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Hub For Mercy 2023 Schedule

April 21, 2023
We help each other find our way to freedom . In Pennsylvania everyday incarcerated people and their families grapple with the broken systems of...
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Updates from Our Continued Fight for Non-Police Mobile Crisis Teams

March 29, 2023
Since the murder of Walter Wallace Jr in October 2020, Amistad Law Project and the Philadelphia Treatment Not Trauma Coalition (TNT) have been...
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500+ Attend People's Forum to Ask City Council Candidates Where They Stand

March 28, 2023
On Sunday, March 26th the people spoke and the leaders -or at least those who would like to lead us- listened. Over 500 everyday Philadelphians...
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Sunday, March 26th: Come to the People's Forum for City Council At Large

March 20, 2023
When the people who call this city home and make it work speak to those who want to govern us we can change their trajectory. When we stand in our...
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VIDEO: How Public Defenders Can Help Advance Decarceration Policies

February 25, 2023
The criminal legal system is a labyrinth that is deliberately constructed to be confuse everyday people. When you are trapped within it you need a...