We honor as expertise the lived experience of survivors, incarcerated people, and their communities. Our services are designed to meet the needs of people at any stage of justice system involvement.
We reduce the number of people coming into contact with justice systems and improve outcomes for those who do. We ensure that the people living within and in spite of these systems are the ones who will ultimately change them.
Community Works has over 25 years of experience implementing restorative justice programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are a leader in restorative-based program design and community solutions to incarceration.
Read more about the our latest news, events, and program updates.
Providing people with the opportunity to address the root causes of their behavior, make amends and forge a new path.
Supporting young adults in successfully returning home after incarceration with restorative justice, case management, artistic creation, and family systems work.
Encouraging children with incarcerated parents to use their voice, pride, and power. And diversion programs for young adults up to age 25.
Translating the lessons learned from our direct service work in pursuit of a future where justice heals rather than harms.
The Community Works (CW) mission is to transform justice through programs and policy rooted in humanity and healing. We aim to reduce the number of individuals entering and re-entering the criminal legal system and support communities of color disproportionately harmed by mass incarceration through direct programs and participant-led advocacy.
Our new Associate Director of Youth Power Programs, Martha Joseph, is an experienced leader who is passionate about creating a better Bay Area.
Please join us in extending her a warm CW welcome! 🎉
Thank you for hosting such an invigorating and insightful conference @NACRJUSA! Our team is excited to use the learning and experiences we gained to advance our work in California.
#RestorativeJustice
#JusticeDemandsHumanity
@communityworksw touchdown in Chicago for #NACRJ. Let’s goooo
Everyone has a unique background and story. This Saturday, our Rising Voices Theater group will explore stereotypes impacting people facing homelessness, incarceration, and addiction during a dynamic community event.
Please join us if you can, and RT to help spread the word!
Creativity is Californian! 🎉 We’re proud to announce that the @CalArtsCouncil is supporting our work through their JUMP StArts program. http://tiny.cc/CACGrantees_2022CycleA #ArtsCA
Without support from the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor, Cameo House could experience a devastating loss of funding. This would cripple essential services for San Francisco's most vulnerable women and children of color. Help ensure Cameo's sustainable future. #SaveCameo
After being unable to see each other for over two years, children, parents, and caregivers spent some much-needed quality time together at our One Family Father’s Day celebration. We’re so proud of the OF team for organizing another successful event.
These are questions we’re asked most often about our ProjectWHAT! program. Is there anything you’d like to learn more about?
We’re still recruiting youth for our summer training. Please help us spread the word by sharing this post!
📝Sign up form:https://bit.ly/3LJU4Gc
Help our partners at @KALW send formerly incarcerated media makers and activists to Oslo for the 1st ever Prison Radio International Conference!
This trip allows their Uncuffed Radio program grads to hone their skills & uncover new approaches to justice. https://kalw.givecloud.co/uncuffed-norway.
Thank you to message mentor, poet, and friend of CW, @venuslovejones, for reciting poetry at our spring event last week. It was a pleasure to share the space and evening with you!