Civil Survival will host a National Expungement Week event

by Civil Survival | Sep 10, 2020

Session One This webinar will kick off our first day of National Expungement Week (N.E.W.). Tarra Simmons, the Director of the Civil Survival Project, will launch this series. We will have national speakers Torie Marshall, Visionary & Founder of N.E.W. Director,...

Clean Slate Washington Video

by Civil Survival | Jan 31, 2020

Carolina Landa and her family are featured in support of HB 2793 Clean Slate Washington. The Clean Slate Act would automatically clear the records of qualifying criminal records for people who remain crime-free for a set period of time. Everyone who qualifies gets a...

KNKX Interview featuring our Community Organizer Cory Walster and Director Tarra Simmons

by Civil Survival | Jan 16, 2020

We’re proud to see the growing acknowledgement of the importance of our work and represent our community’s voice in legislation. We are following several bills impacting our voting rights, LFOs, ReEntry, volunteering in schools and more this legislative...

Civil Survival Project 2019 Impact Report

by Civil Survival | Dec 30, 2019

Our 2019 Impact Report is now available! We thank our community, friends and partners for all we have accomplished in 2019 and look forward to tremendous growth in 2020. If you are on our mailing list, you should have received a copy by email. Please contact us if...

Leadership in Advocacy Fellowship Graduation

by Civil Survival | Dec 30, 2019

December 15, 2019 Please join us in congratulating our first graduating class from the 2019 Civil Survival Leadership in Advocacy Fellowship program! In July 2019, we launched our inaugural fellowship program to invest and develop skills in community leaders who were...

Reentry Advocacy Workshop in Bremerton

by Civil Survival | Oct 24, 2019

In partnership with Olympic College, Saturday, October 19th, we (the Civil Survival Project) held one of our Reentry Advocacy Workshops in Bremerton. A room of formerly incarcerated people, allies and three elected officials made space to talk and unpack how barriers...

PDF Version of Pierce County Reentry Resource Guide

by Civil Survival | Jun 4, 2020

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2020 Legislative Priorities

by Civil Survival | Jan 31, 2020

View or download our One-Pagers for more information about our legislative priorities for 2020. Civil Survival 2020 Priorities Reentry Advocacy Project Clean Slate...

Civil Survival attends FREE HER conference

by Civil Survival | Oct 7, 2019

The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls hosted the “FREE HER” conference in Montgomery, Alabama. Hundreds of people (from all genders) attended the event on October 4-6, including staff of Civil Survival. In Montgomery, staff...

LFO Reconsideration Day in Pierce County

by Civil Survival | Sep 25, 2019

It is estimated that 700 people in Pierce County with Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs) which are fines and fees incurred through courts, were able to reduce or eliminate a total of thousands, if not millions of dollars. This was the second “LFO Reconsideration Day”...