Tag: #defundthepolice

Sources + Suggested Sites | Evelyn From The Internets x Creators For Change 2020

Via 2020 Creators for Change.  Sources + Suggested Sites | Evelyn From The Internets x Creators For Change 2020 U.S. Department Of Education Civil Rights Data Collection https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/data.html (For context, data from 2015-2016 school year was available in April 2018, so the data is always running several years behind. The public doesn’t have access to … Read More

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Incremental Improvements and Visionary Shifts: Understanding the Pace of Change

Via Fractured Atlas. Incremental Improvements and Visionary Shifts: Understanding the Pace of Change By Nina Berman So much of what seemed impossible this time last year is now happening. Police abolition is part of the mainstream discourse, all of the jobs that we were told couldn’t happen without an office might be remote permanently, and the … Read More

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A Study Guide to – Disempower, Disarm, Disband – a World Without Police

Via For a World Without Police: This study guide is intended to help activists understand the police and craft strategies to abolish them. The guide examines the role police play in modern society and how they came to serve this function. It explores the impacts and contradictions of policing, and closes with a look at … Read More

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Abolition Study

Via Ashanté Reese and SA Smythe: These resources are to support anyone who’s interested in learning more about abolition. The texts vary, and there are many different viewpoints and approaches to theorizing and working toward abolition. Some of what is included doesn’t mention abolition specifically but may offer some historical and political education. Use what … Read More

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Re-imagining Policing

Via FABnyc:  Re-imagining Policing in America NYC Budget Justice – Communities United for Police Reform (changethenypd.org) State of Emergency: End the War on Black People – from Color of Change (colorofchange.org) Policy Platforms – Movement for Black Lives (m4bl.org) How to Change Policing in America – by Sherrilyn Ifill The Reader Guide to Police Abolition – by Maya Dukmasova, Chicago … Read More

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Resources from Obama.org

Via Obama.org: ANGUISH AND ACTION We work to help leaders change their world—and the world needs changing. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the loss of far too many Black lives to list, have left our nation anguished and outraged. While now is a time for grief and anger, it is … Read More

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