Careers at Wren
The Wren Collective is a family-first organization that values action and risk-taking, research and evidence over instinct, and quality over egos. We are collaborative and we do not shy away from challenges or discomfort. We are unafraid to try new things and are willing to pivot away from entrenched, ineffective tactics to meet our North Star of building up healthy communities and ending our devastating reliance on incarceration.
Current Opportunities
To apply, please submit a resume and cover letter to: info@wrencollective.com.
We currently do not have any open positions at this time.
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DOJ Slashes Programs That Stop Crime: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Evidence-Based Violence Prevention
Last week, the Trump Administration abruptly terminated hundreds of active DOJ grants that totaled more than $800 million and funded a wide range of programs, services, and research vital to…
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Trump’s Evergrowing Deportation Network
The Trump administration’s war on immigration and immigrants is escalating and expanding. Just this morning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, alleging that she…
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Trump’s Defiance of Court Orders
We have crossed the red line. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Abrego Garcia is a Maryland resident…
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Creating the Conditions for Violence
To change things up, we are starting with good news. Over the last several months in Louisiana, Governor Jeff Landry spent significant political capital trying to ram through four constitutional…
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The Shrinking Frontier: Attacks on the First Amendment
There was nothing normal about Trump’s remarks at the Department of Justice a week ago. Not the venue–most other presidents before Trump have deliberately maintained a firewall between the agency…
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The Increasing Use of Criminal Prosecutions to Suppress Dissent
The right to free speech and peaceful dissent is a cornerstone of American democracy, yet the Trump administration has launched an unprecedented assault on these fundamental freedoms. In just the…
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Contracted to Fail, Part 2: How Flat-Fee Contracts Undermine the Right to Counsel in California
New data reveals that California’s public defense caseload crisis is far worse than previously thought–with some lawyers handling 500 to 600 cases a year. This Part 2 report, written with…
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Court Decisions on Democracy
Note to Readers: Exciting news! This year the Wren Collective has moved our newsletters to Substack, creating an opportunity for you to more easily find and engage with them. This…
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I wish we had been wrong: A Wren Collective 2025 Year in Review
“One thing is clear: in the years to come, we will see a lot of horrible things happen. We will see our undocumented friends deported, political prosecutions increase, and surveillance…
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