transforming justice

In a special debriefing to Minnesota constituents, hosted by the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage, Rep. Hodan Hassan (of Southern Minneapolis, district 62A), spoke about the accomplishments and challenges of the 2020 regular legislative session.

White people often turn their gaze on people of color to gain knowledge, instead of back on their own communities

In Part 2 of our conversation with Sasha Cotton, we asked how her office is responding with violence prevention and intervention programs, and what Minneapolis’s next steps are.

We spoke with Sasha Cotton about how prevention strategies in Minneapolis have been evolving and what a public health-oriented approach to violence entails.

“We’re not abolishing help. We’re abolishing police. That’s very different…We have to do the work to imagine something different and to listen to what people in different neighborhoods and communities want.”

Terms of a temporary restraining order outlines changes that must be implemented by the Minneapolis Police Department

Community safety comes from within.

What comes after police disband? Part 2 in an ongoing series about transformative justice.

Local Black activists and artists discussed police abolition in a forum hosted by Black Visions Collective and Reclaim the Block. Part 1 in an ongoing series about transformative justice.

Where are the leaders who can understand and honor the experiences and hopes of people in this society who are left out of the justice equation.