An empowerment org for those of us affected by poverty and incarceration. #decriminalizepoverty and #freethemall
Atlanta, GA
Joined March 2023
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Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
The Survivor Justice Act passed in the GA Senate today. Finally, legislation that rekindles hope for many I've done time with still serving ridiculous sentences for self-defense & surviving! It's been 10+ years in the making @IgnitingHopeGA & @CommunityATL but we're almost there.
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
Join us for our first statewide meeting of 2025 on January 29th at 6pm EST as we welcome @CommunityATL for an overview of their toolkits platform, their Attorney Reviews Initiative, and to gather feedback on building a registry-specific toolkit. Register restore-georgia.org/connect/….
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
Check out this piece on FIP voter suppression in Georgia. Timely discussion for @CommunityATL and our work at the @ficpfm #ficpfm2024 #CountUsIn conference. Thanks to @pagedukes for coordinating, and to @CharlotteKramon for putting PEOPLE first. wabe.org/advocates-in-georgi…
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
Shoutout to coalition partners @adv_project, @imancentral and @CommunityATL who screened the film Until We All Count and held a panel discussion on the work here in Georgia. #HOAPE4GA
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
Until We All Count is a short film by @pagedukes, highlighting the advocacy of activists fighting to win back voting rights for themselves and others and to push back against "reforms" that reinforce disenfranchisement. Watch Until We All Count here: youtu.be/_WZRAlwW3Co?si=b3jY…
ALT An image of two women is projected on the wall from a laptop, showing a still from the film Until We All Count. One of the women is identified as Kareema Hanifa, Lead Community Organizer with IMAN Atlanta
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
Some news: GFL is sunsetting, and @CommunityATL will be taking over our newsletter to keep getting info into Georgia prisons. You can learn more about ACSP here: atlcommunitysupport.org/
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
It costs three times more to enforce anti-homeless laws than to provide housing to those who do not have it. Criminalization only fills up jails with people who are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators.
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
I'm stoked to represent @CommunityATL alongside some amazing advocates at this year's Decriminalizing Race & Poverty Symposium, hosted by @southerncenter on Oct. 25. Bringing a little @AtlantaJMLS to @GeorgiaStateLaw.
Sign up at schr.org/upcoming_events/202…. And please share!
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
At @CommunityATL, the biggest barrier to stable, affordable housing after incarceration is having that record.
So it was awesome to have a convo this morning about community perspectives and The Cost of Living with @canopyatl and @AtlCivicCircle.
costoflivingatl.org/
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
Great, the cops are now criminalizing those providing AFFORDABLE HEALTHY FOOD for people living in extreme poverty. We (@CommunityATL) buy produce from these very vendors at the Forest Park farmer's market and do NOT need them being driven away!
When regulation in Georgia kills small businesses and what is really ironic, fails to address the actual PROBLEM.
11alive.com/article/news/loc…
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
I've spent the past week @CommunityATL working out logistics to increase operations, funding, and engagement. Now, more than ever, we must empower and equip ourselves to advocate collectively to combat the criminalization of poverty. Our city has voted against us.
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
Today they complain about housing unhoused folks in hotels, tomorrow they’ll complain they’re camping on the streets, demand they be arrested, and pay twice as much to “house” them in jail.
#HousingNotHandcuffs ends #homelessness.
Voting to perpetuate unsheltered homelessness ….., it was a choice kgw.com/article/news/local/h…
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
🚨NEW🚨 first-of-its-kind national survey on fines and fees from @FinesandFeesJC & @WilsonCSJ_ shows impacts of fines and fees are being felt **nationwide** w/ 61% of people experienced at least one essential hardship e.g. food & housing.
Key findings👇
finesandfeesjusticecenter.or…
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
Hey @ronnysison, your photography is awesome! Thanks for making some of your beautiful local photos so available. I'm using a great rainy shot of downtown on the new @CommunityATL website (in the making). Get in touch; maybe we can collab.
Atlanta Community Support Project retweeted
So, officially, my Soros Justice Fellowship project to #DecriminalizePoverty will be known as the Atlanta Community Support Project. Follow it: @CommunityATL