I believe in second chances at the Board of Pardons because punishment only creates more harm. We need to stop punishing people for existing in an oppressive system. #CommutationNow #FreeTheVulnerable #Right2Redemption Josh Shapiro John Fetterman Amistad Law Project Michelle Henry
Our statement on Philadelphia DAO hiring Patricia Cummings to head the Conviction Review Unit. Visionary leadership that expands conviction review beyond innocence issues to deal w/ excessive sentencing. #right2redemption #enddeathbyincarceration #Krasner4DA
.Senator Sharif Street Lt. Gov Mike Stack, families of people with life without parole all fighting for the #right2redemption and to end life without parole for thousands #redemptionnow #passsb942
Powerful forum out in Reading today for lifers families out in Berks and Lebanon counties. We're dedicated to building a movement across lines of race and geography to bring out friends and loved ones home. Together we are powerful. #abolishdbi #right2redemption
Next week our undergrad chapter @villanovau is hosting an exciting panel discussion on #WrongfulConvictions & #SecondChances Panelists include Recovering Carceral Feminist-Ask Me How! Shameka S.L. Sawyer Dr. Jill McCorkel & Right2Redemption & CADBI co-founder Felix Rosado. All are welcome. Doors open 7:30 pm.
ACTION TODAY! join the movement for #CommutationNow by calling on John Fetterman & Michelle Henry, the publicly elected members of the Board of Pardons, to #FreeOurPeople & support a #Right2Redemption at the BOP
more info / resources for the action visit bit.ly/BOPFreeOurPeop…
Lt. Gov. Mike Stack - if we go on at Board of Pardons one by one, it will take 1000 years to provide justice. We have 5k inmates with life without parole, many of whom had no role in taking a life. #passSB942 #redemptionnow #right2redemption Senator Sharif Street
We’re here at Lifelines Project’s #HowAreWeFree exhibit & panel at @VoxPopuliGlry #AbolishDBI #Right2Redemption
Felix Rosado has earned a degree from @Villanova and co-founded a restorative justice program. He has served as a mentor to many. He is a founding member of @right2redemption and CADBI, as well as an advisor to Decarcerate PA and Eastern State Penitentiary
.Senator Sharif Street: the major champion of #SB942 which would give people sentenced to death by incarceration a right to go in front of the parole board and potentially to come home #closethecreek #right2redemption #peoplenotprisons ACLU of Pennsylvania JustLeadershipUSA
Powerful new piece from R2R member Matthew Garcia 'They Call Me Lifer'
#AbolishDBI #EndDeathByIncarceration #Right2Redemption
The inimitable Bobby Harris tells stories of human beings sentenced to die in children, losing decades of their lives to penitentiaries and cages #right2redemption JustLeadershipUSA #closethecreek
calling all forces of goodwill everywhere - let’s come together and champion the human #Right2Redemption
📣 Our new Bereavement Fund is accepting applications from Philly families needing financial assistance with funeral costs. Learn more in the post and call 570-445-8699 to request funds. #right2redemption #philadelphia #bereavementfund #fundourcommunities
Bringing back and lifting up this excerpt from Shaheed's Personal Bill of Rights in honor of his new campaign. Check out our last post for more info. Full text of Shaheed's Personal Bill of Rights on his member page.
#Affirmations
#Right2Redemption
Take a look at the members of Right to Redemption. When I visited them over spring break, Vern and I talked about everything from Blackish to free will vs. determinism. I can't wait to share more from my trip with the class! right2redemption.com/echoes-in-purg… #GetYourPromoHere
Karim shared a quick read connecting our past to our present. Check it out on his member page or the R2R #BLM page.
What does he think about people rising up to demand change? 'I am in all the way.'
Are you in?
#BlackLivesMatter
#Right2Redemption
#AbolishDBI
