$3,900 raised by 11 donors
33% complete
$12,000 Goal
Collette Flanagan founded Mothers Against Police Brutality after her son, Clinton Allen, was killed by Dallas police. Clinton, a 25-year-old Black father of twin sons, was unarmed the night in March 2013 when he was shot to death by a Dallas police officer, 7 shots, one at close range in the back. The officer was never held accountable in criminal or civil court. Collette established MAPB in memory of her son and of others who have lost their lives to police violence. MAPB is based in Dallas, working with local civil rights lawyers and community groups for greater accountability in police use of force. MAPB successfully advocated for creation of a special unit within the District Attorney’s office to investigate officer involved shootings; in 2017 this unit brought the first indictment in a fatal police shooting in more than four decades. MAPB also organizes for change nationally, today in 10 different U.S. cities through its Fellowship Legacy Program. MAPB has taken the crisis of deadly police violence in America to the United Nations, working with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the U.N. Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (EMLER), and with international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the UN Anti-Racism Coalition (UNARC). EMLER was established as a result of the advocacy of a coalition of NGOs, including MAPB, in 2021. In 2022, Ms. Flanagan was invited to address the full United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. In 2023, MAPB worked with UNARC to organize public hearings in Atlanta and other U.S. cities, where directly impacted families presented testimony to a panel of EMLER’s experts. Now entering its second decade, MAPB is a growing force for positive change through in-depth research, innovative and sustained action, and effective policy advocacy to protect human rights in all aspects of law enforcement.
The mission of Mothers Against Police Brutality is to prevent police use of deadly force, particularly the killing of Black and other people of color; to change police deadly force policies and practices; to advocate for and with families who have lost loved ones to police violence; and to expand the concept of public safety with new policies limiting encounters between police and the public and making deep social investments in housing, health care, mental health services, employment, education, arts, recreation, and other presently unmet human needs. MAPB protests unjust policing, organizes communities most impacted, conducts research, and advocates for policy change in local, national, and international forums.
As a Black-led organization, Mothers Against Police Brutality understands that equity embodies the values, policies, and practices that ensure that all people—including but not limited to those who have been historically underrepresented based on race/ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, citizenship status, or religion—are represented in the organizational culture, operations, policies, support of employees and volunteers, and in the fair distribution of programmatic, financial, and informational resources. In accordance with these principles, Mothers Against Police Brutality (MAPB) is committed to promoting equal opportunity, diversity, gender parity and inclusion in its organizational policies, in the workspace it provides, in its program goals and objectives, in the coalitions it helps to build, and in all other aspects of its operations as a non-profit 501c3 charitable organization. MAPB recognizes that working for social justice requires risk, courage, vulnerability, and investment of our physical, emotional, and intellectual selves. MAPB has a proud legacy of innovative and risk-taking work. As leaders in our community, we seek to nurture spaces with strong safety nets that support that ethos.
Organization name
Mothers Against Police Brutality
Causes
Human Rights, Civil Rights & Advocacy
Operating Budget
$500,000 - $999,999
Counties Served
Dallas
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Native American
BIPOC Leadership
Both the Executive Director/CEO and Board Chair
Address
2001 ROSS AVE STE 700158