Completing one another is more important than competing with one another.

HUGE WIN for NYC! Thank you to the City Council members who stood up for transparency and accountability by overriding Mayor Adams’ veto of the #HowManyStopsAct

Fountain House Anthony Springer BronxConnect UYAI : What is responsible is a question we need to ask - responsibility means slashing the dOC budget and funding the programs that keep ppl off Rikers#CloseRikers

LIVE: Watch "Criminal Justice Preliminary Budget Hearing," Hosted by the Committee on Criminal Justice x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

ON THIS DAY 61 yrs ago the US Supreme Court decided in favor of Gideon, guaranteeing that people charged with a crime have a lawyer. This year in #NYS, we need to pass #Right2RemainSilent so that all young people actually speak to a lawyer whenever they are questioned by police.

🚨📞Join us on 5/15 as we call on lawmakers to support & pass #Right2RemainSilent, S.1099 (Bailey) / A.8923 (Hevesi) this session to ensure that the rights granted to young people by the U.S. Constitution & In Re Gault are honored and protected. 👉RSVP: bit.ly/R2RSPhoneBanki…

🚨BREAKING: the Youth Interrogation bill has just passed through the committee on Codes in the NYS Assembly! The #Right2RemainSilent coalition thanks Chair Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, committee members, and Assembly sponsor Andrew Hevesi for supporting & passing this necessary bill!

Norma's #MothersDay Dream is passing #Right2RemainSilent and protecting all children! Please read and share her powerful OpEd this week! amny.com/opinion/my-mot…

🚨VICTORY: the Youth Interrogation bill passed through Codes committee in the NYS Senate! The #Right2RemainSilent coalition thanks our sponsor & Chair of Codes, Jamaal T. Bailey, for prioritizing this bill and championing this legislation since its inception.

Access to counsel should be a protected right. We can do this with #right2remainsilent. Let's keep getting the word out!

How can fare evasion lead to this brutal violence? No NYPD training would ever recommend an officer shoot their gun because someone skipped out on a fare. Horrible judgement by this officer led to another cop and members of the public getting shot. Full investigation needed.

Thursday! Let's get it! Rikers will close, and then - there's work to do! RSVP: bit.ly/926closerikers

“Prison is not even a place for adults to be. That’s the last place for a child to be.” - Angelique Williams Why is youth justice reform important? Check out this article by Bxtimes! bxtimes.com/advocates-rall…

Feb 11: JOIN US for a joint advocacy day with #YJOA! Passionate youth and advocates from across NYS will convene in Albany to fight for youth justice. Can you help us fight to protect the futures of our young people? RSVP here: bit.ly/R2RSYJOA

For Lukee Forbes, experiencing incarceration at 15 meant that his youth was traded for a cell. Youth incarceration is not the way forward for a more just and flourishing society. We can do better, and it starts by demanding better from our representatives!

True safety means supporting transformation, second chances, and healing—not perpetual punishment. New York must act now to pass the Earned Time Act, Second Look Act, and Marvin Mayfield Act. #CommunitiesNotCages

🚨Moments ago #Right2RemainSilent passed the Committee on Children and Families in the Senate! Thank you Jabari Brisport for prioritizing this bill, and thank you Jamaal T. Bailey for being a champion since its inception!

Nothing speaks like results. If you want to build the kind of credibility that connects with people, then deliver results before you deliver a message. Get out and do what you advise others to do. Communicate from experience.

📢BREAKING--#Right2RemainSilent passed the NYS Assembly! A big thank you to Majority Leader Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes & our amazing Sponsor, Andrew Hevesi! The #R2RS coalition thanks every member who voted in favor of this bill today. This is a huge win for all youth in NY!

TOMORROW!✊🏽Join us in the Bronx at St. Mary’s Park on October 21, 2–6pm 🍔FREE food, 🎁Giveaways, 🤝Community resources, & ✨Ways to get involved in #Right2RemainSilent + #YouthJusticeAndOpportunitiesAct