MPD150

Challenging the narrative that police exist to protect and serve. 2016-2022. "Enough is Enough" abolitionist report + toolkit:

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

While MPD150 is no longer active, the work goes on. With gratitude, two offerings:

The “Enough Is Enough” people’s history of MPD and abolitionist toolkit: https://t.co/CAPs15Ga3p

Resources, links to other orgs, and reflections from our sunsetting event: https://t.co/pHcIsVDJAW

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

Here's the video recording of our sunsetting event, along with a work-in-progress list of links and resources for those looking to learn more and/or get involved: https://t.co/J49mVaLLYe

[Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim]

If you're thinking more about police abolition & aren't sure where to start, check out this Police Abolition 101 zine, based on materials from us, @projectnia & @MPD_150, design/art by @noahjodice.

Read, download & share:
EN: https://t.co/I6J4DaLmZS
SP: https://t.co/IpSVOmfC0f

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

THANK YOU to everyone who showed up for this, especially our moderator, o. smith, and the panelists: Rose M. Brewer, PhD, Taiwana Shambley, and Jason Sole. We'll share the recording and some highlights soon.

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

"How are you practicing abolition in your life?" Because the work is about policy, but it's also about everyday practice. Please feel free to share some thoughts.

One of the guiding questions for our closing panel tonight (Monday, 11/14/22, 7pm via zoom): https://t.co/J49mVaLLYe

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

...in that spirit, a few links to check out:

@REPforMN here in Minneapolis: https://t.co/criZHiAe8c

@BlackVisionsMN's #FundOurCommunities campaign: https://t.co/ImCo4XCgX4

@interruptcrim & @projectnia's "one million experiments" resource: https://t.co/1iW9L3yTx6

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

"How are you practicing abolition in your life?" Because the work is about policy, but it's also about everyday practice. Please feel free to share some thoughts.

One of the guiding questions for our closing panel tonight (Monday, 11/14/22, 7pm via zoom): https://t.co/J49mVaLLYe

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

Stop by the resource table at the #OvercomingRacism conference this weekend for a free copy of the “Enough Is Enough” report and/or a lupine packet! Can’t be there? Find info on both at https://t.co/YWSJNRJZns.

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

Very cool to see Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie in town for #NWSA2022. If you're in MPLS for the conference, find a local abolitionist perspective w/ the "Enough Is Enough" report/toolkit, free at @MoonPalaceBooks & here: https://t.co/EqpF6Pk8NK

[Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim]

"When we listen to victims, they tell us that we actually need proactive and healing solutions to address cycles of crime and violence. Victims do not think more arrests and incarceration work as well as prevention and healing services..." https://t.co/AEsGtUasF8

[Black Visions @BlackVisionsMN]

It’s time to demand that the city invests in its communities. Speak up about what safety looks like - fund communities not cops! #FundOurCommunities #InvestInUs

[Black Visions @BlackVisionsMN]

It’s budget season again, Minneapolis, & we need YOUR voice to be heard-- how do you envision safety in Minneapolis? The first budget hearing of the year is THIS THURSDAY, November 10th @ 10am– will you join us? More info @ https://t.co/JxeBk2Ab9s. #FundOurCommunities #InvestInUs

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

In one week: join us for our virtual sunsetting event. We're honored to hear from Rose M. Brewer, Ph.D, Taiwana Shambley, and Jason Sole (moderated by o. smith). More info: https://t.co/J49mVaMjNM

[Center for Applied Transgender Studies @TransStudies]

📅 NOVEMBER 16! 📅

Join us for the Center’s next Big Ideas panel, “Where Trans Activism and Abolition Meet,” featuring @Qui_Dorian, @BluBuchanan, and @essaysmythe, moderated by @er_ique, 2:30-3:30pm CT.

Register at: https://t.co/TaBXHoGMzU

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

On 11/14/22, we'll be joined by Rose M. Brewer, Ph.D., Taiwana Shambley, and Jason Sole in a virtual panel discussion moderated by o. Find their bios, and more info on the event, here: https://t.co/J49mVaLLYe

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

MPD150 as a collective formed to create the "Enough Is Enough" report and a few narrative-oriented followup projects. Join us 11/14/22 for a sunsetting event featuring local voices discussing the past, present, and future of abolition in MN and beyond:
https://t.co/pHcIsVEhqu

[REP ForMN @REPforMN]

Hello Community! Gentle reminder that Pod Study Hall is this Friday November 4th from 3-4:30pm via Virtually. As always, all are welcome and we are looking forward to sharing this experience with you! Register at: https://t.co/hn1zur58BO With love, 💜

[Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim]

This Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 5 PM ET: Join authors @prisonculture @dreanyc123 @policingblack & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson for a conversation about the role of the state in abolitionist futures! Join us as we release a new tool on this topic. Register: https://t.co/iQ5OIUWdPv

[Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim]

Our transformative justice Help Desk, staffed by IC fellow Shira Hassan, offers 1-on-1 consultation for groups and individuals who are currently working on projects and community-wide interventions to end violence without using the police. Learn more: https://t.co/66LXBzwLfz

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

A quick reminder: As the days get shorter & colder we encourage those who have picked up seed packets to set aside some time for planting. We've added some additional planting notes to the link: https://t.co/2xvvqOWX6X

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

Creating a different future starts small. As the MPD150 collective sunsets, one of our final projects centers on the wild lupine as a metaphor for some abolitionist principles.

More to come, but for now, here's more info + where/when to get a packet: https://t.co/2xvvqPe08X

[MPD150 @MPD_150]

"The defeatism in conversations about abolition comes out in the arguments that there always were police and prisons, and there always will be. But there weren't always police and prisons and surveillance. And there will not always be." - Mariame Kaba https://t.co/NuYRIfeSZS