We are eagerly awaiting the PA Supreme Court's ruling on our case with @abolitionistlawcenter.org and @ccrjustice.org claiming Death By Incarceration for felony murder is unconstitutional. What's felony murder? Listen to John Oliver break it down on @lastweektonight.com.

We're teaming up with Juntos and VietLead to bring you Movement Movie Night! Join us at Vox Populi on Saturday, November 22, 4:00 - 7:00 PM to see 3 short docs that highlight communities organizing to secure the protections and resources we all deserve. Get tickets here: bit.ly/movementmovi...

Come out to @makingworlds.bsky.social tomorrow for the launch of Submerged: On Healing from Abuse While Navigating a Lifetime of Imprisonment. Sheena King is serving a death by incarceration sentence. This book will help you imagine other ways of dealing with harm. withfriends.co/event/267005...

"To win the future our children deserve, we need to work alongside organized movements fighting both inside, and outside, of the arena of elections." @pasenatorsaval.com on how our movements––not just charismatic leaders––build power and create change. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

While you wait for election results, check out the new issue of @hammerandhope.bsky.social! Pass the time, get an education, and get ready to get work no matter who wins. hammerandhope.org?utm_source=s...

Commutation is the only pathway home for people sentenced to die in PA prisons, and the Board of Pardons will be holding two sessions this Thursday: A merit review and a public hearing. Watch this webinar we co-hosted with @abolitionistlawcenter.org to learn more: amistadlaw.org/news/watch-h...

We cannot accept a government that doesn’t support mercy for aging people in prison. With geriatric people making up over 27% of those locked up in PA prisons, the PA House must pass HB 150 to offer parole review to people with serious medical conditions.

We are rallying at the PA State Capitol in Harrisburg today to push for the passage of HB 150, a bill that would allow parole review to sick and aging people sentenced to die in prison. With more than 10,000 people over age 50 locked up in PA, this would offer tremendous relief to elders in need.

This Sunday will mark 5 years since the Philadelphia police shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr. We will join with community members at three events over the next three days to honor his life and legacy. We hope to see you there: amistadlaw.org/news/three-e...

We are approaching the 5-year anniversary of Walter Wallace Jr.'s murder by the Philadelphia police. Come out to the community vigil tomorrow and panel on mobile crisis response this Friday. You'll hear from our Co-Ed Nikki Grant on the panel after a screening of our short doc, The Care Team.

Grateful for this in-depth reporting from @emilykrizzo.bsky.social for @kensingtonvoice.bsky.social on Philadelphia's Wellness Court (forced treatment program). It's primarily creating a backup of bench warrants for people who just really need housing. www.kensingtonvoice.com/new-fast-tra...

Appreciate this strategy for the No Kings March from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social in conversation with @leximcmenamin.com for @teenvogue.com. If you want to get involved with Philly movement organizations, come out to our Healing Justice Fair this Saturday.

Catch THE CARE TEAM at the Philadelphia Film Festival this week! This short documentary follows two mobile crisis workers as they respond to mental health emergencies. Get your tickets to the @phillyfilmsociety.bsky.social Filmadelphia Shorts program here: filmadelphia.org/festival/fil...

Events next week featuring our team!⬇️ 🗓️Wed., Oct. 22 at 12-1 PM ET: Join our co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social, S. Mandisa Moore-O’Neal of CHLP, Kris Henderson of @amistadlaw.bsky.social, and Jada Hicks of CHLP for a webinar about abolition and and how it shapes our collective movement. Register:

We are almost one week out from the Philadelphia Healing Justice Fair! You won't want to miss it. Come through the Tiffany Fletcher Rec Center from 12-4 PM for yoga, liberation reiki, restorative justice workshops, and much more. Kids are welcome and free food will be provided!

Having a mental health crisis is not a crime. We're calling for $20 million to fund mobile crisis teams, where workers are wildly underpaid. It's a reasonable ask given the city's $872 million police budget. Read more in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social thephiladelphiacitizen.org/mental-healt...

"The system didn’t care about our humanity. It only cared about our compliance. And yet, even in the belly of the beast, we refused to be broken. We sang, we prayed, we dreamed of freedom." Starling Thomas in a powerful essay for @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/mam...

Philly fam: AI is being used ON us, not by us. We deserve a say in how tech and AI are used in our communities, and you'll have that opportunity at the City Council hearing on Wednesday, October 15. Join us at 10 AM at Philly Cam, 699 Ranstead St. Register below and join us!

Real community safety is rooted in relationships. That’s why we’re launching neighborhood-based community groups! Join us tomorrow at West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship (123 S 51st St., Philadelphia, PA) from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Food will be provided! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/west-...

This is shameful and utterly cruel: After spending 40 years locked up in a PA prison, all charges against Subramanyam Vedam were dropped. But instead of coming home to his family on Friday, he was transferred directly into ICE custody. www.inquirer.com/news/subu-fr...

Billionaires market tech as innovation & disruption but the truth is AI—& the data centers that power it—are replicating old systems of harm and exploitation. Show up on 10/15 and demand that people, not billionaire, drive how Philly uses tech: phillytechjustice.org/hearing

Tomorrow night the Free Our People Coalition will meet virtually at 6:00 PM for a special update on HB 150 and state legislation to offer medical parole for folks inside. Register here to join: secure.everyaction.com/HXx4hq8xOEq1...

"The people said, “Hey, you are in red. What crime did you commit?” I said, “I’m just a university teacher.” Dr. Badar Khan Suri on his experience being kidnapped by ICE and detained for two months because of his support for Palestine. lux-magazine.com/lux-for-life...

Please do not call the cops when someone is having a mental health crisis. They escalate the crisis and put people in more danger. In Philly, you can call 988 to get in touch with non-police mobile crisis teams. Thank you @leximcmenamin.com for reporting on this for @teenvogue.com.

This Saturday! Join us for Amistad Family Brunch catered by Chef Kurt Evans! We'll be on the 51st street side of Malcolm X Park with hot food ready to serve at 10:00 AM. We'll also have a free yoga class, reki, coloring, and more. Bring all the friends and fam! amistadlaw.org/news/join-us...

A big win for Termaine Hicks, who will receive $3M after cops shot him in the back and framed him for rape to cover it up. $3M is the bare minimum after losing 19 years of his life to prison. AND it's worth noting taxpayers foot the bill when cops lie. www.inquirer.com/crime/termai...

"Part of the experiment was to see what happens when tenants are allowed to make their own decisions about how to meet their financial needs," Mulbry said. "We know that they’re using the cash for housing because they’re staying housed.”

Tonight! Join us and @abolitionistlawcenter.org at 6:00 PM for a virtual event on commutation in PA! Register here to join and you'll get a Zoom link an hour before the event: give.alcenter.org/a/09-03-25-c...

Sandra Delvalle is a young PA mom who's facing decades in prison for defending herself against her abusive partner. Can you chip in to support her legal team’s push to free Sandra and reunite her with her children? gogetfunding.com/legal-suppor...

You have to organize. I don't know what else to tell people. And organizing is not sexy and it is difficult and it matters that you be persistent. We need long-distance runners right now.

The @sentencingproject.bsky.social is always on top of the progress advocates are making to reduce extreme sentences at the state level. Despite the federal hellscape, incarcerated people continue to organize and win big freedom victories. www.sentencingproject.org/press-releas...

We love to see our friends at @yeahphilly.bsky.social highlighted in @theconversation.com for their work helping Philly youth thrive. Even when young people get caught up, they deserve to be met with care, not cages. theconversation.com/data-driven-...

“The conditions that created the need for Black August––racist policing, unjust sentencing, brutal prison conditions, and the use of solitary as torture—persist today, which means our obligation to remember and resist persists as well." Kwaneta Harris for @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/in-...

The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.

Mark your calendars for September 6! Movement Chef Kurt Evans will be serving up hot food at Malcolm X Park at 10 AM for Amistad Family Brunch. Bring your kids, friends, and neighbors! Register here so we have enough food: amistadlaw.org/news/join-us...

We can't wait to share this film with you! Please join us next Wednesday, August 27 at 6 PM at the Free Library of Philadelphia. We'll have a panel after the screening to share updates on the fight to end Death By Incarceration in PA. Bring friends!

Democrats are complicit in Trump's takeover of DC. At the federal and local level, Dems have ramped up policing and supported locking up drug users, houseless people, and more. It's time for them to take responsibility + fight back. @alexvitale.bsky.social www.currentaffairs.org/news/democra...

"It is very hard to wall off data collected from lawful government use. The simple truth of digital surveillance is that if you build it, it will be used, and likely used against those with the least amount of political power.”

This should not be controversial: Poor people and disabled people deserve to live in homes! Not institutions. We need to invest in housing first, without preconditions like sobriety, says Candice Player of @projecthome.bsky.social www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

With all the horrors going on, it's worth remembering incarcerated people have been organizing against state violence for decades. Over 20 PA electeds visited lifers at SCI Coal Township, and even a Republican Rep said mandatory death by incarceration is unjust. www.abc27.com/pennsylvania...

Join us for the premiere of THE MAN WHO CAME HOME at the Parkway Central Library on Wednesday, August 27. Through one man's story, this short documentary highlights the cruelty of Death By Incarceration and the human cost of mass incarceration. Regist here to join: amistadlaw.org/news/join-us...

Crime rates in all three cities have gone down, and in Baltimore at astounding levels, in part by treating crime as a public health crisis, rather than a "need more cops" crisis. popular.info/p/the-secret...

Homicides in DC have fallen by 32% in the last year.

No one does it like BlackStar Film Festival. We were proud to partner with them on films that help us imagine a world beyond our punitive system of cops, courts, and cages.

Can't say enough good things about @abolitionschool.bsky.social! Check out the pilot issue of Abolition Journal and support them if you can. abolitionjournal.com

So many important takeaways in this new report about jails and mass deportation from @prisonpolicy.org @jkangbrown.bsky.social 1) the scope of immigrants incarcerated *for immigration* is much higher than what is reported by ICE www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/jail...

This is an incredible new short doc featuring Ruth Wilson Gimore. She packs a lot of wisdom about racial capitalism, prisons as means of controlling surplus populations, solidarity, and radical care into 16 minutes. @aeon.co @antipodeonline.bsky.social aeon.co/videos/the-p...

Some people don't feel as close to this as they ought to. Most of us are just a bad break or two away from winding up on the streets, and addiction & mental health crises can affect anyone. They're gutting services and rendering more of us disposable, and there's a carceral disposal system waiting.

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