What is True Justice? What is Police Abolition?
Gael Gundin2020-12-10T18:13:56+00:00What is True Justice? What is Police Abolition?
How do we abolish the police?
Gael Gundin2020-12-10T18:07:36+00:00Video - Critical Resistance: How do we abolish the police?
There’s A Call For Healing Justice: How Donors Can Respond
Gael Gundin2020-12-09T18:28:51+00:00There’s A Call For Healing Justice: How Donors Can Respond When residents in Ferguson, MO, and across the country, were rising up against police violence, systemic racism, and economic injustice in 2014, grassroots organizers put pressure on donors to fund in this critical moment of social change and to do [...]
A New World Is Possible: Defund Police And Fund Black Lives
Gael Gundin2021-01-12T18:12:45+00:00THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES CALLS FOR DEFUNDING THE POLICE TO RELEASE URGENTLY-NEEDED COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO REALIZE REAL PUBLIC SAFETY. A well-known movement quote is, “They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.” Nearly six years ago, we were transformed in Ferguson as thousands took to the streets to protest [...]
Why We Fund The Movement For Black Lives (And Why You Should Too)
Gael Gundin2021-01-13T04:14:47+00:00Why We Fund The Movement For Black Lives (And Why You Should Too) Eileen Farbman’s 30-year philanthropic journey began with a focus on issues facing women, from domestic violence to human trafficking. As she became closer to the problems and saw families navigate the prison system, she [...]
It’s Time to Invest in Black Trans Power
Gael Gundin2021-01-12T18:15:49+00:00Photo: Cole Witter It’s Time to Invest in Black Trans Power BY RAQUEL WILLIS June 30, 2020 Earlier this month, as companies and brands scrambled to respond to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others, they decided to postpone or forego Pride [...]
M4BL Mandate to Defund the Police
Gael Gundin2021-01-12T18:18:17+00:00M4BL Mandate to Defund the Police In response to a legacy of police and proxy violence that most recently took the lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Tony McDade, people have taken to the streets in protest. This uprising against excessive, brutal, militarized policing has [...]
Copaganda: What It Is and How to Recognize It
Gael Gundin2021-01-12T18:20:42+00:00Copaganda: What It Is and How to Recognize It This op-ed argues that copaganda serves to undermine the movement for Black lives. BY PALIKA MAKAM AUGUST 5, 2020 I’d like to start with an exercise. First, take a deep breath in and out to help ground yourself. Think [...]
Reimagining An America That Uplifts Black Girls
Gael Gundin2021-01-12T18:22:11+00:00Reimagining An America That Uplifts Black Girls BY LATOSHA BROWN · JULY 9, 2020 WHILE WE ARE IN THIS DEEPLY REFLECTIVE MOMENT IN THIS COUNTRY, LET’S REMEMBER THAT BLACK GIRLS DESERVE TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THEY CAN DREAM WITH UNLIMITED OPTIONS. I often think [...]
To Stop Police Violence, We Need Better Questions — and Bigger Demands
Gael Gundin2021-01-12T18:24:36+00:00Photo By Sarah-Ji To Stop Police Violence, We Need Better Questions — and Bigger Demands September 25, 2020It’s impossible to take the violence out of policing Once again, there is justified outrage at police acting to kill with impunity. I understand the anger and also feel [...]