Welcome to Free Root Operation

We serve Black single mothers and women, often erased from gun violence advocacy, as a public safety infrastructure. 

Free Root Operation addresses the root causes of gun violence through a method of critical care encompassing expansive, wraparound wellness and economic development services. These services are foundational pillars of our programs, cultural activations, and violence prevention initiatives which are substantiated by research centering community wisdom. We take an innovative approach that serves as the nexus between championing Black women and their families and preventative measures of poverty-induced gun violence* that demands integration into culture. Our operation is to restore communities impacted by poverty-induced gun violence to safe, abundant, and liberated sites of Oasis.

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*A term coined by our Executive Director, Eva Maria Lewis, to differentiate the epidemic faced by Black people and other communities of color from the gun violence epidemic most discussed on the national agenda.