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Five years ago, Race Forward launched Mass Freedom
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, aiming to bridge the movements to end mass incarceration and mass
deportation. Today work to end the criminalization of people of color
continues.
Recently, Race Forward, Mass Freedom, in collaboration with Empowering
Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)
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and Grassroots Asians Rising (GAR)
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, convened Abolition in Our Times: Gathering of Pacific Islander and
Asian American Communities.
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This gathering brought together AAPI organizers to delve into abolition
work with the goal of collectively learning about the history of
abolitionist movements in Pacific Islander and Asian communities and to
discuss the possibilities for an abolitionist futures.
Read more about the findings and insights of this work
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In line with the values of the Mass Freedom project, Race Forward and
other Kellogg Racial Equity Anchor collaborators have signed onto a
letter from the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers
Guild
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(NIPNLG) urging President Biden to adopt a pardon process that includes
immigration.
The NIPNLG's letter
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reads: "To not repeat the tragic errors of prior criminal justice
reforms, it's necessary to address the same "tough on crime" policies
that increased the racial disparities in the criminal legal system that
led to mass incarceration, which also resulted in the laws that mandate
detention and deportation. Immigrants are often doubly punished by the
legal system –– first by the sentence that results from their
conviction, and second with detention and deportation by ICE. Black and
Brown immigrants especially suffer through over-policing and being
charged and sentenced more harshly. Collectively, we demand that the
Department of Justice not deny our communities the opportunity to undo
the harms of racist criminal laws compounded by the penalties and
consequences of racist immigration laws."
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Continue following Mass Freedom
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(Facing Race Elevating Democracy) video series
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, and Colorlines' ongoing Criminalization coverage
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[Listen] Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast + Season Finale
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Check out the captivating final three episodes of Season 2!
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Episode 8: Addressing The Recent Anti-Asian Attacks
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Episode 9: Understanding the Power of Inequality with Dr. Manuel Pastor
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Episode 10: Season Finale: "How to Citizen'' with Baratunde Thurston
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[Register]: #RaceAnd: Our Present, Our Future - September 25, 2021
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powerful blows to structural racism in the US and continuing the global
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Staff Picks
During these trying times, it's important to share the small things that
keep us going. In this edition, we hear from our Human Resource Manager,
Melissa Hines
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"I'd like to share a podcast called " Finding Our Way
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", hosted by Somatics coach and Healing Justice teacher Prentis Hemphill
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. The podcast features conversations with visionaries, movement
builders, and organizers, diving into questions about how we can realize
a world that centers healing, transformation and embodiment. The podcast
has been a compass for my heart, mind, and spirit in navigating the
challenges we face and has allowed me space to remember and relax into
my humanity."
Credit: Apple Podcasts
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