Organizing & Advocacy
Led by and with those most directly affected by issues related to criminal justice reform, access to healthy food, and voter suppression.
IMAN organizers and community members continue to amend state legislation and ease restrictions placed upon returning citizens.
Food plays a critical role in our collective health and wellness, and IMAN is doubling down on its support of local food providers, while opening up additional outlets for residents to access nutritious goods.
We are resolved to change the Georgia law that prohibits citizens who are on parole or probation or who owe court fines or fees from exercising their right to vote.
News & Updates
“Metro Atlanta center helps formerly incarcerated people with jobs, housing, therapy”
Metro Atlanta center helps formerly incarcerated people with jobs, housing, therapy Eddie Smith needed a clean start after 30 years in prison. He was initially locked up as a teenager. He’s now in the Green Reentry program at the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, or IMAN. He does maintenance work and mentorship at the center, […]
Georgia’s Missing 266,000 Voters
The election in Georgia was settled by less than a 15,000 vote difference. Yet, there were also 266,000 individuals who were barred from voting. The nail-biter that was this past weekend’s election news was a reflective moment, as we remember that as close as the race was, the polls were skewed before they began. More […]
These Georgians can’t vote on Tuesday. But they’re mobilizing by the thousands.
“Do you want to register to vote, or do you want to waive your right to vote?” This fall, after serving 26 years in Georgia state prison, Kareemah Hanifa pondered this question as she completed the paperwork to get her driver’s license. Like many Americans, she works a full-time job and pays her fair share […]
ATL Advocacy at the State Capitol
For the third consecutive year, IMAN mobilized dozens of organizers and leaders at the Georgia State Capitol for Justice Day. Throughout the day, IMAN leaders and Green ReEntry cohort members shared their firsthand experiences navigating the criminal justice system. Their narratives—and those of their mothers, children and other family members—highlighting incarceration’s layered impacts spurred deep […]
