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Campaigns
LIBERATION: POLICY, INVESTMENT, AND COLLECTIVE ACTION
At Dignity and Power Now, our campaigns focus on disrupting and dismantling incarceration and police violence.
Our community of directly and indirectly impacted family members work with us to build pathways toward justice and liberation through policy, equitable community investment, and compassionate care.
Explore our abolition-rooted campaigns below to learn more:
Our community of directly and indirectly impacted family members work with us to build pathways toward justice and liberation through policy, equitable community investment, and compassionate care.
Explore our abolition-rooted campaigns below to learn more:
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End Sheriff Violence
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has built a system rooted in violence, corruption, and impunity, disproportionately targeting Black and Brown communities, and denying us the dignity, care, and accountability we deserve.
From in-custody deaths to sheriff deputy gangs, the LASD operates with nearly zero oversight and outsized power.
From in-custody deaths to sheriff deputy gangs, the LASD operates with nearly zero oversight and outsized power.
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Legislation & Power Building
The pathway toward abolition requires working at the local, county, and state level to shift the laws and policies that uphold incarceration and police violence.
Dignity and Power Now works to dismantle the systems that harm our communities and replace them with approaches grounded in care, dignity, and collective wellbeing.
DPN anchors the Care First California Coalition, which fights for abolition at the state level. CFC works to replace the carceral system with one grounded in dignity, healing, and collective wellbeing.
Dignity and Power Now works to dismantle the systems that harm our communities and replace them with approaches grounded in care, dignity, and collective wellbeing.
DPN anchors the Care First California Coalition, which fights for abolition at the state level. CFC works to replace the carceral system with one grounded in dignity, healing, and collective wellbeing.
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Black Mamas Bail Outs
The Black Mamas Bail Out is both a direct action and a powerful tool for political education, designed to end the cash bail system and build momentum toward long-term abolitionist change.
Every year, thousands are separated from their families before they've even had a trial. It’s not about guilt or innocence; it’s about money.
And it’s breaking apart our communities.
Every year, thousands are separated from their families before they've even had a trial. It’s not about guilt or innocence; it’s about money.
And it’s breaking apart our communities.
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Closing Men’s central jail
Los Angeles has the largest and most expensive jail system in the nation, and Men’s Central Jail (MCJ) houses the County’s highest inmate population.
MCJ is notorious for its harsh, degrading conditions, systematic abuse, and its connection to hundreds of in-custody deaths.
The movement to close MCJ exemplifies the urgent need to defund and shut down carceral facilities, and invest in community-based alternatives to incarceration such as housing, healthcare, and substance use treatment programs.
MCJ is notorious for its harsh, degrading conditions, systematic abuse, and its connection to hundreds of in-custody deaths.
The movement to close MCJ exemplifies the urgent need to defund and shut down carceral facilities, and invest in community-based alternatives to incarceration such as housing, healthcare, and substance use treatment programs.
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