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So much #Gratitude to Kelly Olson from Civil Survival and Duaa-Rahemaah Williams from WA Housing Alliance for representing the Housing Justice Coalition justhousingwa.org on "Tenant Talk Live" this week. #ReentryHousing #HousingJustice #Fairchancehousing

Blake Possession Charge Event (April 30th) Register Now! - mailchi.mp/ebaceb5b77a5/c…

Join our Reentry Legal Aid Project on Saturday, May 14th, 10:00 am for a Legal Financial Obligation (LFO) Relief Presentation. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #CivilSurvival #LegalFinancialObligation #LFO #Reentry

5 of 6 "justices' who just overturned an opinion supported by ~%65-70 of the population were put there by Presidents who lost the popular vote. Our entire federal government is undemocratic and illegitimate. Let overturning Roe be the beginning of overturning the whole system.

Millions of our neighbors around the country will be dramatically harmed by today's decision in Dobbs. Marginalized communities will be targeted and criminalized for accessing basic medical care.

On this Hacks & Wonks mid-week show, Crystal Fincher (finchfrii on all platforms) is joined by Kelly Olson and Cyril Walrond of the Washington Voting Rights Restoration Coalition to discuss their work to restore our essential right to vote to formerly incarcerated people in Washington. officialhacksandwonks.com/blog/restoring…

Check out the amazing advocacy my Civil Survival colleague, Kelly Olson, is doing!

‼️Today, WA supreme court issued two rulings that address systemic racism in our legal system (Henderson v Thompson) and ensure that people are able to seal and vacate juvenile records so that they aren’t forever burdened by decisions made when they were young (State v Garza).

The steps of City Hall were packed this morning with advocates for a #FairChanceForHousing. New Yorkers know that everyone deserves a home, that we are not safer when people are unhoused. Nearly two-thirds of the City Council agrees! fairchancehousing.org/email-your-cou…

The first time I experienced solitary confinement I was 12. They stripped me to my boxers and threw me in the hole. Today, almost 30 years later, I testified from prison in front of the Washington Legislature about the harms of solitary. It's time to ban this torturous practice.

THIS is one of the most shocking jail lawsuits I've seen: An mentally ill man with an IQ of 55 who was being held on $1000 bail literally *starved to death* in an Arkansas jail. They put him in solitary, he decompensated - and he died. THREAD: documentcloud.org/documents/2357…

894 people have signed-in Pro on HB 1110!!! 🙌 Our goal is 1k! There is still time to advocate for legalizing middle housing statewide! app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/… futurewise Sightline Institute Habitat Seattle-King County Sierra Club

There's a lot to miss about the 80s. The war on drugs is NOT one of those things. URGENT CALL TO ACTION: E-mail Seattle council RIGHT NOW before the 2pm vote on the bill re-criminalizing drug use/possession: homelessinfo.salsalabs.org/20230531nowaro…

Skagit Legal Aid and Civil Survival are hosting a Legal Financial Obligation Mass Assistance Day on Oct. 25. The clinic is free and will help people with waiving criminal fines and fees for felony convictions in Skagit County.

What number bad apple is this? I’m losing count. If my tree had this many bad apples, I’d plant a different tree.

I clicked sort by age. There are 6 pages of these before you get to the one year olds.

New resource alert! Our Senior Policy Analyst e.m. (they/them) has been working on research showing that the current structure of Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs) perpetuates debt and harms communities. Check it out 👇 budgetandpolicy.org/?post_type=res…

There are 2 awesome companion bills in the WA legislature this session that will remove the unenforceable youth LFO debt that’s currently held by thousands in the state. Check out some amazing testimony about why this legislation must pass and provide this key debt relief here ⬇️

Thank you to Councilmember Tammy J. Morales for her grounded, fact-based remarks on the SODA/SOAP bills. If we are to be serious about making a change for individuals and neighborhoods, we must follow evidence-based practices.

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.