Cash bail creates an ongoing debtors' prison in Colorado's jails. It doesn't need to be this way. We can end cash bail and increase pretrial freedom without harming public safety in any way. They did it in New Jersey. They're doing it in Illinois. We can do it in Colorado! 💪
My favorite MLK quote:
"...the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Councilors or the KKK but the white moderate, who is more devoted to order than justice"
If your org was releasing statements in 2020 about being anti-racist and “listening and learning,” but are in 2023 silencing discussion about genocide and the global struggle against colonialism, they haven’t actually learned anything.
Just as the Israeli government was crystal clear in its plans to commit genocide, the Israeli government’s post-genocide colonization strategy is explicit and blatant—and a war crime. We can stop this. Don’t look away.
All eyes on Palestine.
If you’d like to speak up in support of shelter for children and their families, please join us on Saturday at Hamilton Middle School at 8600 E Dartmouth St. Details below:
The @CityofDenver is standing up a shelter for families with children in the Embassy Suites building on Hampden St in SE Denver. The facility will get kids and their parents off the streets and provide them with access to critical services like childcare. https://t.co/1Xg7MuQhSp
URGENT: The State of Missouri could schedule an execution date for Marcellus Williams as early as Jan. 3, 2024. His life is at risk for a crime he did not commit. Add your name to petition to stop this injustice before it’s too late: https://t.co/lBRYudbejD
While an exorbitant number of formerly incarcerated people are homeless, nearly three times as many are housing insecure. The stigma of criminalization perpetuates a dangerous exclusion of vulnerable people from the housing market.
Palestinians have the right to resist colonialism!
Palestinians have the right to resist occupation!
Palestinians have the right to resist apartheid!
Palestinians have the right to resist displacement!
Palestinians have the right to live with dignity in their own land!