Amber's Advocates

 As a Black woman working to reform and abolish harmful practices within the criminal justice system, I fully believe in the work that DBI is doing to empower young girls to be policy makers and change advocates for their parents and themselves. DBI not only gives girls political education and places to practice real systems change within institutions, but also supports with programming and materials needs to support the whole person. DBI helps to build girls into powerful women who are clear on who they are and aren't afraid to use their voices. Please consider being a partner of this organization. Even $5 can help! 

Daughters Beyond Incarceration (DBI) is a New Orleans-based nonprofit serving girls ages 8–18 who are living with the silent sentence of parental incarceration.

There are 94,000 children in Louisiana whose lives have been shaped by a parent's incarceration, not by anything they did, but by a system that too often forgets them. DBI exists to make sure these girls are not forgotten.

Through mentoring, advocacy, leadership development, and family support, we build a circle of care around each girl so that her parent's incarceration is not the defining chapter of her story. Our young people have testified before the Louisiana State Legislature, led community forums, and built the kind of resilience that changes the trajectory of entire families.

This Give NOLA Day, our board has come together as Champions for the girls we serve. Every member of the DBI board has created a personal fundraising page because they believe, as we do, that it takes a village to raise a daughter beyond incarceration.

Your gift, made through any board member's page, goes directly to DBI's year-round programs. One day. One community. One chance to show these girls they are worth fighting for.

Give NOLA Day is Tuesday, May 6. Minimum gift is $10. Every dollar counts.