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Litigate To End Mass Incarceration

We fight for the rights of incarcerated people with movement lawyering

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We build the leadership of people from communities harmed by the criminal legal system

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We wage strategic campaigns to divest from policing and prisons so we can invest in communities
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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 Attorney support a pathway home for our elders in prison.

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Let's Build a Mass Movement to End Mass Incarceration

Through Free Them To Heal Us we are getting people organized and building the leadership and power of those hurt by prisons, policing, class oppression and racism throughout Southeastern PA. 

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

On the new season of our podcast we’re exploring the impact of the gun violence crisis -from the personal to the political- here in our city of Philadelphia and what structural forces are driving it. 

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

In 2021 with the Treatment Not Trauma coalition we won $7.7 million for a pilot program in Philly for non-police mobile crisis teams dispatched through 911. In 2022 we fought to expand the program citywide and make it available 24/7. 

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News

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June 1, 2023

Amistad and City Council Members Call for Increased Mobile Crisis Funding

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June 1, 2023

Friday, June 30th: 'No Way Home' Premiers in Philadelphia

A flier says 'No Way Home: A Film Screening and Town Hall on the Need for Second Chances in PA's Prisons
May 31, 2023

Thursday June 15th: No Way Home Screening in Chester, PA

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May 30, 2023

Announcing 'No Way Home': a Film About Life Without Parole in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Deserves Treatment Not Trauma
May 26, 2023

June 1st: Press Conference Calling For Full Funding For Mobile Crisis Teams

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May 5, 2023

New Podcast Episode - The Limit of American Criminal Justice Part 1: Police

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April 28, 2023

Groups Urge U.N. to Call for Abolition of DBI During Historic U.S. Visit

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April 21, 2023

Hub For Mercy: Help Your Loved One Navigate Commutation and Parole

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March 29, 2023

Updates from Our Continued Fight for Non-Police Mobile Crisis Teams