As you watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Ilhan Omar Rashida Tlaib and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, keep in mind what Toni Morrison has said about racism: “The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps your from doing your work.”

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Live in Connecticut? Call House Speaker Matthew Ritter at 860-240-8489 and tell him not to let legislative games kill Senate Bill 5 — the bill to re-enfranchise 3,200 CT citizens who’ve completed their prison sentences and returned home.

All deeply impactful stories that each demonstrate how urgent the problem of the exception is in America. When will we abolish slavery? #EndTheException

Knowing what we already knew: the majority of incarcerated persons in CT come from the largest poor black communities. Check out our report with Common Cause in Connecticut and Prison Policy Initiative prisonpolicy.org/origin/

“The final series will be between 10-13 episodes and spans several different storylines, including: the efforts of local organizations and nonprofits; and the everyday struggle of those battling addiction and violence in Hartford.” A tiny peek into Frontlines Media coming soon

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TODAY IS THE DAY! Everybody who can come, see you there!

“If Republicans genuinely wanted to help our communities, they would fund our communities, instead of over-policing, over-prosecuting, and over-incarcerating us” Politicans will never understand that people are not politics. That’s why Robert Saleem Holbrook was able to Oz in PA. 1/2

Read more here from CounterPunch and Robert Saleem Holbrook about how grassroots organizing was able to thwart a well funded campaign and a red wave in Pennsylvania: counterpunch.org/2023/02/09/how…

Believe! Achieve! Inspire! I’m honored, humbled, and blessed to be recognized as a #100menofcolor honoree for the class of 2023. Congratulations to all of this year's honorees!!! #100menofcolor #100moc

Our ed @SerenaLiguori4 is here speaking about the importance of voting rights behind bars Fordham Law she shares, "Women behind bars are looking for ways to engage with the community, voting rights should be a bridge to come home."

It only took 10 years after prison. I did 22 years on the installment plan of the complex web of juv. system, foster care, jail and prison. Now I'm a mother, lawyer and 1st formerly incarcerated State Rep. Quit throwing away my people! Still celebrating freedom 10 years later.

Today, the CA Reparations Task Force released its report issuing recommendations for repairing the harm caused by slavery in this state. One recommendation is to restore voting rights to people in prison. We are working to do JUST THAT by working to pass ACA 4! ACA 4 to #FreeTheVote