Reclaim the Block

With a surge of new followers and donations since MPD murdered #GeorgeFloyd, we wanted to introduce ourselves, our work, and how we are situated during this time. [thread]

Reclaim the Block came together in the fall of 2018, anchored by the leadership of @BlackVisionsMN, to demand that Minneapolis move money out of policing and into community-led safety.

We believe health, safety and resiliency exist without police of any kind, and we organize community members to build a vision of, and movement toward, a thriving, well-resourced, police-free Minneapolis.

We organize around policies and strategies that reduce investment in police and build resources that create real safety.

Police reform has failed to bring any meaningful change to the violence that police commit against Black, brown, Indigenous, queer, trans, immigrant, and disabled communities. We focus on shrinking the power of police, not changing their image or training.

We want Minneapolis to invest in affordable, dignified housing, accessible mental health services, community violence prevention, and youth services as resources that actually make people safe. Police don’t keep us safe.