Release of our new book: Protect Your People How Ordinary Families are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration Out 8/6!!! Stories from #participatorydefense hubs from across the country! Can be ordered at: thenewpress.com/books/protect-… Contributors include: (1/3)

These are the contributors of our new book, Protect Your People. Throughout the years of sharing participatory defense, we have formed incredible bonds with amazing freedom fighters around the country.

The book can be bought online here: thenewpress.com/books/protect-…

This is how Nora & Sergio used #ParticipatoryDefense to STOP DEPORTATION back in 2018. Full webinar w/ other families and info here: bit.ly/StopDeportatio… SV De-Bug San Mateo County Participatory Defense

YESS!! Sergio was turned over to ICE by the San Mateo County Sheriff and spent 8 months in ICE detention, 250 miles away from his partner Nora and their three young children in East Palo Alto. Nora connected with our San Mateo PD family and fought to bring him home!

San Jose has a mayor that says people who are unhoused should be arrested if they don't go to a place the city tells them to go to. This is just his most recent criminization of poverty. Join unhoused people, formerly unhoused, and supporters to speak out!!!

Awful police violence in San Jose. Good on Jennette for trying to intervene and then sharing what happened to the public. She’s right- calling police can have tragic endings. Related if ppl need to make a call: we created TRUST a non-law response program. mercurynews.com/2025/03/13/adv…

Our National Participatory Defense Movement is up to 38,806 years of TIME SAVED from incarceration! Communities across the country continue to step up and challenge prosecutors, judges, the entire court system - and save themselves and their loved ones from incarceration.

Nia was facing 25-life. Denied bond & public defender. $10K on a lawyer who did not help. She connected w/ Metro Atlanta #ParticipatoryDefense (Barred Business) & was bonded out on a $100K bail. Now she helps others going through similar situations! #ProtectYourPeople

Nia was facing 25-Life. Denied bond & pub. defender. $10K on a lawyer who didn't help. She met w/ Metro Atlanta #ParticipatoryDefense (Barred Business) & Black Mamas Day Bail Out (National Bail Out) to get her out on $100K bail. Now she helps others w/ similar situations!