Over a dozen Black Lives Matter related groups participated in Mama’s Bail Out this year raising over $550,000 to help bail out single mothers and care givers for mother’s day.

As we know the system is weighted against the poor and this initiative aims to try and alleviate that. This year $345,000 was put directly towards bail money with the rest raised being used for things like temporary housing.

Watch the video below to learn a little more:

Watch: Mary Hooks, an organizer of National Black Mama's Bail Out Day, describes freeing black women from jail in time for Mother’s Day pic.twitter.com/5LLorN41Ij

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