
Twelve Years Later, Lezley McSpadden-Head is Still Building
How Lezley McSpadden-Head built a Foundation supporting young people in Michael Brown’s name—and how Campaign Zero has worked alongside her.
Campaign Zero works to end police violence & mass incarceration with data-driven solutions. Mobilizing for justice & a world beyond policing.
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How Lezley McSpadden-Head built a Foundation supporting young people in Michael Brown’s name—and how Campaign Zero has worked alongside her.

Campaign Zero’s report finds that Cincinnati Police stop Black people 3.4x more often than White People. These disparities are explained by the whiteness of a neighborhood, not by crime rates.

For decades, thousands of people in Maryland had to apply for parole hearings even though they were eligible. That changes now.

Across 37 states, you can spend decades in prison for who police say you are.

Activism works: in 2025, fatal police violence declined for the first time in six years.

Right now, Congress is offering hollow gestures and symbolic reforms.

A clear roadmap to ending ICE starts with what we can demand today.

My elementary school is older than ICE.