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Amistad Law Project — General Support (February 2020)

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  • Focus Area: Criminal Justice Reform
  • Category: Global Health & Wellbeing
  • Organization Name: Amistad Law Project
  • Amount: $25,000

  • Award Date: February 2020

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    Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn

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    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $25,000 to the Amistad Law Project for general support. The Amistad Law Project plans to use these funds to support efforts to organize families of people serving life sentences in Pennsylvania and to advocate for expanded clemency and parole eligibility.

    This follows our February 2019 support and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform.

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