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Dear Friend,

 

Across the country, local governments are beginning to reimagine and redefine what public safety looks like in our society. Just days ago, a veto-proof majority of Seattle’s city council backed a plan from local activists to cut the city’s police budget by 50 percent, and redirect much of that funding into community-led public safety initiatives and affordable housing.
 
And this is just the beginning.
 
The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) and our affiliates are at the forefront of the work to transform our justice system that is bringing change to cities like Minneapolis by engaging with elected officials and local organizations on the ground. Right now in this critical moment, we need your help to continue to fuel this work.
 
[Will you join in this fight by making a $25 donation to CPD today so that we can continue to work with local elected officials to defund the police and invest in community solutions?]([link removed])
 
We’ve seen promising developments at the local level when it comes to reimagining public safety. Through [Local Progress]([link removed])—a movement of local elected officials advancing a racial and economic justice agenda through all levels of local government—our team is working directly with local elected officials. In the last few weeks, the Baltimore City council approved $22.4 million in cuts to the police department budget, the Portland City Council is on track to shift $4.8 million from police to a new community-based street response program, and the Denver School Board and the Minneapolis School Board voted to end their contract with their local police departments. All the while, CPD affiliates are creating the conditions necessary for winning change by catalyzing people into direct action to defund police, remove police from our schools and invest in communities.
 
Now against the backdrop of the nationwide outcry for justice and respect for Black life, we have the momentum to continue to build towards the type of transformational change that will mean safety and freedom for all communities.
 
These changes have been long overdue, and the truth is, we still have a long road ahead. But if we work together, we will see more city councils and school boards divest from policing and redirect that money to restorative practices.

 
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In solidarity,


Jennifer Epps-Addison
Network President & Co-Executive Director, CPD
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