meet our team
Beyond the Bars is led by workers with records building worker power in Florida and beyond. We combine lived experience with smart, strategic campaign to raise standards in the temp industry and expand pathways into stable union jobs.
worker leadership
Beyond the Bars members take leadership by joining an organizing committee, where they shape and execute campaigns, facilitate partner and organizational meetings, lead outreach, and engage with media.
Staff
Our staff supports the development of organizing committees to decide priorities, develop demands, lead campaigns, and engage in co-enforcement. We prioritize hiring workers with lived experience with the carceral system who are rooted in working-class communities.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Our Board of Directors are leaders across the labor and decarceral movements who provide strategic guidance, organizational stewardship, and fundraising support, helping Beyond the Bars grow our impact while staying rooted in worker leadership and member power.
BRANDON STURDIVANT
DENISE GHARTEY
HAN LU
Jonathan Michaux
LEANNE SAJOR
NAFISAH ULA
NZINGHA HOOKER
RICHARD WALLACE
RUTH MORENO
Funding
Beyond the Bars is supported by foundation partners, individual donors, and organizational members who believe that a person’s past should never determine their future. Our independence is essential to our ability to organize workers with records, confront exploitation, and hold powerful institutions to account.
Funding supports our overall organizing mission and is typically not earmarked for specific projects. We do not accept funding that would compromise our mission or influence the direction of our work or the positions we take. Our campaigns, victories, and worker leadership reflect this commitment.
Beyond the Bars is a nonprofit organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
BUILD WORKER POWER WITH US
Temp worker or worker with a record? Join Beyond the Bars.
Union or community organization? Partner with us.
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