“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

Episode Summary “For anti-colonial movements in the past and still today, regaining access to land that you and your people were displaced from is a core part of what it means to be free.” In this final episode of the first season of Freedom Dreams, our guests take on black liberation through land ownership and...Read More

Episode Summary In our penultimate episode of the season, we’re talking about radical solutions in health care. We look at the historical example of the 1970 Lincoln Hospital Takeover in the Bronx with former Black Panther and Young Lord Cleo Silvers. Casey also goes down the history rabbit hole discussing their MA thesis. We also sit down with Fiyah...Read More

This episode focuses on one of the larger issues often brought against anti-policing movements: it’s not enough to imagine that the absence of police equates to the absence of harm. Violence and harm are real, so what can we do about them? First, the youth of Detroit Heals Detroit take us through how they found...Read More

DJC Announces their podcast Freedom Dreams, the show where we believe another world is possible and we’re talking to the people who are building it.Read More

In this week’s episode, we head with Julia Putnam over to The James and Grace Lee Boggs School in Detroit to learn about place-based education and its relationship to community action. Many think of school as a place where you get to know yourself…but what if it was also how you got to know your...Read More

In this episode, we look at participatory budgeting: a way of democratizing government spending so that investments reflect community priorities. We learn from Shari of the emancipatory power of a democratic funding process. We talk with Angelica from the Seattle coalition who fought with groups like Decriminalize Seattle and King County Equity Now to use...Read More