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Engage For Change
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Minnesota based organization to further civic and community engagement to end mass incarceration ⛓️‍💥⚖️

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In the U.S., Black and Brown people make up a disproportionate share of the prison population, but it doesn’t have to be this way.

Find out who is responsible, and what made our justice system the way it is today ⬇️

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#endmassincarceration
What is Mass Incarceration | Learn & Advocate Now — Your Site Title
Explore the realities of mass incarceration, its impact on BIPOC communities, and ways to engage for criminal justice reform.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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The road to ending mass incarceration can seem long and difficult, but starting with your own community is one of the best ways to help people who are at risk of falling victim to the system.

Learn more about community and engagement ⬇️

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Community Engagement | Get Involved Today — Your Site Title
Explore community engagement initiatives that empower Black and Brown youth through cultural events, fostering identity, confidence, and healthy relationships.
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July 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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PSA: Choose leaders who believe in second chances, and actually want to end mass incarcerations. Help communities and families heal, make your voice heard!
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Your Vote Still Counts
YouTube video by MDST485
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July 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Mass incarceration doesn’t only impact individuals—it destabilizes whole communities.
What would real safety look like?
Explore community-led justice:
🔗 communityjusticeexchange.org
#community #publicsafety #endmassincarceration
Community Justice Exchange
communityjusticeexchange.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
massincarceration.bsky.social
Private prisons profit from punishment.
More people = more profit.
End incarceration for profit.
Learn more:
🔗 www.aclu.org/issues/mass-...
#endprivateprisons #justicereform #endmassincarceration
Private Prisons | American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this co...
www.aclu.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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2 in 5 people in jail have a diagnosed mental illness.
We don’t need more cells—we need more care.
Support mental health alternatives to incarceration:
🔗 www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org
#carenotcages #justicereform #endmassimcarceration
Home | Treatment Advocacy Center
At Treatment Advocacy Center, we fight for the lives of people with severe mental illness in a system stacked against them
www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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If you live in Minnesota, and you want to learn more about Indigenous music, culture, and heritage, check the website below for information on when and where you can see powwows live!
🔗 www.drumhop.com/mnpowwow.php...
Drumhop
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July 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Disrupt policies and practices that drive students from their classrooms and their school communities and towards juvenile and subsequent criminal justice system involvement. End the school-to-prison pipeline.
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#schooltoprisonpipeline #endmassincarceration
From Classroom to Cell PSA
YouTube video by MDST485
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July 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Want to support incarcerated people directly?
Write letters. Send books. Show solidarity.
Here’s how:
🔗 prisonbooks.info/resources
#endmassincarceration
Resources — Prison Books Collective
Here you can find resources we maintain and send to imprisoned people as well as links to local and national prisoner support organizations.
prisonbooks.info
July 9, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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🗳️ Want to reduce incarceration?
It starts at the ballot box.
Sheriffs, prosecutors, judges—they’re elected. Know who you’re voting for.
Get informed:
🔗 www.ballotready.org
#endmassincarceration #votelocal
BallotReady: Where you go before you vote
Your go-to source for nonpartisan election information. Register to vote, explore the entire ballot, find your polling place, and more, all in one place.
www.ballotready.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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📚 “Prison is not a place for healing. It’s a place for punishment.”
If you believe in second chances, support restorative justice.
Start here:
🔗 www.restorativejustice.org
#justicereform #endmassincarceration
Home - Restorative Justice
www.restorativejustice.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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📞 Got 5 minutes? Use it to call your rep about prison reform.
Calls = pressure. Pressure = change.
Find your rep:
🔗 www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
#endmassincarceration
Find Your Representative
Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.
www.commoncause.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Knowing your rights won’t end injustice, but it allows you the chance to protect yourself and the people you care about.

Learn more about your rights when stopped or confronted by police in the link ⬇️

www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

#knowyourrights
#endmassincarceration
Know Your Rights
YouTube video by MDST485
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July 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Unfortunately, native youth are 3 times more likely than white youth to be incarcerated, even for the same offenses.

While we fight to change the corrupt system. Lets fight to change what we can right now!!

Visit: www.diw-mn.org/youth

Sports, leadership, and cultural enrichment

#IndigenousHope
July 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Like to work out?
Like to fight?
Wanna make new friends and build a community together?

Watch this short video about the Northside Boxing club.

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Visit: northsideboxing.org/drills/ (Located in Minnesota)

#Stayoutthestreets #breakthecycle #fightback #endmassincarceration
Northside Story: North Side Boxing Club
YouTube video by Asian Media Access
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July 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Wabt to be a culinary chef?
Love to bake?
Wanna get paid to learn?

Visit: cookiecart.org/youth-program/

Learn skills that can get you out of the streets and into putting things on baking sheets🔥 Baking bars 🔥😀
Make new friends and have Fun doing it.

#bakeforyoufuture #endmassincarceration
Youth Program
Classroom Curriculum The lessons in Foundations focus on helping new Cookie Cart recruits understand and develop the skills they need to be successful on the job. This includes functional competenc...
cookiecart.org
July 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Hear this young man's story about how sports saved his life from gangs, drugs and violence. youtube.com/shorts/vLYQ8...

If his initial stage sounds a lot like yours. It's time for a change.

Visit: www.minneapolisparks.org

🏀⚽⚾🎾🏈

Choose your sport, play for your future.

#breakthecycle #Play
How Sports Saved My Life | From Gangs & Jail to Baseball Dreams
YouTube video by The Mirror of the Mind
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July 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Ever heard of prison gerrymandering?

It's when somenone gets inprisoned, and counted as the population for the prisons district. Ensuring power stays with the oppressor.

Help end voter suupression.

Educate yourself and join the fight.

Visit: prisonersofthecensus.org

#endmassincarceration
Prison Gerrymandering Project
Legal and factual research to support advocacy campaigns to end prison-based gerrymandering focusing on the Census Bureau, and state and local redistricting.
prisonersofthecensus.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Mass Incarceration didn't just happen, it was built to happen.

The government built a system to inprison you, and take away your rights.

You can build a way out and learn something they cant take away from you.

Learn a trade today!

Free 99.

emerge-mn.org/career-train...

#buildyourfuture
Career Training - EMERGE Minnesota
emerge-mn.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Did you know that communities who are heavily affected by mass incarceration face the most barriers to voting?

Take back the power and get out and vote for your elected officials. Change starts with you!

Need help? Don't know where to start?

Visit www.voteriders.org

#getoutandvote #fightback
VoteRiders: Voter ID Help
VoteRiders provides free information and help with voter ID in all US states. We can help you make sure you have the ID you need to vote!
www.voteriders.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Summer is here! Sports and activities offer young people the chance to exercise, build confidence, and be a positive member of your community. Learn how to register for youth basketball for the 2025-26 seasons 🏀 ⬇️
June 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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“The U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday in favor of Ruben Gutierrez, who for nearly 15 years has sought DNA testing to help prove he was wrongfully sentenced to death. The decision comes after the Court stopped Texas from putting Mr. Gutierrez to death last summer”

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Supreme Court Rules for Texas Man on Death Row Seeking DNA Testing
Mr. Gutierrez sued that he was denied due process when Texas blocked DNA testing.
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June 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Mass Incarceration, Visualized

#endmassincarceration
#endprivateprisons
Mass Incarceration, Visualized
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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June 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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This disparity among incarcerated people adds to the list of atrocities that have been perpetrated against Indigenous communities for centuries.

Take action now, support bills and groups that oppose the institutions that target and profit off of Black and Indigenous pain.

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June 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Native Americans are among the most represented of State and Federal Prisons.

In 2021, an average of 763 per 100,000 Native Americans were incarcerated in the United States.

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June 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM