We are privileged to welcome @RepTawnaSanchez as our keynote speaker for our 2019 Women in Prison Conference #WIPConf
@RepTawnaSanchez .@RepTawnaSanchez Europeans brought [to the Americas] the concept that women did not even own their own bodies, did not manage their own affairs...very different from Native practices.
.@RepTawnaSanchez Europeans also brought the concept of prison. There were no such buildings before their arrival.
.@RepTawnaSanchez How did the criminalization of women get so big [in Oregon] that we almost opened a second prison for women?
.@RepTawnaSanchez How has our criminal legal system been designed to contribute to the oppression of people of color?
@RepTawnaSanchez .@RepTawnaSanchez We have to stand up. Say this is not OK. Make sure everyone is paying attention. Our children are paying attention. They understand more than we know. #WIPConf
@RepTawnaSanchez .@RepTawnaSanchez People are not always recognizing that what they are experiencing is domestic violence. #WIPConf
@RepTawnaSanchez .@RepTawnaSanchez I get excited about what we can do to change things in Oregon, because those ideas will spread across the country. It might feel incremental, but it's going to shift things. #WIPConf
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