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As survivors we must recognize how our movement has been used to promote the expansion of police/state power, and the ways in which survivor orgs continue to root policing in their programs.
Building a future without sexual violence means demanding divestment from police.
Building a future without sexual violence means demanding divestment from police.
Carceral feminism has used the stories of survivors to expand police power and deepen their budgets. This hasn’t helped survivors, and has led to further violence against Black folks, particularly Black survivors. https://transformharm.org/against-carceral-feminism/
Recognizing that our trauma has been and is used to justify further police violence and white supremacy, we have to take action now.
Here are some ways you can plug in right now. Please also share other opportunities and resources in this thread!
Here are some ways you can plug in right now. Please also share other opportunities and resources in this thread!
Donate to bail funds for protestors risking their lives:
MN: @MNFreedomFund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate
OH: http://paypal.me/columbusfreedomfund
KY: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/
MN: @MNFreedomFund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate OH: http://paypal.me/columbusfreedomfundKY: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/
Organizations to donate to:
@reclaimtheblock: MN based coalition demanding divestment from policing and invest in long-term alternatives: https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2
@BlackVisionsMN: an organization dedicated to Black liberation and to collective liberation. https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2
@reclaimtheblock: MN based coalition demanding divestment from policing and invest in long-term alternatives: https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2
@BlackVisionsMN: an organization dedicated to Black liberation and to collective liberation. https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2
Sign this petition to demand the Minneapolis City Council defund the Police and invest in the resources that really keep folks safe and healthy, especially in Black communities, Indigenous communities and communities of color.
https://secure.everyaction.com/eR7GA7oz70GL8doBq19LrA2
https://secure.everyaction.com/eR7GA7oz70GL8doBq19LrA2
Follow and support the work and leadership of organizations and survivors who are organizing on the intersection of gender violence and state violence.
@survivepunish: nat'l volunteer project to end the criminalization of survivors of domestic & sexual violence.
@survivepunish: nat'l volunteer project to end the criminalization of survivors of domestic & sexual violence.
