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February 2025 Community Newsletter

What does it mean to go on with this work right now? How do we find the strength to take on the daily tasks of abolition when it feels like everything is falling apart?

December 2024 Community Newsletter

It’s through our honest, open-hearted understanding of what’s wrong in our world, and what a better one looks like, that our community will hold together through difficult times.

October 2024 Community Newsletter

It is far more difficult than most people realize to receive clear information on your case or take any action to help yourself while in jail.

August 2024 Community Newsletter

Seattle’s plan to ship people to Des Moines to be jailed for low-level crimes highlights the importance of our mission here at the bail fund.

June 2024 Community Newsletter

At NCBF, we are pro-free speech, pro-protest, and pro-Palestinian. The nationwide prevalence of protests may have waned since 2020 (the height of Black Lives Matter), but our support of protesters is as vital as ever!

Announcing New Executive Director Cyril D. Walrond

I am writing to you today with great excitement to introduce myself as the new Executive Director of the Northwest Community Bail Fund.

October 2023 Community Newsletter

A message from the retiring Executive Director Becky Errera. Here I am, in the earliest days of my retirement, looking back on my time with NCBF. It’s been quite a journey.

Court Watch Campaign 2022 – Results are in!

The Northwest Community Bail Fund (NCBF) started court watching in 2020. In February 2022, we initiated a 60-day Court Watch campaign in the Seattle Municipal Court to galvanize support for our larger Court Watch program. This campaign ran from February through April 2022 and was intended to provide transparency to Seattle Municipal Court...

How the Criminal Punishment System Harms the LGBTQIA+ Community

During Pride Month, we’re reflecting on how our efforts to change the criminal punishment system impact our LGBTQIA+ neighbors and loved ones. Here are some of our biggest takeaways.   There’s a long history (still active today) of police harrassing queer people, such as during the Stonewall riots of 1969. Many credit the riots with sparking...

Meaningful Action: Ways to Get Involved

Whether you read our blog, donate to the bail fund, or volunteer with us, thank you for supporting NCBF’s work to bail people out of jail and one day end pre-trial detention. There are a variety of ways to get involved and help us push for systemic change. As you come alongside us in these efforts, here are ways to use your time, skills or money...

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June 2024 Community Newsletter

June 2024 Community Newsletter

At NCBF, we are pro-free speech, pro-protest, and pro-Palestinian. The nationwide prevalence of protests may have waned since 2020 (the height of Black Lives Matter), but our support of protesters is as vital as ever!

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WHAT TO KNOW

Now more than ever we have to keep pushing for systemic change. Jump into one of our articles below to get the 101 on why we do what we do.

Why donate to a Bail Fund?

Why donate to a Bail Fund?

Northwest Community Bail Fund has been honored and awed by the incredible amount of support that has financed our recent growth and our ability to post bail for more people than ever before. With a 600 percent increase in our funds from 2020 to 2021 we were able to...

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LEARN MORE

The system we’re trying to change is endlessly complicated, by design. Educate yourself on the deeper issues of the criminal punishment system.

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ADVOCACY

There are many ways to support our cause and fight for reform in the criminal legal system. Learn how to be a better advocate from analyzing the language you use to supporting bills online and everything in between.

How to Support a Bill Online

How to Support a Bill Online

Every day in Olympia, bills and legislation are debated and discussed that hold real impact on long term change in the criminal legal system.  At the bail fund, we are constantly keeping an eye on this and fighting with other organization to either stop a bill in its...

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VOTER AWARENESS

Every election we give people the power to make long lasting change in our communities and in the criminal legal system. Register to vote here: https://vote.gov/ and learn more about how to vote responsibly:

A History of Juneteenth: How Did We Get Here?

A History of Juneteenth: How Did We Get Here?

Juneteenth — originating in 1865 — celebrates the day that the last enslaved African Americans were declared free. Although the Emancipation Proclamation took effect over two years prior on January 1, 1863, not all African Americans were immediately liberated. Those...

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LEGISLATION

While posting bail is a large part of our efforts in the PNW area, we recognize that posting bail is only a temporary fix.  We are working toward long-term solutions with other local organizations and community leaders to raise awareness around the criminal punishment system and how it hurts people.

Want to get involved in our Court Watch Program?

NCBF facilitates programs in King County and Pierce County to monitor court activity, gather data and help inform change to protect people from an abusive system.  You can get involved today to bring Court Watch to your county or join in current efforts.

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