Thousand Kites
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| Motto | "Narrative Campaigns for Justice" |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1999 |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | To engage citizens and build grassroots power, and to use media to open a public space for incarcerated people, corrections officials, the formerly incarcerated, grassroots activists, and ordinary citizens to dialogue and organize around United States' criminal justice system. |
| Headquarters | Norton, VA, U.S. |
| Leader | Nick Szuberla |
| Website | http://www.kitescampaigns.org |
Thousand Kites is a national project in the United States that works directly with stakeholders using communication strategies and campaigns to work toward prison reform through grassroots power. It uses performance, video, and radio to make its website a space for incarcerated people, corrections officials, the formerly incarcerated, grassroots activists, and ordinary citizens to dialogue and organize around United States' criminal justice system.