Meet Freedom Jones
Freedom Jones is the Founder and CEO of Street Pauses LLC and Street Pauses Inc., two visionary sister organizations advancing innovative approaches to community violence intervention, digital harm reduction, and healing justice. With over 20 years of experience as a strategist, consultant, and nonprofit executive, Freedom is a nationally respected leader in trauma-informed program design, culturally rooted training, and public health strategies that center equity. She leads with unwavering love for people, grounding her work in compassion, spiritual clarity, and an unshakable commitment to Black and Brown communities.
At the core of Freedom’s practice is a deeply held belief: Black and Brown communities hold the power to heal, restore, and transform themselves. Her work is dedicated to confronting systemic injustice while creating spaces for collective healing, cultural reclamation, and self-determined solutions. Through every program, training, and partnership, she uplifts the dignity, brilliance, and leadership of those most impacted by inequity.
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Freedom is deeply skilled in building transformative partnerships—locally and nationally. From Baltimore to cities across the U.S., she has formed lasting collaborations with grassroots leaders, hospitals, city agencies, researchers, and credible messengers to design intervention models that are responsive, sustainable, and centered in community wisdom.
As the former Director of Community Violence Intervention Programs at LifeBridge Health’s Center for Hope, Freedom launched initiatives that redefined public safety, professionalized frontline violence interrupters, and bridged hospital- and street-based responses. She is a proud graduate of the inaugural cohort of the University of Chicago Crime Lab’s Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy (CVILA) and has received The Daily Record’s Health Care Heroes Award and the Nelson L. Kellogg (NLK) Award for social impact and visionary leadership.
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Through Street Pause Inc., Freedom developed one of the country’s first grassroots digital violence response models, designed to intervene at the source—online—where many modern conflicts begin. The organization mobilizes digital responders to detect and disrupt violent content, engage high-risk youth, and build safer digital ecosystems that reflect community care.
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In addition to her national consulting and program development work, Freedom is an acclaimed metal sculptor, creating welded works from steel, glass, and wood that explore themes of memory, liberation, and inner transformation. Her art has been featured in exhibitions across the Mid-Atlantic and is a spiritual extension of her healing work.
