If you aren't calling for the release all arrested protesters, defunding the NYPD by at least a $1 billion, and the termination of both de Blasio & Commissioner Shea? At the least? You are just wilfully ignoring this movement & the reality it has exposed. gothamist.com/news/nypds-amb…

I don't care if your father, sister, cousin, or best friend is a police officer. If you think police violence is an individual issue versus a systemic issue, then you are *totally* missing the point.

"If reforms have failed to have a transformative impact on police, prisons, & all the other institutions like hospitals, does it make sense to call for more reforms? There is a need for historical consciousness." -Angela Davis

I love this piece that my colleagues co-created, and the budding culture of healing that it reflects.

There have always been people organizing for racial justice. As we continue our fight, we must honor and learn from their labor.

These past 3 months we’ve been working w Centro Corona and Project Hajra to sustain our mutual aid network in Queens. We’re close to exhausting our funds so we’ve launched this fundraiser to maintain our network for the incoming months. LINK IN OUR BIO: bit.ly/CentroMutualAid

"Within every crisis, there are seeds of opportunity. Cultivating an abundance mindset is about nurturing those seeds to grow." What practices for cultivating abundance have supported your #racialequity work? livingcities.org/blog/1439-shif…

As lead up to tomorrow's NYC budget vote, we want to remind everyone that when we say #DefundPolice we also mean #DefundDAs. Here are 8 reasons why: [THREAD 1/10]

Why is it always "people don't trust the police" and never "people grasp the oppressive historical function of the police"?

THREAD: Defunding Prosecutors

Good morning! You can’t be antiracist if you’re not anticapitalist. Have a great day!

▶️At 2:30p ET, join our staff (fi_o and Alyssa Smaldino) for a discussion on #healingjustice and their individual contributions to the #HealingIn2020 report! Tune in via Instagram Live instagram.com/living.cities/

🔌 Zine making, interrupting violence and ending white supremacy culture. ▶️Watch the replay of our IG Live discussion on #healingjustice with Carmen, fi_o & Alyssa Smaldino. instagram.com/tv/CFfX4_ZKreK… #healingin2020

A call to action + offering for white women navigating the path to antiracism, based on lessons from my own journey

I stand with NYC abolitionist survivors: orgs that claim to support survivors must cut ties with cops, prosecution, family separation and incarceration! #AntiViolenceDirtyLaundry #FreeThemAll

In honor of #Juneteenth, we honor the end of slavery and reckon with its ongoing impacts in Living Cities new storytelling initiative with Gumbo Media: #ReckoningWithRace. Explore these beautiful, interactive stories with us! bit.ly/ReckoningWithR…

Political ed has become a tenant of our #antiracism practice, and we’ve learned a lot together the past year. This blog highlights four topics we’ve explored, with resources to help you replicate the conversations on your own team. bit.ly/2UcACgp

Reckoning with race and reimagining the future take time, patience, and partnership. We hope this engaging, conversational interview with Evelyn Burnett of TSAL sheds light on lessons for how to build the partnerships we need for more equitable futures. bit.ly/3AlinVl

Loved this honest, engaging interview with Evelyn Burnett of ThirdSpace Action Lab. Thanks for modeling all the beautiful and challenging things about partnership, Evelyn!

Through partnership with Black Womxn Flourish, #ClosingtheGaps Network is interrogating how Black women hold the burden of educating people about anti-racism in #localgov. Module 1 of #ReckoningWithRace Curriculum supports in disrupting these patterns reckoningwithrace.co/curriculum/the…