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DPN’s Abolition-Rooted Glossary of Terms offers clear, community-centered definitions that ground our work in abolitionist values. It is a resource to help supporters, organizers, and partners build shared understanding as we fight to end incarceration and state violence.

Today, the Deputy District Attorney’s Association of Los Angeles County has their day in court with newly-elected District Attorney George Gascón, who has been in office since December 7th, 2020, and was elected on November 3rd.

On Friday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra launched a civil rights probe into the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, promising to investigate their long-standing record of human rights abuses, deputy gang activity and use of lethal force in both the Los Angeles County jails as well as in our streets.

The Center for Juvenile Law and Policy (CJLP) at the Loyola Law School has released a report, “50 Years of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department,” that rigorously documents evidence of deputy gangs throughout the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), and the impact these gangs have on our communities.

Today is Inauguration Day.Dignity and Power Now acknowledges that today an important change is taking place at the Federal level. We are crystal clear about the many harms in the legislative and political records of the new administration. They have both caused lasting damage on criminal legal issues and immigration issues. Acknowledging this, we at Dignity and Power Now are also feeling buoyed with cautious optimism about the end of the Trump Administration.

Dearest DPN Community,Yesterday history was made in Georgia and around the country when organizers changed the electoral landscape in ways people didn’t think possible.

On January 28th, 2011, thousands of people took to the streets in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and all over Egypt – much like what is happening now in America. Over the short period of 18 days, millions of protesters demanded a drastic change to living conditions, dignified treatment for all, and the end of the current regime. As the Police and Army took to the streets to protect the system, over 846 people lost their lives and 6,000 were injured.