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# Facing Protests, Ford Foundation President Reasserts Organization's Commitment to Ending Mass Incarceration
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/facing-protests-ford-foundation-president-reasserts-organizations-commitment-to-ending-mass-incarceration/
- Published: 2019-09-27T14:33:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:46:46.000Z
- Description: Ford Foundation President Darren Walker has published a response to New York City's criminal justice community [https://www.fordfoundation.org/the-latest/news/a-message-from-darren-walker-to-the-nyc-criminal-justice-community/], which is organizing the protest at the Ford Foundation today. He writes
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: In Brief, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:34 (2019, 2020, part 1)

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker has published [a response to New York City’s criminal justice reform community](https://www.fordfoundation.org/the-latest/news/a-message-from-darren-walker-to-the-nyc-criminal-justice-community/?ref=hyperallergic.com), which is organizing the protest at the Ford Foundation today. He writes: “The Ford Foundation is unwavering in its commitment to ending mass incarceration. We envision a world where people are not locked up in cages, treated inhumanely, and stripped of their dignity. To work toward this goal we support a range of initiatives and organizations working to eradicate the harmful footprint of mass incarceration and protect and promote the humanity and dignity of all people.” He adds a personal note, “As a black man with many family members who have been ensnared in the system, I know, personally, that the distance between justice and injustice is perilously, painfully short—especially as a result of entrenched discrimination and economic inequality. I am proud of our work—all of it—to reform a discriminatory system that treats millions of people so unfairly.”

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