Freedom Dreams explores the many paths to building a truly just future for everyone. Centered in abolitionist thinking, this podcast, produced by the Detroit Justice Center, expands beyond the realm of criminal justice into conversations around what we could be building and prioritizing instead of punishment and further harm to make our communities genuinely safe.
Freedom Dreams
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Freedom Dreams explores the many paths to building a truly just future for everyone. Centered in abolitionist thinking, this podcast, produced by the Detroit Justice Center, expands beyond the realm of criminal justice into conversations around what we could be building and prioritizing instead of punishment and further harm to make our communities genuinely safe.
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September 7, 2023
Freedom Dreams, An Epilogue
<p>A final reflection from Amanda and Casey as they sign off, at least for now. </p> <p>Each day at the Detroit Justice Center our team fights to reunite families, lift barriers to employment and housing, and strengthen communities by supporting small businesses and land trusts. We’re building a more equitable and just Detroit, and we need your help. <a href="https://detroitjustice.org/freedom-dream-sustainers/"><strong>To support our work click here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.freedomdreamspodcast.com/">Freedom Dreams Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/freedomdreamspod/">Freedom Dreams IG</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomDreamPod">Freedom Dreams Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://detroitjustice.org/">Detroit Justice Center</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/detroitjusticecenter/">Detroit Justice Center IG</a></p>
August 31, 2023
A Mass Movement to End Solitary Confinement
<p>On July 8th, 2013 people being help in prisons across California stopped eating. They were protesting the state's use of solitary confinement. 29,000 inmates participated in the strike. On this episode, you'll hear about the origins of this mass movement and how it impacted policy and perception around the use of solitary in the United States. </p> <p>---</p> <p><a href="https://www.pjlawcenter.org/page/2362642-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Eduardo Dumbrique</strong></a> is studying to become a lawyer through an apprenticeship with the PJLC. Mr. Dumbrique began his legal studies during the 24 years he spent in prison, convicted of a crime he did not commit. As a jailhouse lawyer, Ed successfully litigated Title XV and civil rights cases against the state, including Dumbrique v. Brunner, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105791, in which he sought relief for prison guards' retaliation against him for his participation in a hunger strike protesting solitary confinement.</p> <p>Now, free and fully exonerated, Ed works to ensure that children and their families are treated equitably and fairly within the juvenile justice system. He travels and speaks on his experience as someone wrongfully convicted and sent to adult prison at age 15. He has spoken to high school students and youth in juvenile halls and camps, sharing his story and encouraging them to cherish their lives and futures.</p> <p><a href="http://www.sarahshourd.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Sarah Shourd</strong></a> is an award-winning, trauma-informed investigative journalist, Pulitzer-presented playwright, anti-prison theater activist, author, producer, somatic practicioner and 2019 Stanford John S. Knight Fellow based in Oakland and San Rafael, CA.</p> <p><strong>Dolores Canales</strong> is Co-Founder of <a href="https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/entertainment/story/2020-08-20/dolores-canales-fights-for-an-end-to-solitary-confinement" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">California Families Against Solitary Confinement</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>Each day at the Detroit Justice Center our team fights to reunite families, lift barriers to employment and housing, and strengthen communities by supporting small businesses and land trusts. We’re building a more equitable and just Detroit, and we need your help. <a href="https://detroitjustice.org/freedom-dream-sustainers/"><strong>To support our work click here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.freedomdreamspodcast.com/">Freedom Dreams Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/freedomdreamspod/">Freedom Dreams IG</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomDreamPod">Freedom Dreams Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://detroitjustice.org/">Detroit Justice Center</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/detroitjusticecenter/">Detroit Justice Center IG</a></p>
August 2, 2023
An Intergenerational Vision for Beloved Community
<p>"It's the education that goes with wanting to be safe. And if you talk to young people, they get it. They understand the police don't make us safe. The cameras don't make us safe. We make us safe." <strong>Myrtle Thompson Curtis</strong>, Feedom Freedom Growers</p> <p>---</p> <p><strong>Myrtle Thompson Curtis</strong> is the founder of Feedom Freedom Growers. She is a mother, grandmother, visionary organizer and thinker on the east side of Detroit. Myrtle is a life-long Detroiter , urban farmer and member of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center. </p> <p><strong>Curtis Renee</strong> is an aspiring healer and chef, a reiki practitioner, and a lifelong Nonviolence (positive peace) activist from Detroit, Michigan. Curtis' Social Justice passions encompass Black liberation, Black & Palestinian solidarity, feminism, and queer activism. </p> <p>Mama Myrtle and Curtis join Freedom Dreams to describe their vision for safety and beloved community in Detroit and why programs like Project Greenlight and ShotSpotter are not part of that vision. </p> <p>Curtis was featured in season 1 of Freedom Dreams in the episode, <a href="How Can We Heal and Reimagine Safe Communities?" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">How Can We Heal and Reimagine Safe Communities?</a><br>---</p> <p>Each day at the Detroit Justice Center our team fights to reunite families, lift barriers to employment and housing, and strengthen communities by supporting small businesses and land trusts. We’re building a more equitable and just Detroit, and we need your help. <a href="https://detroitjustice.org/freedom-dream-sustainers/"><strong>To support our work click here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.freedomdreamspodcast.com/">Freedom Dreams Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/freedomdreamspod/">Freedom Dreams IG</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomDreamPod">Freedom Dreams Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://detroitjustice.org/">Detroit Justice Center</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/detroitjusticecenter/">Detroit Justice Center IG</a></p>
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