🚨 Life alert: Today is my last day ! I am so grateful to my colleagues who put up with me for the past three years & can’t wait to grow my policy analysis skills through a MPP .
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Libby Doyle
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Washington, DCJoined September 2019
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Excited to share my latest (and last!) blog for on how policymakers can support the housing & health care needs of recently incarcerated older adults:
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New from @Libbywd: 4 ways to support the housing & reentry needs of older adults. urbn.is/3u10ZEY
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Check out my latest post on to learn about the harmful effects of complaint-oriented policing 👇
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This study finds the instability of homelessness is increased by the general public’s complaints about the activities of people experiencing homelessness urbn.is/3arp0hx
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Recognizing and acknowledging that police perpetrate violence—and that this violence disproportionately affects Black and brown Americans—is a first step toward change in policy, budgets, and community safety decisionmaking.
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it’s called equitable division of the assets
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And check out the full final evaluation report to learn more about Orange County's Proposition 47 program & outcomes: urbn.is/3tJLTTp.
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To support the reentry of formerly incarcerated people with behavioral health needs, counties & service providers can implement lessons learned from our Orange County’s innovative program that prioritized safe, stable housing (cc: ) urbn.is/3KvP0Fj
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From : 4 ways to improve reentry for formerly incarcerated people with behavioral health needs urbn.is/3vLRZWa
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.: "This is not a matter of if it’s going to happen in your community. I don’t think anybody could safely say, 'We will never be affected by these issues.'" (via )
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As the debate about SROs rages on, consider lessons from DC, Alexandria, VA, and Montgomery County, MD as they work to implement alternative safety infrastructure in schools.
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It’s true, I really did peak in 6th grade
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ugh now my roommate’s first kiss has a super bowl ring so it’s decidedly NOT about me 
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"Given the systemic racism embedded into the criminal legal system, using recidivism to measure the success of reentry is itself a form of racial bias that does not improve public safety."
Check out my blog with on the limits of recidivism.
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Excited to share my first written piece for ! Check it out to learn more about Dr. Kirk's research on racial and socioeconomic inequities in mortgage denials and neighborhood crime rates.
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Study finds mortgage denials are concentrated in communities of color, & this trend contributes to the marginalization of & disinvestment from these communities, resulting in higher neighborhood crime rates. urbn.is/3pY2oe3
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To state the obvious: the encampment pilot is not a “housing first” program. If it were, we wouldn’t need to evict any of our neighbors because they would already be HOUSED.
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We are urging to vote YES on 's emergency legislation to stop encampment evictions in D.C. Read our full statement here: bit.ly/3ExgozZ #HousingNotHandcuffs
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i don't believe this system is capable of conferring justice. its a system of cruelty, inequity, and barbaric punishment. and it makes all of us crueler in the process.
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Really enjoyed contributing to this brand new guide on how local leaders can collaborate to create safety in new and better ways: nlc.org/resource/reima
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Working from home with a consultant and somehow even more confused about what they do.
Something about bandwidth, decks, and synergy?
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We have a busy week coming up! Here are two ways to raise your voice to push to end homelessness and stop encampment evictions.
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Tonight is going to be below freezing in DC.
Reminder that you have a right to shelter tonight. And that clearing encampments during hypothermia season is immoral and disgusting.
Call DC Shelter Hotline (202) 399-7093 for shelter or other help tonight.
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D.C.’s Criminal Code hasn’t been fully updated since 1901. Log on today to learn about the bill that would fully overhaul how offenses and penalties are defined in the District. It will be live streamed on facebook.com/CMCharlesAllen and live tweeted by…us! This is big.
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NEW: What’s in the fiscal year 2022 budget for policing and public safety? on how DC continues to rely on policing but makes major new investments in violence prevention programs.
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I am so tired of people making at best baseless claims or at worst straight-up lying. So in this thread, I am going to try to debunk a bunch of myths being spread about policing, prosecution, and incarceration in DC and then talk about some realities.
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Hundreds of thousands of incarcerated people have been placed in isolated detention during the pandemic. Prison officials have defended the tactic by claiming it’s the only way to practice “social distancing” in cramped prisons. From :
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"Invisibilizing and criminalizing homelessness due to the demands of a vocal minority of DC residents tired of seeing the reality of DC’s homelessness crisis is neither an acceptable nor a humane way to make decisions"
Full statement at : bit.ly/3FdUse5
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Currently, 34.4% of early childhood educators in DC live in poverty. Thanks to a modest tax increase on DC's wealthiest residents, these undervalued educators—who are primarily Black and brown women—will receive wage increases starting in 2022.
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Today, is trying to raise funds to support their Food Pantry and Delivery Program! Working with CEF was a highlight of my time at UNC and I encourage everyone to donate & learn more about their work to address homelessness in Chapel Hill: bit.ly/3AB2H0Y
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We can’t let DC criminalize homelessness through permanent "no-tent zones."
Thank you to 150+ DC residents, , , and more for signing our petition to , , and .
You can still sign here:
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With Limited State and Local Protections, the End of the Federal Eviction Moratorium Puts Millions of Renters at Risk: urbn.is/3BkaCQc via
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Long-standing values and practices rooted in racism, ableism, and classism are ingrained in the fabric of research. Creating truly equitable research requires questioning the status quo. Read my blog to learn more!
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Please vote for my roommate’s cat for ’s Cutest Cat! I’ll never hear the end of it if Ms. Eevil doesn’t win ⬇️
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In addition to watching a lot of reality TV during the pandemic, I also read some books! Check out this podcast to hear some recs from my colleagues and me:
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Just in time for the long weekend: These are the books, miniseries, & podcasts that have been getting Urban staff through the pandemic. urbn.is/3gRvSoQ
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New post from on the pending bill in #MApoli (S.2030) led by for a five-year moratorium on all jail & prison construction!
"Taking the fight against jail and prison expansion on the offensive":
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Cities and counties across the U.S. are committing to foster an equitable recovery for people most impacted by the pandemic by utilizing American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to invest in community support programs.
Track how your city is using ARP funding:
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BREAKING: In North Carolina, a state court ruled that ALL formerly incarcerated people have the right to vote. This decision restores voting rights to an estimated 55,000 people on parole or probation for a felony conviction. #FreeTheVote
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Great piece by my colleagues & on the ubiquity of racial & ethnic disparities in the criminal legal system & considerations for researchers working in this field
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"Definitions of criminality and criminal activity are rooted in structural inequalities between people of color and white people, and racist policies and practices have been used to control and separate communities of color." urban.org/research/publi
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