WHAT WE ADVOCATE FOR

Players Coalition’s focus is in four key areas. Our efforts have resulted in changes in voter laws and juvenile justice, outreach with police in underserved communities, and improved funding for educational opportunities across the country.

POLICE & COMMUNITY RELATIONS
POLICE & COMMUNITY RELATIONS
GUIDING OBJECTIVES

End racial disparity and criminalization of poverty in policing and criminal justice.

Establish greater trust between the police and community by having a significant impact in the reduction of police brutality.

TOPLINE ISSUES
Policing in Schools
Police Transparency & Accountability
Police Misconduct
1,147
killed by police in 2017
149
unarmed people killed by police in 2017
3x
more likely to be killed if you’re black
3.49x
more likely to be shot if you’re black
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
GUIDING OBJECTIVES

Contribute to change in local and state government policies through advocacy impacting criminal justice reform legislation.

Educate the public on social justice and racial equality issues directly impacting local communities, and engage public participation towards solutions.

TOPLINE ISSUES
Bail Reform
Juvenile Justice
Mass Incarceration
Prosecutor Accountability
1,200
sentenced to die for crimes committed as children
50%
of people incarcerated are jailed for non-violent crimes
450,000
people held nightly without a conviction
$38 Million
daily taxpayer spend on non-convicted inmates
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
GUIDING OBJECTIVES

Bridge the technology and resource gap in low income communities to provide access to equitable education opportunities for youth in under-resourced schools.

Address and reduce racial disparity in school discipline.

TOPLINE ISSUES
Digital Divide
Education Resource & Funding Equity
Disparate Discipline in Schools
40 MILLION+
Americans do not have home internet
4 MILLION+
households with school-aged children have no home internet
4X
more likely to get suspended if you are a minority student
ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT
ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT
GUIDING OBJECTIVES

Close the opportunity gap for students in low-income communities. Reduce generational poverty by providing financial capability services to underserved populations.

Connect low-income, young adults as well as justice impacted citizens to the economic mainstream through skill development, education, training and experience.

TOPLINE ISSUES
Opportunity Gap
Generational Poverty
Reentry and Recidivism
13.4 MILLION
children living in poverty
20+ MILLION
students rely on free school meals each day
1.1+ MILLION
teens not in school and not working