Podcasts about philadelphia community bail fund

On part five of our second season, the 1ME crew celebrates the work of bail and bond funds across the country by talking with Candace McKinley of the Philly Community Bail Fund. We learn about the growing pains of building a bail fund, the challenges of working with a progressive prosecutor, the shifts in theory of change that have been necessary, and what the recent retaliatory raid of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund means for bond funds across the country. SHOW NOTES Philadelphia Community Bail Fund - https://www.phillybailout.org/ Black Mama's Bail Out - nationalbailout.org Critical Resistance's "Reformist reforms vs. abolitionist steps to end IMPRISONMENT" - https://criticalresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CR_abolitioniststeps_antiexpansion_2021_eng.pdf Bail Fund Network directory - https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory Beyond Criminal Courts - https://beyondcourts.org/en IC's "So is this Actually an Abolitionist Proposal or Strategy?" - https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/binder Amistad Law Project - https://amistadlaw.org/ Connect with 1ME - millionexperiments.com

On part five of our second season, the 1ME crew celebrates the work of bail and bond funds across the country by talking with Candace McKinley of the Philly Community Bail Fund. We learn about the growing pains of building a bail fund, the challenges of working with a progressive prosecutor, the shifts in theory of change that have been necessary, and what the recent retaliatory raid of the Atlanta Solidarity Fund means for bond funds across the country. SHOW NOTES Philadelphia Community Bail Fund - https://www.phillybailout.org/ Black Mama's Bail Out - nationalbailout.org Critical Resistance's "Reformist reforms vs. abolitionist steps to end IMPRISONMENT" - https://criticalresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CR_abolitioniststeps_antiexpansion_2021_eng.pdf Bail Fund Network directory - https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/en/nbfn-directory Beyond Criminal Courts - https://beyondcourts.org/en IC's "So is this Actually an Abolitionist Proposal or Strategy?" - https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com/binder Amistad Law Project - https://amistadlaw.org/ Connect with 1ME - millionexperiments.com

This is part 2 of a 2 part conversation with the editors and contributors to a book called How We Stay Free: Notes on a Black Uprising. This book is edited by Christopher R. Rogers, Fajr Muhammad and the Paul Robeson House & Museum and is a great testament to the local dimensions of the Black uprising in Philadelphia in the months after the murder of George Floyd.  In this part of the conversation we talk to Gabriel Bryant and Abdul-Aliy Muhammad. These conversations were recorded separately, just due to availability, but are presented here as a unified whole.  Gabriel Bryant is an organizer and youth advocate for groups that have included Sankofa Community Empowerment and Philadelphia Community Bail Fund.  Abdul-Aliy Muhammad is a Philadelphia-born writer and organizer. They often write about Blackness, bodily autonomy and medical surveillance. In this conversation both Gabe and Abdul-Aliy offer reflections on the Philly Black Radical Collective and on the long work of organizing outside of the spectacle of the mass mobilization. Gabe talks about some of the nuts and bolts of community organizing and building power as well as some recent developments in solidarity organizing for political prisoners including Mumia Abu Jamal's latest campaign #LoveNotPhear. Abdul-Aliy talks about their piece from How We Stay Free, which is titled “Black Trans Lives Matter.” They talk about organizing in defense of Black Trans and Black Queer lives and working with Dominque “Rem'mie” Fells' family after Dominque was murdered in 2020. Featured in this conversation are also two songs from Gabe, whose stage name is Gabriel Prosser, a nod to the enslaved abolitionist who planned a massive slave rebellion in Virginia at the turn of the 19th Century. We'll include links to Gabe's bandcamp in the show notes. After the interviews with Abdul Aliy and Gabriel, How We Stay Free editors Christopher Rogers and Fajr Muhammad rejoin a discussion of other struggles ongoing in Philadelphia. In the show notes, we'll include links to buy How We Stay Free, and possibly get a solidarity copy for a student, elder, organizer or political prisoner. And if you like what we do, we're still trying to get our patreon back where it was a few months ago. We're only down about $20 this month as we release this episode, so if a few of you can commit to $1 a month or more, or a small yearly pledge, we should be able to make that up. Black Philly Radical Collective Abdul-Aliy's piece "As Philadelphia mourns Dominique ‘Rem'mie' Fells, Black trans lives still matter" Our previous conversation with BPRC organizers Megan Malachi & Robert Saleem Holbrook Abdul-Aliy Muhammad's latest on the struggle for MOVE family members to recover their children's remains Gabriel Prosser Bandcamp Songs featured in the episode: “New Season” Gabriel Prosser featuring Verse Mega  “F.U.T.U.R.E.” Gabriel Prosser featuring Blak Rapp Madusa - 

We may as well cut to the chase on this one: this song fucking BOPS. Come listen to us talk about this weird conglomeration of trance synths, trumpet solos, vocal harmonies, and an unfortunately high number of horny YouTube comments on this week's Chumbology! | Fundraiser for Dominique Wallace: https://www.gofundme.com/f/92wvm-funding-for-family | Philadelphia Community Bail Fund: https://www.phillybailout.org/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/chumbology)

We stand with the Black Lives Matter movement in advocating for racial justice, and against police violence. Wynter and her family have also suffered a personal tragedy, so this episode is in somber observance of this, as well as our current national events. Queer scholars & activists, Homay King and Jeanne Vaccaro join Karen to offer reports and resources for social justice actions, including ways of contributing for those who cannot participate in street actions. They discuss the media coverage of protests, race, and the pandemic, while reflecting on how race, feminism and LGBTQ politics intersect, or fail to, in “pride month” media and entertainment, including the recent Hulu original series Mrs. America. Nuo-lingo focuses on the concept of “mutual aid” and what it truly means, while the panelists offer resources for what to read, what to watch, and how to educate yourselves & others about race, justice, and sexuality in America.  Instead of another plea to contribute to us this week, we ask that you contribute to the social justice organizations of your choice, especially those promoting peace, and racial, gender and sexual equality. We, and our guests this week (Homay King and Jeanne Vaccaro) recommend the following: Black Visions Collective (BLVC) “believes in a future where all Black people have autonomy, safety is community-led, and we are in right-relationship within our ecosystems. (https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/) ABC (Act Blue Community Bail Funds) where you can split a donation between up to 40 community bail funds all over the country, from Louisville to Hawaii, Baltimore, NOLA, CA, Memphis, Chicago, as well as bail funds established by organizations like the LGBTQ freedom fund. (it’s a long URL, so look on our Patreon Page) https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd?fbclid=IwAR2x8YYMubmjvUldt3XWQ2h9AJKkV5oEhjPqE4Zkdxpmv-szyPCa1lYcs8Y BLM Global Network: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 Philadelphia Community Bail Fund: https://www.phillybailout.com/ Reclaim Philadelphia: https://www.reclaimphiladelphia.org/ The Philadelphia Cultural Fund: https://www.philaculturalfund.org/ What we talked about this week:  And She Could Be Next - Trailer  The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish Swish Swish  ‘Mrs. America’ Gets It Wrong Salt-N-Pepa, None of Your Business Bonnie Raitt, Goin’ Wild For Ya Baby Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On   

Today we’re talking about a place that is gone gone gone, not a person. Join history Professor Kristen O-Brassill-Kulfan, expert on poverty and prisons in the early American republic, and Candace McKinley, Lead Organizer for the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund, as we discuss the prison you didn’t know existed - Arch Street Prison, Vagrancy, and the Cholera Epidemic of 1832. Support the show (https://www.facebook.com/deadphillypeeps/)

In this latest episode of the Dust + Dignity Podcast, we were able to chat with a wonderful leader Maryam April Pugh. Maryam Pugh is a printmaker based in Philadelphia. She is the owner and CEO of the social justice apparel brand and screen printing workshop Philadelphia Printworks. She is a resident artist at Mural Arts Philadelphia where she currently teaches youth entrepreneurs essential art-related business skills. She also serves on the steering committee of the March to End Rape Culture and as an organizer with the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund. Through her work, she strives to amplify marginalized voices and empower communities of color.

Were you allowed to cry as a kid—or did someone tell you to toughen up and get over it? Nanci Luna Jiménez believes that too many of us were taught to shove our feelings down, instead of handling them in healthy ways—and that if we can’t release our feelings and process our hurt, we can’t dismantle oppression. Nanci wants to change that. She’s the founder and president of the Luna Jiménez Institute for Social Transformation, where she inspires individuals and organizations to deepen their commitment to social justice and create transformational change. And she wants us all to understand why building intimate relationships and allowing ourselves and others the space to release feelings aren’t just feel-good tactics. They’re acts of revolution. When we get hurt and there’s oppression coming at us, the responses we’ve normalized are all responses that eventually numb and isolate us. And if they don’t numb and isolate us, then they will come out and leak out in ways that become oppressive towards other human beings. —Nanci Luna Jiménez, founder and president of the Luna Jiménez Institute for Social Transformation We talk about: The Luna Jiménez Institute for Social Transformation How healing from institutionalized oppressions and social justice are connected Adultism—the systematic and institutional mistreatment of young people—as the training ground for oppression What constructivist listening is and how practicing it is beneficial Links: Luna Jiménez Institute for Social Transformation The Transformational Communication Program and other LJIST events Plus: We’re launching an IRL community called Collective Strength in Philly! Check out the details and RSVP to our first event on salary, fair pay, and negotiation. Sara talks about why she makes a point to talk with friends about speaking fees, freelance rates, and salaries as often as possible. Remember our chat with Veronica Rex about the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund two episodes ago? Their Mother’s Day bailout raised over $135,000 this year and bailed out a bunch of moms for the holiday, plus they have plans (and the funds!) to bail out more moms soon.

One out of three people who are arrested in America can’t pay their bail, leaving them to sit behind bars for months while they wait for a trial—losing jobs, homes, and even custody of their kids in the process. Most of those people are black or brown. We talk with community organizer Veronica Rex about why the cash bail system is so broken, how community bail funds work, and how we can help bring home black mamas this Mother’s Day. Veronica Rex is a mother, grandmother, and activist with the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund. She’s also experienced the injustice of cash bail firsthand. Last year, she was arrested—and she had to choose between bail money and legal support. So she sat behind bars for three months before she learned about the bail fund. Now she wants to share her story with the world, and help more black mamas stuck in pretrial detention get back to their families. It’s like being in slavery again because you have to pay for your freedom. We should not have to pay for our freedom, and we should not have to sit behind bars until the system decides to give me a court date, until the system decides it’s time for my arraignment. —Veronica Rex, Philadelphia Community Bail Fund activist On the agenda: What happens when people can’t make bail: they lose their jobs, homes, cars, and even their kids Why people who have to wait in jail for their trial are more likely to plead guilty, even if they’re not What it really looks like to be stuck in jail before trial, from lockdowns to strip searches to being denied medication How bail funds work, why they matter, and why you should give to one this Mother’s Day Donating to a bail fund is an incredibly simple, incredibly powerful action. And right now, your money can go to bringing black mamas back to their families for Mother’s Day. Check out National Bail Out to find a bail fund near you, or check out the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund to support our local black mamas. More reading on cash bail: Why cash bail favors the rich The ACLU sues Philadelphia’s courts for their bail practices Veronica Rex at last year’s Mama’s Bail Out Day 2002 Bureau of Justice statistics on jailed people 2009 Department of Justice statistics on cash bail 2018 American Economics Review study

In this episode, Eden and William are joined by Bethany and Nasir from the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund to talk about the problems caused by the cash bail system and the advocacy of the Philly Bail Fund towards abolition of that system. They share some of the stories and lessons they have learned through their work, and we dig into the details of navigating the legal system while also disrupting it to draw attention to the inequity of the so-called US Justice System. The Philly Bail Fund is currently running a #FreeBlackMamas Mother's Day Bail Out campaign, and we urge everyone who can spare it to donate to this organization. You can find all of the information at the website linked above. This week's Solo Praxis segment focuses on identifying personal abilities and limitations with regards to organizing and direct action, and setting personal boundaries to avoid burnout. Full transcript available here. Please subscribe, rate, and review Frontline Praxis wherever you listen to this podcast. Follow the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund on Twitter @Phillybailout Philly Bail Fund on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PhillyBailOut/ Follow Frontline Praxis on Twitter @FrontlinePraxis Email us at frontlinepraxis@gmail.com Visit us on the web at frontlinepraxis.com Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FrontlinePraxis When (if) we meet the costs of hosting the show (web services, equipment repair or replacement, etc) any additional funds will be redistributed to the organizations featured on FP.

On March 12, the ACLU of Pennsylvania and the law firm Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer filed a lawsuit against the Philadelphia courts, challenging the courts' excessive reliance on cash bail to incarcerate people. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of ten people who cannot afford their bail and two organizations, the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund and the Youth Art and Self-empowerment Project. In this episode, we hear from our clients and attorneys who are working on the case. Learn more at aclupa.org/PhillyBail. Then, in honor of Women's History Month, we hear from Yvonne Latty, who tells us the story of mothers who are incarcerated and how excessive cash bail keeps them there, separated from their families. To learn more about our clients and to support them, visit phillybailout.com and yasproject.com.