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No Way Home: A Film About a Mother's Struggle to Reunite Her Family

Amistad Law Project is thrilled to make No Way Home available in its entirety to stream online. Watch our film about Mrs Dee Dee's struggle to reunite her family and get involved in building the movement for second chances in Pennsylvania.

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Alternatives to Police: Expanding Non-Police Mobile Crisis Teams Citywide

We have partnered with the Treatment Not Trauma coalition to win over $10 million for a pilot program for mobile crisis teams in Philadelphia. We continue to advocate for its expansion so people in crisis receive care, not cops. 

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Move It Forward Explores How Gun Violence is Connected to Wealth Inequality

In a new season of our podcast, we explore the impact of the gun violence crisis here in Philadelphia—and the structural forces that are driving it. 

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PA District Attorneys: Support Parole Eligibility for Elders in Prison

Over 8,200 people in Pennsylvania are sentenced to life without parole or ‘virtual’ life sentences that ensure they will die in prison. Unite with us to demand that PA District Attorneys support a pathway home for our elders in prison.