We are at the Supreme Court because you cannot brutalize and criminalize the homeless without VOCAL-KY VOCAL-TX VOCAL-NY raising hell!

Immense love and gratitude to Carl for his brilliance, commitment, and love for our movement. We lovingly remember your decades of solidarity and support for our work. Big hugs to our Envision Freedom Fund (formerly BKBailFund) colleagues and all his family & friends. 🩷🩷🩷

Today, we saw Oregon politicians play politics with people’s lives. Instead of addressing the real root causes of public suffering, they blamed a relatively new drug decriminalization policy (Measure 110) for decades of their own ineffectiveness. Let’s talk. 🧵

This is what genocide looks like. These are the 2913 Palestinian children killed by the Israeli military this month, as of Thursday, October 26. As the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza intensify, we recognize with horror and grief that this death toll is already inaccurate.

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I'm excited to step into this new role NY Working Families Party
w/ Ana Maria Archila🦋🐺.

AQE New York will have new leadership as CRT is American History. #Periodttt & mmarcou-o'malley step up as interim co-EDs.

This is a leader full movement, these transitions set up both AQE & WFP to continue to win big for NYers.

BIG NEWS: On Aug 31st, we’re launching VOCAL-TX! Building off the powerful work of Texas Harm Reduction Alliance, we’ll continue organizing those hit hardest by the failed War on Drugs. Texans deserve services, care & the political power to shift policies that affect them.

vocal-tx.org

best friends forever! love you carl stubbs

.Jawanza James Williams | He, Him| 🌹, thank you so much for saying what New York and the nation need to hear about #JordanNeely .

Below is a transcript of Jawanza's words for those who need or prefer to read them. #JusticeForJordanNeely

these must be the same algorithms they use for “precision policing” and bail determinations 🤔

Today is Election Day in the New York state primary! #PeoplesAction supports Jumaane Williams for gov. & Ana Maria Archila🦋🐺 for lt. gov. in today's election. Find your polling place here: voterlookup.elections.ny.gov
Polls close at 9 p.m. Eastern tonight! #pplsslate

Rocking my Working Families Party 🐺 t-shirt to vote for Jumaane Williams & Ana Maria Archila🦋🐺!

Vote vote vote! 🗳

LIVE: We're with Governor and Lt. Governor candidates Jumaane Williams and Ana Maria Archila🦋🐺 to hear their vision for a New York where everyone can thrive. #NYTownHall twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

BIG announcement! Today we’re launching the next chapter in VOCAL history: VOCAL-KY!

We’re thrilled to be launching a new chapter in the Bluegrass State, bringing a passion for organizing & change-making to Kentucky!

New York is the place that welcomed me as a young immigrant. It's where I found the safety to be queer and proud.

But New York is falling short of its promise.

I’m running for Lt. Governor to put the needs of working families first.

Join me: bit.ly/AMAforNYvid

.Drug Policy Alliance, we are clear about our lane and what we can offer. We're excited to work with partners throughout our many movements to build the bridge toward alt. policies centered in health, equity, & human rights. See where we want us to go:drugpolicy.org/strategic-plan

THREAD: today legislators will take up a bill being forced through by Gov. Hochul to change election law just before the primaries solely to aid her re-election. She wants to prevent a fair election between the 2 existing candidates for Lieutenant Governor, of which I am one. /1

NEW POLL ALERT: Today we’re releasing polling w/ Data for Progress showing support *across NYS* for #OverdosePreventionCenters & decrim of low-level drug possession.

See initial coverage in City & State NY 👇, here’s what the numbers show: 🧵

cityandstateny.com/policy/2022/04…

Pay close attention: While NYT portrays this guy as a neutral 'expert,' Kassandra Frederique, Executive Director of Drug Policy Alliance, is then quoted briefly (not enough to explain her sophisticated views.) Rather than calling her an 'expert,' NYT says she leads 'advocacy group.'

Housing vouchers, done right, would help to address encampments and crime. Cycling unwell people through Rikers pre-trial on petty theft charges addresses neither. Guess which one is part of the 'public safety' package likely being voted on by NY lawmakers soon?