2022-10-17T13:09:47-07:00 2021-12-31 811489821 HEALY AND ASSOCIATES 1200 CONCORD AVE STE 250 CONCORD CA 94520 990 2021-01-01 461538094 UNCOMMON LAW UNCO 5102710310 318 HARRISON ST 103 OAKLAND CA 94607 KEITH WATTLEY Executive Director 2022-10-17 true KEITH WATTLEY 999009999 Suzanne R Healy P00533689 9256030800 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z KEITH WATTLEY 318 HARRISON ST 103 OAKLAND CA 94607 2145777 false X WWW.UNCOMMONLAW.ORG X 2012 CA UnCommon Law fights to ensure that all people incarcerated for violent crime have access to healing, justice, and effective legal representation.Through our unique, trauma-informed model of advocacy, we provide the space currently missing in the system for healing, accountability, and safe pathways home from prison. In developing new self narratives, the people we serve are able to more effectively disrupt violence inside and outside prison, and become leaders who change negative societal narratives about those incarcerated for violent crime. Our groundbreaking approach is changing policy and outcomes, driven by the voices and experiences of system-impacted communities. 10 9 30 10 0 3582997 2016543 0 0 74946 128747 3657943 2145290 0 0 975117 2075413 0 90803 233553 482396 1208670 2557809 2449273 -412519 3992430 2981564 755821 157474 3236609 2824090 UNCOMMON LAW'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND HEALING FOR PEOPLE IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION. WE DELIVER TRAUMA-INFORMED, HEALING-CENTERED MENTAL HEALTH AND LEGAL COUNSELING TO HELP PROVIDE A SAFE PATHWAY HOME FOR PEOPLE CURRENTLY SERVING LENGTHY PRISON TERMS IN CALIFORNIA PRISONS. WE REPRESENT PEOPLE IN THEIR PAROLE HEARINGS AND HABEAS PETITIONS, AND WE ENGAGE IN LITIGATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR PEOPLE IN PRISON, ATTORNEYS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND LAW STUDENTS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF PREPARATION FOR AND REPRESENTATION IN PAROLE HEARINGS. OUR CLIENTS CANNOT BE RELEASED FROM PRISON UNLESS AND UNTIL THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN COUNSELING AND OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND CAN SHOW THE CALIFORNIA PAROLE BOARD THEY CAN SAFELY REJOIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE HELP THEM GET READY TO MAKE THAT SHOWING. false false 2366044 Today, our team is leveraging a 15-year track record of success in directly representing people before the parole board in order to achieve system-level impact and change. Our impact litigation in recent years has improved the civil rights of thousands navigating the discretionary parole process, and we are continuing to leverage strategic litigation and policy advocacy to increase transparency into the discretionary parole process, root out systemic inequalities (particularly along racial and wealth lines) and better inform and educate the courts and lawmakers about how the discretionary parole process directly contributes to mass incarceration in California and across the country. Were also mobilizing our communities to get educated and active on issues of life sentencing and discretionary parole. This year, we launched a first-ever Action Guide to provide our community members with concrete steps to help us change the narrative about people sentenced to life in prison for serious or violent crimes, and we are pushing lawmakers and other key stakeholders to take action - particularly by including this population of incarcerated people in key criminal justice reform efforts. Home After Harm is UnCommon Laws newest program. The program creates the space and opportunity for participants in prison to openly revisit their traumatic histories while developing new understanding and coping skills. Along with engaging in self exploration, participants will receive guidance on how to prepare legally and emotionally for their parole hearings. We believe this program will not only provide space for self-healing and transformation, it will reduce institutional violence by cultivating communities of people inside who are committed to personal growth and wellbeing. We also anticipate an increase in parole grant rates, and hope to offer safe pathways home for many more people than we have been able to serve in the past; our team has partnered with third party evaluators The Urban Institute and The Bridging Group to measure the programs success and to ultimately lay the groundwork for statewide expansion of similar healing and legal advocacy resources. 2366044 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 11 0 true 30 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 10 9 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false true true false CA X X THE ORGANIZATION 5102710310 220 4TH ST STE 103 OAKLAND CA 94607 KEITH WATTLEY Executive Dir. 60.00 0.00 X 162038 0 0 Katherine Dybwad Dir of Operations 40.00 0.00 112250 0 0 Sara Norman Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Erin Scott Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Carletha Sterling Board President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Kwame Marfo Board member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ernest Hammond III Board member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Satch Slavin Board member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eddy Zheng Board member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rob Eber Board member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Paul Petrequin Board member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 274288 2 false true false 0 999859 1016684 2016543 0 0 0 0 0 0 117931 487 117444 0 0 Other revenue 900099 11303 11303 11303 2145290 11303 0 0 0 0 162038 152167 4449 5422 0 1540646 1446790 42299 51557 0 221933 208387 6078 7468 150796 127314 18961 4521 0 7526 7526 19956 19956 0 0 0 185962 185199 763 0 8522 7858 206 458 29858 20397 479 8982 0 50140 46995 1480 1665 15539 15539 0 0 1843 66 302 1475 0 0 13711 10517 2823 371 Measurement and Evaluation 69223 69223 Dues and memberships 22417 20410 1124 883 Staff training and development 12264 11722 285 257 Legal professional dues& subsc 11142 11142 34293 24792 1757 7744 2557809 2366044 100962 90803 2355291 1638416 0 1614830 1285503 0 0 0 0 0 19309 35651 0 0 0 0 0 3000 21994 3992430 2981564 25942 114564 679479 6910 50400 36000 755821 157474 X 1621779 1557924 1614830 1266166 3236609 2824090 3992430 2981564 -412519 X false true X true false X 238351 447803 1269382 3582997 2016543 7555076 81248 95536 24870 201654 0 0 0 319599 543339 1294252 3582997 2016543 7756730 0 0 7756730 0 0 0 2897 1583 11303 15783 319599 543339 1297149 3584580 2027846 7772513 0.99800 0.99930 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 2578004 432714 432714 2145290 2145290 2990523 432714 432714 2557809 2557809 X X X X X false Annual fundraiser Heroes 117931 117931 487 117931 117931 487 487 117444 X X X false false false false false false false false false KEITH WATTLEY Executive Dir. 162038 162038 Satch S BoardMember Cash flow X 72000 36000 false true true 36000 Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information Satch Slavin (Board Member) and Julie Hess (Employee)Note Payable: Purpose: Cash flow support in 2018Principal: 72,000Amount as of December 31, 2020: $50,400 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process AN OUTSIDE ACCOUNTING FIRM PREPARES THE TAX RETURNS. 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