Thinking this morning of the committed organizers I have the privilege of working with & learning from. Some for years. Some every day. In no particular order. My friend, Kassandra Frederique (@Kassandra_Fred). ED of Drug Policy Alliance. Thank you! More: drugpolicy.org
Thinking this morning about the committed organizers I have the privilege of working w/ & learning from. Some for years. Some every day. David George (@davidgeorge265) & Jose Saldana (@hamzasaldana614) Fighting for release & justice. Thank you! More: rappcampaign.com
Thinking this morning of the committed organizers I have the privilege of working with & learning from. Some for years. Some every day. Raj Jayadev (@svdebug). My brother from San Jose. Pioneer of participatory defense. Thank you! More: siliconvalleydebug.org
Thinking this morning of the committed organizers I have the privilege of working with & learning from. Some for years. Some every day. Qiana Johnson. ED of Life After Release. Helping formerly incarcerated women in PG County, MD. Thank you! More: lifeafterrelease.org
Meet Andrea James (@andreacjames). Head of the National Council for Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls. One of the fiercest, most brilliant, principled people I've ever met. Thank you! More: nationalcouncil.us
I've already told you about Bianca Tylek (@BiancaTylek). The amazing organizer & fighter against the prison industrial complex. Thank you. More: worthrises.org
Adnan Kahn (@akhan1437). Head of Re:Store Justice. Organized inside prison & started his org to end the felony murder rule. Then was freed because of this advocacy. Looking forward to more work with you in 2021. Thank you! More: restorecal.org
After the extraordinary organizing in Atlanta, thinking about all the extraordinary organizers I have the privilege of working with & learning from. Sharlyn Grace from Chicago Community Bond Fund (@ChiBondFund) and @endmoneybond. Thank you! More: chicagobond.org
Nick Malinowksi (@nwmalinowski). Civil Rights Campaign Director for VOCAL-NY fights every day for fairness. He's out in front. He's behind the scenes. Thank you! More: vocal-ny.org
The brilliant organizers and defenders at Dream Defenders (@Dreamdefenders) & FemPower (@fempowermia) in Miami. Such a privilege to get to work with you. Thank you! More: dreamdefenders.org + fempowermia.org
Since the beginning of the pandemic, I've gotten to know the work of the organizers behind Michigan's American Friends Service Committee Criminal Justice Program (@AFSCMICJProgram). Advocate for people serving the hardest time in prison. Thank you! More: afsc.org/file/9890
Imani Mflame (@imanimfalme). Founder of Community Defense of East Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. I hope our work together has only begun. "You have human bodies sitting in a cage not because they are guilty, but because they are poor." More: facebook.com/communitydefen…
Erin George (now at Clean Slate Initiative) & Stan Fritz (@StanFritz) of Citizen Action NY. Out in front. Strategy from behind. Fight. Wisdom. Nothing happens in NY w/o their leadership, grit, & guidance. Thank you! More: citizenactionny.org + cleanslateinitiative.org
Pausing now for a bit. First call of day. Big note again: no order to this & *obviously* not exhaustive or anything. Just want to lift up the work of organizers. No change, no justice, no accountability happens w/o them. Saw it in Atlanta. See it in every city/county every day.

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