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Kris Henderson holds a mic while people in the background hold signs that read 'Invest in Our Communities' and 'Care Not Cops'

Responding to the Mayor's Budget, Fighting for Mobile Crisis Expansion

April 1, 2022
On Thursday, March 31st Mayor Kenney delivered a pre-recorded budget address to kick off this years Philly budget season. We stood with our...
A graphic shows a banner reading 'A People's Response for a Just Budget' and also reads Thursday, March 31, 1 PM Southside of City Hall

Thursday, March 31st: The People's Response for a Just Budget

March 29, 2022
​Budgets are moral documents that chart the values and priorities of those that write them. We need real solutions for our communities. We know our...
A flyer shows photos of Senators Street and Bartolotta, and Representatives Kinsey, Kail and Jones and reads 'The Future of Second Chance Bills In Pennsylvania April 14 6:30

Thursday, April 14th: The Future of Second Chance Bills in Pennsylvania

March 24, 2022
When groups like Amistad Law Project, Abolitionist Law Center and Coalition to Abolish Death By Incarceration were founded in Pennsylvania there wasn...
Annette Deigh holds the mic with a gloved hand while three people look on to her speaking with serious expressions

Philly Rallies for Non-Police Mobile Crisis Response, Demands More Funding

March 16, 2022
On Tuesday, March 15th around 75 people people took the sidewalk at 11th and Market to rally for non-police mobile crisis responses to mental health...
A letter to Dr. Jill Bowen sits on a brown wooden table

Organizations and Elected Officials Call for Mobile Crisis Expansion

March 15, 2022
We deserve trauma informed services and alternatives to policing which so often harms and traumatizes members of our communities. In advance of our...