engagement leaders, and building an evidence base on the impact of criminal legal reforms.

The study found the sector has doubled since 2000, but that real wages have stagnated compared to private sector employment—with women of color most impacted.  

The Fellowship aims to tap into the wealth of exemplary CUNY students to build a corps of civically engaged leaders who will embark on a two-year program, training them on voter engagement and education as well as community involvement.

An overview of the work we did this past month, including tapping into public sector partnerships to prevent hate crimes, helping develop resources to support incarcerated students transition to college after release, and highlighting the amazing women of our Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Project Working Group.

“My goal is to ensure everything is moving—and if there are roadblocks, I spot it long before anybody else in the team, so that I can rearrange things and clear them. My role is to be strategic, a problem solver, and a project manager all at once..”

A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month, including kicking off new data-driven collaborations, convening elected officials and their staff from across New York City and State, and synthesizing a decade’s worth of research on the impact of community investments.

“Staff in legislative offices are there to give their constituents support, especially when the world seems on fire. These are the people that have a hose to help put out those fires—sometimes, they may be the smallest of fires, but they're putting out a fire.”