Capitalism is racialized in America, which means we can't fight class without throwing hands with race. The Dream Defenders are building a powerful, deep, local, organization and movement for freedom and liberation in Florida. WHY NOW?
• More Black people were killed by police in Florida than anywhere else in the US in 2015.
• Florida is home to two of the country’s largest private prison corpora
tions. • Florida spends 3x more on youth incarceration than it does on education.
• Florida leads the nation in school arrests and 100% of the youth prison industry is for-profit. The guiding principle of our work is that we can transform our communities through the development of our own systems of love, peace, safety and justice. Through our work, communities will experience a shift in their understanding of justice, love, safety and their own potential as human beings. There will be a decrease in youth arrests, overall arrests, community violence, school suspensions and expulsions, and police funding as well as an increase in the number of safe spaces, uses of restorative justice and funding for community based programs. This is the C4 page for Dream Defenders - Dream Defenders Action.
