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BUILDING LEADERS that #modelchange and #buildcommunity supportive of young people to #NeverBeCaged
Joined December 2018
Just secured $90,000 for the year... so far... to develop 40-60 young people and 40 new programs. Each student will receive $1,000 to put towards that program idea. Now you tell me what’s realer - we let our young people go to jail, hurt one another... Or make better choices?
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"Whenever you have a system predicated on having to pay money in order to secure liberty, you are going to disadvantage black and brown populations." Watch the trailer for Trapped: Cash Bail In America, on Real Stories 12 October https://t.co/pE5IduguFb
#EndCashBail #BLM
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Hear from #EGFellow @WilliamMEvans2, founder of @BenchesInc, in a new documentary that sheds light on the cash bail system and deep flaws in the American criminal justice system.
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A YouTube Original- TRAPPED: Cash Bail in America Go watch the Trailer TODAY
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Yesterday, in partnership with @NYCHA Jackson Houses Resident Association President Danny Barber, Mr. Watts, & @BenchesInc, our YCOs helped coordinate a basketball tournament, speaking to kids about sportsmanship & the importance of making their voices heard. #NYPDConnecting
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Sending healing circles to the family and community. Lifting Shawn up in our work and prayers.
This intelligent, handsome, and dynamic young man was murdered in Brooklyn yesterday. The @NYDailyNews and @nypost referred to him as “gang member.” Fuck you. His name is Shawn. He was a father, brother and friend to many. Please RT, to lift up Shawn’s humanity.
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Excited about this Manhattan DA's race? Watch our candidate forum on Tuesday night! My understanding is that 1,000 people can register for the live event, and the rest can watch a recording after. https://t.co/KHrjtlgMnw
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Manhattan District Attorney Candidate Forum
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The shootings erupting across the city this past month are incredibly tragic. Young people are getting killed. We must act now. And not respond with lazy takes. These shootings aren't happening bc we "defunded" police, they're happening because we've defunded communities. (1/4)
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Our H in NeighborHood is Red because it represents Hope. What do you make of this cap?
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Yeah. Good luck with that, with all due respect. I don’t know any good people. I don’t know any bad people. I just know people who do good and bad things. But I center people, not behaviors. As soon as you define a person by their behavior, you don’t leave room for change.
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'The Revolution Will Be Digitized' by Halim Flowers
washingtoncitypaper.com
Listen to Flowers’ spoken word track, “The Revolution Will Be Digitized:”
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
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Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman, was in her home in Louisville, KY on March 13th when officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department barged in without a warning nor announcement and...
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This was the scene outside of the White House on Monday as police used tear gas and flash grenades to clear out peaceful protesters so President Trump could visit the nearby St. John’s Church, where there was a parish house basement fire Sunday night https://t.co/nFrCqYpqZR
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The Movement: Secret Service on guard as George Floyd protesters rally outside White House
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