The JGJF was established in 2021 and is currently able to receive tax deductible donations which support paying bail for people who are detained pre-trial at the Racine County Jail. Donations can be made here: https://tinyurl.com/cvpw9h7t
You can also donate by sending a check written out to "Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health" (our fiscal receiver) to:
ATTN: Sara Finger
Wisconsin Alliance for
Women's Health
PO Box 1726 Madison, WI 53701
(608) 251-0139
Please write "Joshua Glover Justice Fund" in the "memo" area of the check. If you or someone you know needs financial support for bail (from the Racine County Jail), please fill out this form: http://bit.ly/JGJFBailRequest
The Joshua Glover Justice Fund is named in honor of our Racine ancestor who escaped from slavery in St. Louis in May of 1852, took refuge in Racine and, in 1854, was kidnapped by slave catchers, incarcerated in Milwaukee and, subsequently, extra-legally broken out of that jail by a righteously indignant crowd. The crowd included 100 of our other Racine ancestors who arrived onto the scene by boat and walked in procession to the jail where Glover was being held captive. Every person who contributed to this effort was defying the Federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and, therefore, was breaking the law, taking enormous risk upon themselves and their families and exposing themselves to the threat of federal incarceration. Certain abolitionists who did largely contribute to the effort later, indeed, experienced serious legal and personal ramifications, including incarceration--perhaps most notably the abolitionist/publisher Sherman Booth. We are grateful to our ancestors who took such risk and sacrificed so much to fight against the evils of human captivity. Mass incarceration is recognized by many today as the evolution of slavery, and the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution codifies it as such. The JGJF aims to continue the strong abolitionist legacy that the city of Racine and the state of Wisconsin as a whole both hold. As our ancestors were accomplices to Glover in regaining his freedom, we ask that you continue their legacy today by being an accomplice in regaining the freedom of the 2.2 million people in the US being enslaved in the system of mass incarceration today. And we ask that you start by doing it right here in Racine County. Please donate today, like/follow our page, help spread word, and reach out if you wish to volunteer.
