Breonna Taylor was killed by Louisville, Kentucky, police when they shot her 8 times in her own house while she was asleep. Cops broke into her house in the middle of the night to do it. Her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, called 911 to report an intruder had killed Breonna. What gave police the right to enter her home with a SWAT team without warning? A no-knock raid.
There's an uprising in this country because of police violence against Black men and women. All over the nation, hundreds of thousands of people are in the streets demanding cities defund the police. We know that police don't keep us safe. As a nation, we spend almost $200 billion on police and jails. The only way to stop the racial profiling, harassment, and terrorizing of Black and Brown communities is to defund the police.
Public safety agencies in Louisville comprise 52% of its budget. By comparison, Louisville spends only 8% of its budget on public services. On one side, we have cops, courts, and jails. On the other, we have affordable housing, job training, and social services.
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Divesting from Policing: Advancement Project National Office’s List of Demands
Advancement Project National Office is committed to supporting grassroots organizations across the country to build the power that will end this system. Our legal, communications and organizing teams were developed for this moment. Through collective action, we are confident that we can build a new society where communities of color can be free and safe. […]
The Price of “Public Safety”
What really makes up a city’s public safety budget? Advancement Project National Office examined the budgets of five cities during Week Against Mass Incarceration last week and found exuberant figures that keep residents criminalized.
The Genius of Ordinary People: How the Ferguson Collaborative Became the Voice of the Community
As the nation marks five years since the police killing of teenager Mike Brown and the series of protests known as the Ferguson Uprisings, a group of residents […]
News
The Supreme Court Sees through the Trump Administration’s Racist Census Question
In a victory for immigrants and communities of color, a citizenship question will not be added to the 2020 Census.
What is a Strong Movement Without Art?
Art has long been essential to building strong movements. As such, Advancement Project National Office is excited to announce that we’ve partnered with GoArtful to create a capsule collection for our 20th anniversary!
We’re fighting a racist, predatory system; and we’re winning: a look at the numbers
Did you know St. Louis jails Black people eight times more than white people in a city that is only 47 percent Black?
It’s Shelby Week! Congress Must Pass H.R. 4 to Strengthen the Voting Rights Act
On this National Day of Racial Healing, we must recognize that people of color are not given the chance to heal from their past.
Take Action: Join the National Week of Action (June 24-30, 2019) to restore the Voting Rights Act!
Call members of Congress (202-224-3121) on Monday, June 24 and tell them that our democracy needs a fully restored Voting Rights Act today. Tuesday, June 25, marks six years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Shelby County v. Holder decision gutted the Voting Rights Act. Together, during the week of June 24-30, allies around the country […]
Fact Sheet: Unaccompanied Children Should Be Treated Like Children – June 2019
The Trump Administration announced its plan in June 2019, to open a child detention facility – a prison – at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Celebrating Black Women’s Resistance on Juneteenth
On the 154th anniversary of Juneteenth, a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold the first hearing on the topic of reparations for slavery since 2007. The hearing, which is the second in history, will focus in part on H.R. 40. H.R. 40, a piece of legislation that would employ a commission to […]
The Voting Rights Saga in Florida Continues
Judith Browne Dianis testifies at Congressional Hearing on the State of Voting Rights in Florida “As we’ve learned in Florida, it’s too late after the vote is taken and counted to protect the civil rights of people of color. And the problem is, the federal government is not watching.” On Monday, May 6, 2019, Advancement […]
Because Justice Never Takes a Day Off
On April 28, 1999, Advancement Project National Office opened its doors. We were bright-eyed, yet already seasoned, ready to take on voting rights with a racial justice lens. We were winning cases and building a movement right out the door. Now that we have been addressing not only voting rights, but immigrant justice, criminal legal […]
