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

May 5, 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...
"Death by incarceration is torture," people holding up signs saying DROP LWOP BUILD HOPE

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

April 28, 2023
Groups tell Expert Mechanism on Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement: Life imprisonment violates human rights, including bans on torture and...
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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...