#SchoolsNotPrisons is a movement to stop overspending on prisons + end mass incarceration. It’s time to invest in education, health, youth + community

California, USA
Joined July 2016
Join us on Sat. Oct. 29th as we raise awareness and action at our FREE, all ages #SchoolsNotPrisons Music Festival in Los Angeles!⁠ ✏️🎶 RSVP NOW! eventbrite.com/e/schoolsnotp…
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Our economy is a nightmare for most everyone except the very privileged. Everybody deserves adequate food, housing, and education. When properly funded, our communities can provide this. Poverty is not a crime! Vote by Nov. 5th. Find out more at communitycareworks.com.
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Study after study proves that forced treatment and incarceration do nothing to stop addiction. We need compassionate care and rehabilitation. Vote by November 5th. Find out more at communitycareworks.com. #communitycareworks #wekeepussafe #carenotcuffs  #weknowwhatworks
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Natasha Smith knows first hand what it is like to suddenly find yourself houseless. After being scammed out of her housing, she found purpose and community on Skid Row. Being homeless is not a crime. #communitycareworks #wekeepussafe #carenotcuffs #prisonreform #freethemall
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Want to improve the mental health of Black women? End mass incarceration. ✊🏾 #CareNotCages #MentalHealthWeek #AbolitionNow
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I teach djing on Saturdays at a prison in the Inland Empire and I’ll have to say it’s one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done as a DJ. These guys are the best! I’ve been there for almost a year and I’m looking forward to 2024 at CRC!
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Did you know that providing stable housing decreased jail reentry by 86%? We demand a future where all communities have the resources and opportunities to thrive, because Poverty is NOT a crime! Visit CommunityCareWorks.com to help us take action!
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Join Us! Let the LA County Board of Electors know that we want our tax money spent on housing, education, and diversion programs, NOT on punitive solutions like law enforcement and jails. CommunityCareWorks.com
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Redirect your hard-earned money to community services, mental health, & education, not incarceration. Let's harness our collective power for an equitable and thriving future. Your vote and support can shape the change YOU want to see. Visit CommunityCareWorks.com to take action!
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CommunityCareWorks.Com press conference! ✊🏽✊🏿✊🏽 The purpose of Community Care Works is to protect and advance criminal justice-related victories and efforts in Los Angeles and across California by advocating for new systems of care that dismantle unjust and harmful structures.
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📣NEW RESOURCE📣 We're so happy to announce and share our Bay Area and Los Angeles Transitional Housing List! bit.ly/transitionalhousingli… (1/2)
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SAVE THE DATE-YJC 20 Year Anniversary Gala! ✨✨Celebrate two decades of Movement Building with the Youth Justice Coalition, FREE LA High School, and Chuco’s Justice Center family! 🖤🤎 🗓️ Saturday, March 25 5:00PM-9:00PM at Chuco’s📍 RSVP: bit.ly/yjc20years #YJC20 🥳
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BREAKING: @LACountyBOS has FIRED Probation Chief Gonzales! 🎯We also urge the Board to fire interim Chief Fletcher & these demands to protect incarcerated youth from Proabtion brutality: 1. Move ALL incarcerated youth out of probation & into Youth Development Programs 🧵 THREAD
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It costs $1 MILLION per year to incarcerate one young person in LA County-we must remove youth from Probation custody and fully invest in #YouthJusticeReimagined. @LAYouthUprising
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BREAKING: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee just signed into law a ban on all forms of gender-affirming care for trans people under 18. We're suing. Tennessee — we'll see you in court.
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Y’all remember when I said they’re gonna try to bring back Jim Crow…well it’s happening in Jackson Mississippi and I wish I was exaggerating but I’m not. The bill has passed the house vote.
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All of the cops who murdered Tyre Nichols have been released on bail. None of the NY politicians against bail reform have decried their release. That’s because the attacks on bail reform have nothing to do with public safety. Bail punishes poverty. It doesn’t make us safer.
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My roommate was recently released after serving 27 years in prison for petty theft. He never broke the rules while inside, so that means he has never used a cellphone. He came home to find out our entire lives exist on this device. 📲🧵
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We need you to GET OUT THE VOTE! 🗳 Polls are now open and will close at 8 p.m. California has same-day voter registration, and you have the right to cast a provisional ballot if your name is not on the voter list at your polling place! sos.ca.gov/
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