Whoa DC has more people under correctional control than 29 states!!!! This is a terrible argument for statehood but my god seriously what are we doing in this city!??! Having a loved one in the system makes this all the more real. Abolition now!

Prison Policy Initiative@prisonpolicy.org · last wk.

1 in 61 people nationwide are under some form of correctional control — and the vast majority of them are on probation or parole. Mass punishment in the U.S. is off the charts, even in "progressive" states.

✨ Anti-carceral care is not doing nothing ✨ Too often people assume that “anti-carceral care” means ignoring someone’s crisis, or abandoning them without support. That’s not it.

If you are a social worker in DC and want to read @haymarketbooks.org book Abolition and Social Work and talk about it in community, I’m hosting a monthly gathering to discuss it and more. Reach out if interested! #Abolition #SocialWork www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2226-a...

Abolition and Social Work

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I definitely recommend this group, it’s full of lovely, wise, and encouraging folks.

Martha Crawford@whatashrinkthinks.com · 2mo ago

If anyone is looking for peer support for mental health professionals (not supervision) I have room for one or maybe two new members The proper role of psychology is to assist people in understanding their own realities through a reflection of their own social experience ~ Ignacio Martín-Baró

My beautiful garden at the end of May 🪏 #Gardening #CommunityGarden

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This is a great group, it helped me get my ideas together and several things are now coming from it! Highly recommend!!

Martha Crawford@whatashrinkthinks.com · 3mo ago

I’ve studied, developed and helped folks design their own sustainable, non-coercive community support, learning, and recreation groups as a community group worker for the past 30 years. This workshop explores community group models that allow folks to enjoy community again By donation

"For many years I was oblivious to the impact that solitary confinement had on me. Then one day an old friend visited me, and toward the end she told me that what stood out was how drastically I had changed." —Troy Hendrix

A Certain Darkness - Troy Hendrix - Inquest

Solitary confinement steals bites from the mind, heart, and soul every day, without you even realizing it. Eventually these stolen bites equal a whole piece of you gone.

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I love the garden

I listened to this today and it was such a beautiful conversation. Thank you Tanuja and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social Looking forward to part 2! organizingmythoughts.org/rupture-and-...

Rupture and Repair Under Fascist Conditions

“Disagreement can be a beautiful, beautiful thing,” says Tanuja Jagernauth.

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The world is completely fucked right now, but here is one person we can help. If you're able to, let's get this young gentleman through university.

Andromeda Yelton@thatandromeda.bsky.social · 5mo ago

OK so this young trans gentleman was cut off by his parents, has been unable to get MIT to up his financial aid, has been working multiple jobs while maintaining an A- average AT MIT (no one does this), but he is gonna need to actually pay his tuition to graduate: www.gofundme.com/f/help-matth...

YOU can help bring emotional support and healing to kids from Gaza who survived detention in "Israeli" prisons. A seasoned psychologist designed a week-long program—plus recovery kits—for these children. We need YOU to make it happen, though!!!! chuffed.org/project/hmg

Heal Minds Gaza: empowering Palestinian children who were in detention

Palestinian children in Israeli occupation prisons face severe psychological violence that deeply impacts their sense of safety, identity, and community after their detention. The Heal Minds Gaza…

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Have you heard? This is for the KIDS! Heal Minds Gaza will run workshops for children who were detained in occupation prisons: supporting their healing, confidence, & sense of community. We have just WEEKS left to f/und it. Chip in: chuffed.org/project/hmg

#justiceforJulian #JulianBailey should still be alive. His daughters and sons deserve their father to be alive. #FreeDC

Free DC@freedcproject.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“How many more husbands, more fathers need to die before you do something? "Julian and I had a life together. We had a dream together. I have to explain to my 5 year old every day that daddy’s not coming back. She says, 'Mommy I miss daddy’s heartbeat,' because he used to put her to bed."

Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

I just read this poem at a grief space tonight. ❤️

I have always told my white students that they can acknowledge the harm that white supremacy has done, and choose to repair that harm, but I've advised them not to stay there. You do have some fierce AF ancestors, too. It's just that we don't learn about them or what we learn is lies *on purpose.*

Here are some actions you can take to defend gender-affirming care in your hospital system.

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***REPOST FROM SAMEER PROJECT*** 🚨🚨WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨🚨 The rain and flooding from Storm Byron has wreaked havoc on Gaza. Families are without shelter, without warmth. The death count is now up to 14 people in the past 24 hours. Preventable deaths!! chuffed.org/project/1491...

Listened to this today and it was such a timely and wonderful conversation.

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Aaron Goggans and I talk about what happens when movements start running on empty—how trauma, burnout, and dysregulation can shape our organizing, and what it takes to sustain ourselves and each other in a moment of crisis and emergency. I found this conversation so helpful, and I hope you will too.

#gardening Look at my beautiful peppers 🫑 🌱 I love my garden

These 17 folks are counting on not hearing from constituents. They need to have that assumption shattered folks.

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️@mady.cat · 11mo ago

The list of Dems voting to ban trans rights: Cuellar - Texas Davis - North Carolina Gillen - New York Golden - Maine Gonzalez, V. - Texas Gottheimer - New Jersey Gray - California Horsford - Nevada Kaptur - Ohio Lee - Nevada McClain Delaney - Maryland McDonald Rivet - Michigan Mrvan - Indiana ...🧵

I just started reading Becoming Kin by Patty Krawec, and I’m feeling very grateful for her shared wisdom and knowledge. Currently processing “return to yourself and pick up your bundle” and what that means as I look around my home.

Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each: - person who reposts this post - new follower @51st.news ws gets - new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets - new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets - new follower I get And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.

The 51st@51st.news · 12mo ago

Three days remain to hit the goal in our campaign to hire @maustermuhle.bsky.social full-time. We know there's a ways to go, but with less than half left to raise...we could reach it easy peasy if each person who donated asked one friend to give too. givebutter.com/SsQ8CG

My wonderful partner, who is the best listener and always makes space for me to vent all my stress out at the end of the day without fail.