{"id":23029,"date":"2016-08-25T09:29:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/?p=23029"},"modified":"2020-04-03T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T19:50:31","slug":"good-rachel-foran-brooklyn-community-bail-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/good-rachel-foran-brooklyn-community-bail-fund","title":{"rendered":"Doing Good: Rachel Foran of Brooklyn Community Bail Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When they\u2019re stuck in jail without being able to post bail, crime suspects are nine times more likely to plead guilty and leave with a record. That statistic is one of the things that motivates activist Rachel Foran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew I wanted to do social justice work around the criminal justice reform,\u201d says Rachel Foran. \u201cIt was really important and appealing to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foran is the director of operations at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynbailfund.org\/\">Brooklyn Community Bail Fund<\/a>, a nonprofit that raises money to pay bail for low-income residents accused of misdemeanors. When they\u2019re released, the fund provides numerous resources, including access to social workers, educational programs, and immigration attorneys. In doing so, the defendants are not stuck in jail waiting for their trial dates and can spend more time preparing to defend themselves against charges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Founders:\u00a0<\/strong>Peter Goldberg, Scott Hechinger, and Josh Saunders<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year founded:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>2015<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Employees:<\/strong> 10<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where we\u2019re based: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/locations\/new-york-city\/dumbo-heights\">WeWork Dumbo Heights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moment of inspiration: <\/strong>\u201cFor me, it was the first time I was in a prison doing education work and experiencing the shame the prison can inflict on someone,\u201d says Foran. \u201cThe hope and resilience I saw from folks who were there and still working on learning and growing was inspiring to me. They were fighting the dehumanizing structure they were in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biggest hurdle: <\/strong>\u201cA big hurdle for us is working in a court system that doesn\u2019t really work like one,\u201d says Foran. \u201cIt\u2019s very disorganized, and its goal isn\u2019t to get people out of jail. You\u2019re working with tons of bureaucracies trying to navigate a court system and get people out as soon as possible, while dealing with really stupid stuff like fax machines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>How we want to change the world:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cBail funds are a Band-Aid,\u201d says Foran. \u201cWe get people out of jail, but that alone is not going to change the world. Hopefully, us coming together with other advocacy groups and grassroots foundations will bring people together to make greater systematic changes. We\u2019re humble enough to know it won\u2019t be just us. It\u2019ll be us plus a bunch of other people with a collective mission in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When they\u2019re stuck in jail without being able to post bail, crime suspects are nine times more likely to plead guilty and leave with a record. That statistic is one of the things that motivates activist Rachel Foran. \u201cI knew I wanted to do social justice work around the criminal justice reform,\u201d says Rachel Foran. 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