Nancy Parker delivers an op-ed that reveals the negligence from city council members as they violated the Community Input Over Government Surveillance (“CIOGS”) Ordinance in the process of approving the purchase of expanding ShotSpotter technology in Detroit. Upon this discovery, the Stop ShotSpotter Detroit Coalition filed a lawsuit against the City for its failure to...Read More
While Clean Slate is a positive step forward, we believe that this bill package can still be expanded further to benefit Michigan’s most over-criminalized populations.Read More
Detroiters have been fighting displacement for decades due to illegal tax foreclosures and evictions. As the narrative of the city’s revitalization has been touted in the media, thousands of Detroit residents continue to face housing insecurity. Through a growing movement for housing justice, DJC is helping bring these practices to an end.Read More
“There is not one model or one program that is going to make us safe. There is not one alternative that is going to replace prison. That is not the formula. It’s like, what is the whole range of the kind of thing we should do that cumulatively is gonna keep us safe?” – Danielle...Read More
“We can do incredible things from a technological medical care standpoint. Right? Like there’s been incredible advances in healthcare and with some of the things that we have in terms of like stopping bleeds and doing all these things right to prolong life. But, you know, I knew that there was a gap in terms...Read More
“What if you can still feel a sense of justice without reaching out to the legal system? What if you still can have access to healing without punishment? What if this person who harmed you can do the hard work to never harm anyone ever again? Would that feel like justice for you? And if...Read More
This season on Freedom Dreams we’re amplifying community-led solutions to violence and harm. We called on some of the boldest people we know to learn lessons from what they’re building. And of course, we asked them what their freedom dreams are. Our new season begins tomorrow, February 22nd! On our first episode of season two...Read More
Once again we are joined together in a cycle of grief and rage at police violence. The conditions under which Black people live under threat in this country seem to have no end. Tyre Nichols should be alive today. Our hearts ache for his family, for his child and for his loved ones. He was...Read More
The contents of this report are a source of h o p e, reminding us how far we’ve come in our fight to shrink jails, prisons, and policing and realize true safety for our communities. Thousands of supporters have partnered with us in the last nearly 5 years to advance the movement for abolition. Thank...Read More
