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Building Black Feminist Visions to End the Drug War: Report

A report summarizing the impacts of the global drug war on Black women, girls, and trans and gender nonconforming people, as well as the Black feminist visions, analysis, and needs articulated during the Building Black Feminist Visions to End the Drug War convening hosted by Interrupting Criminalization, the Drug Policy Alliance, and In Our Names Network in June 2023.

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Building Black Feminist Visions to End the Drug War: Summary

A resource summarizing key information from the Building Black Feminist Visions to End the Drug War convening, which took place in June 2023, bringing together dozens of Black feminist leaders and allies from 6 countries to explore the possibilities for a shared Black feminist vision and plan of action toward a world that centers bodily autonomy and self-determination in all forms.

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Breaking the Silence

This is a curriculum for sexual assault service providers intended to accompany Interrupting Criminalization’s report Shrouded in Silence: Police Sexual Violence - What We Know and What We Can Do About It. Facilitators and participants are strongly encouraged to review the report before using any of the exercises in this curriculum.

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Shrouded in Silence

This report, in conjunction with an accompanying curriculum for sexual assault service providers, is intended to contribute to breaking this silence, to summarize what we know about sexual violence by law enforcement officers, and to offer concrete steps toward prevention of police sexual violence and increased safety, support, and opportunities for healing for survivors.

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6 Ds Until She’s Free

A resource intended to inform policymakers, organizations, advocates, and philanthropy entering the field as a result of growing awareness of rising and disproportionate rates of incarceration of women, girls, trans and gender nonconforming people. People incarcerated in women’s prisons now represent the fastest growing prison populations, increasing by 700% over four decades, outpacing the rate of growth of people in men’s prisons by 50%.

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Trans Women of Color at Work

In this moment of uprising in response to the multiple crises unfolding across the country and world—particularly police violence against black people—it is imperative that we continue to demand what keeps our communities safe. Trans women and femmes of color (TWOC) have been historically excluded from the formal 1 workforce and forced to rely on criminalized work for survival. Such economic violence leads to police targeting and incarceration. Organizing over the past five years has begun to open up economic opportunities for trans women and femmes of color. We won’t go back. This is the time to fight to maintain and surpass those gains.

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Resisting Criminalization of Reproductive Autonomy: Infographic

This infographic created by Interrupting Criminalization and The Center for Advancing Innovative Policy shows how the criminalization of reproductive autonomy functions, and how it is all part of a larger web. There are many sites and mechanisms of criminalization of reproductive autonomy in this violent system—which also means there are many points and opportunities for intervention and resistance available to us.

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Resisting Criminalization of Reproductive Autonomy: Policy Dos and Don’ts

In response to the expanding criminalization of reproductive autonomy through increasing restrictions on abortion and reproductive care, and the growing criminalization of pregnant people and parents, a group of reproductive justice and anti-criminalization organizers and advocates came together in May 2019 to develop a shared analysis and resistance strategies.

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