Advocating for justice in Tarrant County
We are a coalition of individuals who are committed to advancing justice in Tarrant County. Through advocacy, collaboration, and action, we work to create a more fair and equitable society for all.
Join an action team
Change happens when people come together with a shared purpose. Our action teams focus on key justice issues in Tarrant County and have emerged organically as people acknowledge their passion for justice in a particular area. Our action teams work with our partner organizations to bring to fruition the adage from the Civil Rights movement: The power of the people is greater than the people in power. Join us by completing the Contact Us form, in the menu above, to let us know of your interest.
our beginnings
JNTC launched in February 2023 at a meeting of about 70 people from primarily faith-based communities in Fort Worth and Arlington. United by common values, we’ve grown quickly and now count justice-seekers from all over Tarrant County among our membership. Structured around action teams, we are dedicated to promoting fairness and equity for everyone.
Our action teams have emerged organically. Someone with some leadership and organizational skills emerges and wants to form a team focused on a particular issue. The members of the teams then begin to ACT for justice. They make public comments at the Tarrant County Commissioners Court, or at city halls, or in Austin during legislative sessions. Members demonstrate, meet with officials, host letter writing campaigns, and even show justice-oriented films. One of our teams recently hosted a music concert to raise funds – all kinds of things.
The action team structure helps our members get to know each other, which is of course a real benefit for doing the work of justice. Our work isn’t easy, so it can help to have friends who, just by their presence, help sustain us in these endeavors.
The distribution numbers for our online, action-oriented newsletter continue to grow. We see that as a continuing testament to the yearning of so many for fairness, equity, and inclusion. Indeed, it’s a yearning for justice.
Board of Directors for the Justice Network
The board of directors for the Justice Network is a working board. Action Team
leaders are automatically members of the board, and our at-large directors are heavily
involved in our advocacy and organizing efforts.
Our Executive Committee is Katherine Godby, Co-founder and Board Chair, Diana Sharp, Vice-Chair, Sierra Roberts, Secretary, Kirsten Brink, Treasurer
We live in a world that demonizes those who transgress the system but has great sympathy for the system itself. You cannot tell the story of injustice without telling the story of power. It requires integrity to become honest about how our power systems and our position in the world affect our capacity to do justice. . . Injustice has survived by cowering behind the guises of morality and ethics. The whole charade is diabolical. True justice has little concern for good and bad, and is much more interested in protecting and affirming dignity with tangible actions and repair. . . . True justice does not demean the offender's dignity; it affirms it. It communicates that what has been done is not what the offender was made for. They, too, were made for beauty. Justice means that everyone becomes more human, everyone bears the image of the divine. Justice does not ask us to choose.
