[SKAGIT COUNTY, WA] — In partnership with Skagit Legal Aid, Civil Survival will be jointly hosting a Legal Financial Obligation (LFO) Mass Assistance Day on Wednesday, October 25th. Community members […]
[YAKIMA, WA] —Civil Survival will be hosting a social justice and advocacy workshop this Saturday, July 29th from 9:30am-4:30pm in Yakima. This is their first event ever in Central Washington. […]
Coming September 29th 2021 What is National Expungement Week, and who started it? The idea for National Expungement Week (N.E.W) was crafted in 2018 with the hopes of creating a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
LaKecia Farmer, Legislative Coordinator for Civil Survival, attended the Brennan Center for Justice’s “Road to Re-Enfranchisement: Advancing Rights Restoration” in New York City on September 11, 2019. They were joined […]
Hundreds of people living with debt from court-imposed legal financial obligations (LFO’s) recently gathered at the Kitsap County Courthouse for the first ever “LFO Reconsideration Day.” The event was a […]
On December 15, Civil Survival hosted its third full-day Workshop for 2018 at Highline College in Kent. Over 30 people attended, including three local elected officials. Our Workshops are designed […]