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We fight against oppression. We stand with social justice activists and communities under threat. We use the power of the law to achieve justice for all.

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    Jul 9

    LISTEN: What is necessary to reimagine civil rights in America? The Activist Files + Radical Imagination get together for a special episode featuring our Executive Director & , Founder in Residence of & host of the Radical Imagination podcast.

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    18 hours ago

    TAKE ACTION!! Tell legislators in Albany to include the Repeal Ban bill in a package of legislation they will take up when they reconvene! TEXT WALK to 50409 to send an automated email!

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    Jul 11

    hosted virtual festival to support communities impacted by covid & white supremacy. We need $2000 to reach our funding goal for amazing orgs Watch online! Donate! RT!

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    Jul 14

    It is time for Albany to Repeal the Ban!

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    Jul 14

    We are rising up against all the ways that the criminal-legal system has harmed and failed to protect Black communities. We have something new in mind. Join us in supporting The BREATHE Act.

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    Jul 14

    Thank you for your support! Now let's work to repeal the Ban before 2020 is over.

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    Jul 13

    "The prison-industrial complex serves the pecuniary & political interests of various industries & politicians who profit from imprisonment..In reality, the prison system does very little to address the underlying problems related to crime"

    READ: "Prison Abolition and the Cruelty of Pennsylvania’s Death By Incarceration Sentencing Scheme" by James Johnson:
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    Jul 13

    Sandra Bland should be here.

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    Today marks the 5th anniversary since Sandra Bland got murdered (yes, she did not commit suicide and we all know it!). We are still waiting for justice.
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  9. Jul 13

    READ: "Prison Abolition and the Cruelty of Pennsylvania’s Death By Incarceration Sentencing Scheme" by James Johnson:

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    Jul 13

    Today makes 5 years since the death of who was 28 years old. May we continue to and center, support, and protect Black women while fighting towards Black liberation.

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    Jul 13

    . found that while arrests and summonses are down, Black and Latino youth ages 21 and younger still make up most of arrests, summonses and juvenile reports in the most recent data issued by the NYPD.

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  12. Jul 12

    TOMORROW: Join us, , + partners for "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?", event at the intersection of musical performance and activism. Our Associate Executive Director will be featured. Info & RSVP:

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    Jul 10

    Using the pandemic as a framework, & discuss and the need for police reform; and the reimagining of civil rights that requires a fundamental disruption of our nation’s foundation. Listen at

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    Jul 10

    Enjoyed my conversation with on The Activist Files podcast re: disruption and change.

    Using the pandemic within a pandemic framework, & discuss and the need for police reform. They discuss how to reimagine civil rights requires a fundamental disruption of our nation’s foundation. Listen at
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    Jul 10

    📢 PHONE ZAP 40 Cameroonian Juneteenth Protestors are detained by at PinePrairie in Louisiana Please boost/share/Email/Call Click link to toolkit & take action for their release:

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    Jul 10

    The Center for Constitutional Rights's Pam Spees spoke on behalf of RISE and our ancestors buried on the Formosa Plastics site. Watch the video here:

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  17. Jul 10

    "As the overwhelming protests of the past weeks have shown, the public fully understands that NYPD impunity must end, and we will continue to fight alongside those communities that seek to end over-policing and racist policing in New York City.” MORE:

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  18. Jul 10

    “We are disappointed that when faced with evidence of racially discriminatory and violent police behavior that it acknowledged was covered by its prior orders in this case, the court chose to take no action to stop it," said our senior staff attorney Darius Charney.

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  19. Jul 10

    This week, a U.S. Court declined to order an investigation into NYPD’s racially discriminatory social distancing and curfew enforcement practices, as the lawsuit we had filed with , & the law firm of Beldock, Levine, & Hoffman demanded.

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    Jul 9

    It’s time for real change. This policy is for the people. On Tuesday, we unveiled the . View the full unveiling at , or check out excerpts from featured speakers (including ) on M4BL’s IGTV.

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    Jul 9

    “I cannot separate out the ways that capitalism has devastated my body and the history of what it has done to my ancestors’ bodies.” -Imani

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