COVID-19 & Protest Rapid Response Fund

COVID-19 & Protest Rapid Response Fund


The Philadelphia Bail Fund is working urgently to free as many of our neighbors as possible during this pandemic. There is an urgent need to post bail as COVID-19 threatens people in jail, where crowded living quarters and inadequate health care make conditions ripe for a viral outbreak.


We stand in solidarity with those protesting the murder of Walter Wallace, Jr. at the hands of Philadelphia police, and earlier this year we supported Philadelphians protesting the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department. We demand an end to police violence against Black communities and are committed to providing direct bail assistance to people participating in actions to ensure their safe return home.


Since January 2020, we helped bring over 300 people home from Philly’s jails. But we continue to receive a flood of referrals, as our neighbors continue to be held in cages.


Your donation helps us respond quickly by freeing our neighbors who remain in jail simply because they cannot pay bail. Your support now means we can free as many people as possible, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.




Our donors

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Lucy

donated

$15.84

R

Rani

C

Camilo

donated

$50

KK

Kendra King

AF

Adeline Fu

donated

$10.66

DH

Dana Hawkins

donated

$103.83

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Melissa

Though I may reside overseas now, my heart is with those protesting for what is right at home. I will never forgot all those times as a teen that my black friends were stopped by police, while I as a white girl was not, how lots of my friends wouldn't go to friends' houses out in the suburbs because of the profiling, how when I called older white folks out on their racism, they told me I hadn't had 'life experience' yet. I'm sure every black person is tired of the 'life experience' of fearing for their life in the wake of police brutality and other racist actions that happen everyday in the United States - with Philadelphia being no exception to that. Please keep doing what you're doing. I can't be there in person, but my deepest respect lies with everyone striving to make a difference.

M

Megan

donated

$52.07

Inspired by protests for George and others

S

Sophia

ML

Molly Leech

donated

$103.83

J

Justin

donated

$20

MM

Maizy Moyer

donated

$52.07

BLM

AF

Alyssa Forgione

KB

Kristen Buck

donated

$100

W

Wendi

donated

$103.83

“A SINGLE ACT OF KINDNESS THROWS OUT ROOTS IN ALL DIRECTIONS, AND THE ROOTS SPRING UP AND MAKE NEW TREES” BLM. I see you, and I acknowledge the pain and suffering although I know I'll never feel what its like to be you. Thank you for keeping my neighbors out of jail

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Val

donated

$10.66

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Sarah

donated

$52.07

DG

David Griffith

donated

$100

JD

Julie Dang

donated

$30

M

Marissa

donated

$52.07

K

Kaoko

donated

$10.66

Donating from Japan. Black Lives Matter.

ML

Meghan Laubengeyer

S

Sophia

donated

$10.66

E

Eileen

donated

$10

E

Emily

I cannot be there to protest in honor of George’s Floyd so I hope to help in whatever way I can.

G

Gustavo

While my fiancee and I cannot attend the protests because of immunocompromised problems, we thank you for your continued work in Philly's communities!

LC

Luci Chen

HA

Hassan Ali

im so sorry that i can only donate such a little amount. i literally only have a few dollars to my name rn due to covoid, but if it adds to a great amount then its worth it.

KL

Keith Lockett

ER

Elizabeth Ramos