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Statement on PA GOP attempts to impeach popularly elected DA Larry Krasner by Chuck Gondos, Neighborhood and Electoral Organizer

Since DA Krasner was elected we’ve seen 25 people exonerated who would have still been in prison to this day and relieved the prison population of more than 28,000 years. We need to keep families together, high-quality educational opportunities regardless of finances or ability, and community-enriching criminal justice reform. We need our local democratic process to be respected at every level of government and the power to make our own legislation to keep our communities safe and thriving.

Reclaim Philadelphia in Northwest Philly Local Paper - "Our city deserves a District Attorney who understands the path to justice means divesting from police, prisons, and state sanctioned violence"

Four years ago our city took a risk on endorsing a radical public defender for a District Attorney race in our home—the most incarcerated city in the country. In that race, the city made Larry Krasner’s win a clear acknowledgment that the change we need in our city won’t happen by locking more people up—it will happen when the criminal legal system is transformed to undo the harm it has done to Black communities and communities of color.

PressMay 7, 2021press, Political education

Reclaim Movement Leader Senator Nikil Saval on the AAPI killings in Georgia

PressMarch 17, 2021press, Political education

"This kind of wanton [police] physical violence — and far worse — by the people who are tasked with protecting us is the everyday reality of so many people in this country... now it is personal."

This essay is part of a collection of stories exploring people’s relationships with policing across Philadelphia. The first essay in the series explores interactions with police while homeless.