Forgotten Majority

Advocating for the just and humane treatment of those who are incarcerated.

Category: Movements

  • DROP THE MARISSA ALEXANDER CASE

                                                    Marissa Alexander is a survivor of domestic violence from Jacksonville, FL who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for defending herself from violence. National action:  Urge the State to Drop […]

  • DREAM DEFENDERS – P. S. IT AIN’T OVER

      Friends, After 31 days and 30 nights in the Florida State Capitol, the Dream Defenders ended our peaceful sit-in of Governor Rick Scott’s office. Although we have left the Capitol, we are not leaving the fight. We came to the Capitol more than a month ago to demand that Florida’s political leadership deal with […]

  • INTRODUCING – THE DREAM DEFENDERS

    Dream Defenders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnnQVZyY1w                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoeUrLNvPnU&feature=youtu.be The Dream Defenders, a group of active, passionate college students who refuse to accept “No” for an answer, have been occupying the Governor’s office at Florida’s State Capital since Tuesday, July 16, 2013,after George Zimmerman was found […]

  • WHO WILL HEAR THE VOICE OF THE INMATE?

     FORGOTTEN MAJORITY INMATE VOICE FOCUS GROUPS Forgotten Majority has formed several Inmate Voice Focus Groups, (I V = lifeline) comprised of family, friends and advocates  of inmates who are taking an active role in making Florida’s prisons a place where inmates are treated humanely.  We are working toward establishing a Focus Group in every county in Florida by January […]

  • TREAT YOURSELF TO A KAIROS OUTSIDE RETREAT

    Kairos Outside is an arm of Kairos Prison Ministry International, a non-profit Christian ministry, which provides a spiritual experience for those inside the walls.  Kairos Outside is designed to encourage women whose lives are impacted by the incarceration of a loved one serving time in a state or federal correctional facility as well as a county jail or youth offender program. […]