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The special attention to detail that amazing photographer @day1pictures has at the end of signing our contract with Johnny Perez 🫡 for our Gala happening May 1st!

People in solitary are locked in a cell, upwards of 24 hours a day, including for days, weeks, months, and years, without meaningful human contact or programming. Learn how you can stop this practice during the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on April 16 here:

It was an honor to deliver the keynote address at today’s inaugural The Thurman Perry Foundation Mother’s Day 365 Luncheon. The voices I heard today filled my soul with hope. Onward together.

Meanwhile. Correction officers on Rikers are sexually abusing women. Make it make sense… you can’t… unless you’re Mayor Eric Adams

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Lawsuits filed in Michigan last week allege that two counties conspired with prison telecommunications firms to ban in-person jail visits as part of a kickback scheme to drive up profits on video visitation. theappeal.org/michigan-count…

Hey there, we’re looking for new board members! Are you interested in being an ambassador for the mission of New Hour? Can’t wait to meet you!

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My spirits are lifted by DAY1PICTURES Johnny Perez 🫡 who took THE best photos at last year’s New Hour gala and is sharing out info to help me amplify it. Will you help me share too?

This past weekend, our Executive Director @biancatylek joined activists and brand and advertising executives on a panel discussion at SXSW about the #EndTheException campaign to end prison slavery and how everyone can jump in to support!

Rebecca C. Lewis I tell you.... some people, no matter the accolades and yes political roles are just painful Idiots!!! So reactionary, so misinformed, and even worse, we are depending on these same people with our tax dollars. I use the subway regularly and this would impact me seeing my son!

Banning a mode of transportation is one of the worst kinds of othering I’ve ever seen. Isn’t access to transportation a human right??

Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul are hiring 1000 new cops to crowd the subways and they want to deploy the NATIONAL GUARD to search our bags but that’s just the most recent in a long list of horrific things they’ve done to turn NYC into a police state and it’s getting worse.

“Slavery never ended. It evolved. It tricked us into thinking it doesn't exist. And right under our nose it’s been right there. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. #ExceptForMe .” – Johnny Perez 🫡

Learn more & take action to at endtheexception.com/exceptforme

D.C. Jail authorities claim to no longer use solitary confinement, but still isolate people with mental health crises in 'safe cells'.

'Despite calls to end it over the intervening years, solitary confinement has remained a regular practice in the D.C. Jail, which holds

BREAKING! President Lincoln has returned to deliver a historic presidential address about the exception in the 13th Amendment, urging us to end it. Watch the Most Famous Speech Never Given at EndTheException.com/lincoln now.

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We have stood in solidarity with the detained, formerly incarcerated, and their loved ones for over a decade. We’ve rallied, testified, marched, written testimony, been interviewed on our truth and New York City Council heard our cries. SEPARATION NEVER ISOLATION
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