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Faith Leaders Call On Lehigh DA Jim Martin to Support Geriatric Parole

August 2, 2022
Across Pennsylvania, a movement is growing to demand pathways home for aging incarcerated people in Pennsylvania prisons. District attorneys -who have...
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New Podcast Episode: People Impacted By Gun Violence Explain the Crisis

July 26, 2022
In 2021 Philly was one of 10 cities in the US that reached it’s highest number of homicides on record. What is at the root of violence in the United...
Kempis Songster and Terrell Carter pose for the camera after Rell is released from prison

Today Rell, Felix and James Are Free: The Story of How We Got Here

July 17, 2022
On Thursday, July 14th Governor Wolf signed off on the commutations recommended by the Board of Pardons in April. Today most of them are free for the...
Larry Krasner stands in front of a banner that reads 'Healing and Compassion' in front of a mostly Black audience.

Open Letter Against the Krasner Impeachment and in Defense of Philly Voters

July 8, 2022
The following letter was sent to Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler, House Majority Leader Kerry A. Benninghoff and House Minority Leader Joanna...
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Building Community for Liberation at Decarcerate and Chill

June 28, 2022
We're fond of the saying: “If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together." That's why we gathered together on June 25th with...