Mothers Against Police Brutality (MAPB) is a powerful coalition that strives to bring justice to individuals and families impacted by police brutality, particularly police us of deadly force. Committed to civil rights, police accountability, and policy change, MAPB is a multi-racial and multi-ethnic organization that unites Mothers across the nation.
Our mission is to prevent police use of deadly force, particularly the killing of Black and other people of color; to change police deadly force policies and practices; to advocate for and with families who have lost loved ones to police violence; and to expand the concept of public safety with new policies limiting encounters between police and the public and making deep social investments in housing, health care, mental health services, employment, education, arts, recreation, and other presently unmet human needs throughout the United States. MAPB protests unjust policing, organizes communities most impacted, conducts research, and advocates for policy change in local, national, and international forums.
By working towards creating more peaceful and just communities, we aim to address the deep-rooted issues in policing in America.
MAPB has gained recognition both nationally and internationally. Founder Collette Flanagan has testified in numerous international forums, including speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council on racial justice and equality in law enforcement in October 2022 in Geneva, in the tradition of Malcolm X, bringing the ongoing struggle against U.S. police violence to what he called “the conscience of mankind.” MAPB organized testimony from 15 directly impacted families at the the hearing of the U.N. Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice & Equality in Law Enforcement held in April 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.
MAPB’s work has received support from individuals and major foundations.
By working with directly impacted families to create more peaceful and just communities, we aim to address the over-policing, racial profiling, brutality, and extrajudicial killings that plague our country, as in no other Western democracy.
By working towards creating more peaceful and just communities, we aim to address the deep-rooted issues in policing in America.
MAPB has gained recognition both nationally and internationally. Founder Collette Flanagan has testified in numerous international forums, including speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council on racial justice and equality in law enforcement in October 2022 in Geneva, in the tradition of Malcolm X, bringing the ongoing struggle against U.S. police violence to what he called “the conscience of mankind.” MAPB organized testimony from 15 directly impacted families at the the hearing of the U.N. Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice & Equality in Law Enforcement held in April 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.
MAPB’s work has received support from individuals and major foundations.
Collette Flanagan testifying before the United Nations Human Rights Council
October 3, 2022 in Geneva, Collette Flanagan, Founder of Mothers Against Police Brutality, testified before the United Nations Human Rights Council on “racial justice and equality in law enforcement.” Collette is shown here with Jurema Wurneck, a human rights activist with Amnesty International in Brazil, and Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, President of the Expert Mechanism on these issues.
