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No Way Home: Life Without Parole in Pennsylvania

Friday July 14th: No Way Home Screening in Norristown, PA

June 27, 2023
For the last year and a half Amistad Law Project has been working on ‘No Way Home’, a documentary about a mother’s struggle to reunite her family and...
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A Packed House for Our Delco Screening of No Way Home

June 16, 2023
On a weekday night over 60 people from across Delaware County packed the house at the Cultural Arts & Technology Center in Chester for our Delco...
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Victory: Philly City Council Increases Mobile Crisis Funding by 3 Million

June 9, 2023
We are overjoyed to announce that Philadelphia City Council approved $3 million in additional funding for mobile crisis units in Philadelphia. This...
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New Podcast Episode - Limits of American Criminal Justice Part 2: Prisons

June 8, 2023
On this season of our podcast Move It Forward we've been exploring violence in Philadelphia and similar cities across the US. What’s driving it? How...
Nikki Grant speaks at a press conference demanding increased funding for mobile crisis response

Amistad and City Council Members Call for Increased Mobile Crisis Funding

June 1, 2023
On Thursday, June 1st Amistad Law Project, the Philadelphia Treatment Not Trauma Coalition and a number of members of Philadelphia City Council held a...