Justice Above All
The Thurgood Marshall Institute at the Legal Defense Fund brings you Justice Above All, a quarterly series about the evolution of, and continued need for, racial justice advocacy. We’ve entered a time where many of the building blocks underpinning our work for racial justice are being questioned or actively undermined. Justice Above All provides an accessible way to help inform the national debate, revive our history, and remember how far we still must go in our quest to realize the ideals for which Thurgood Marshall and the advocates he led fought.
Justice Above All
Safety is What We Carry
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Black communities hold the intergenerational wisdom to address community violence and deliver safety without relying on punishment. In this episode of Justice Above All, guests explore approaches to violence prevention that are rooted not in punishment, but rather in Black communities’ wisdom around safety, accountability, resistance, and healing. Guests spotlight the Safe Streets program in Baltimore, Maryland, as one example of an evidence-based violence interruption model. This episode contextualizes Safe Streets and similar programs as part of the long history of Black people’s resistance to the oppressive carceral state, emphasizing the notion that “we keep us safe.”
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