#FreeBlackMamasDMV is a collective of organizations including Life After Release,Harriet’s Wildest Dreams and Out for Justice and many others that has organized annual Black Mama’s Day and COVID-19 bailouts across the DC and Baltimore metro areas to raise public consciousness about the inhumanity of money bail and pre-trial detention and end these systemic injustices that keep our people caged.

“We are our ancestors wildest dreams.”

#FreeBlackMamasDMV began as the dream of three Black femmes, JeNae Taylor, Nnennaya Amuchie and Samantha Master, who answered Southerners on New Ground’s (SONG) call in 2017 to bail out Black mamas and caretakers to raise public consciousness about the inhumanity of money bail.

Since 2017, we have:

• bailed out over 65 community members;

• provided vital necessities including transitional housing, clothing, transportation and cell phones to mamas and caretakers we’ve bailed out;

• launched the Liberation and Justice Institute, an 8-week paid fellowship;

• provided emergency assistance for mamas and caretakers bailed out through #FreeBlackMamasDMV

#FreeBlackMamasDMV is a member of National Bail Out Collective’s #FreeBlackMamas campaign, a formation of over a dozen community based organizations that is responsible for the Black Mama’s Bail Out along with subsequent bail out actions and strategies to end money bail and pretrial detention.