paul perry
[bay area]
met Paul in vermont via idea..
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aug 2015 – The Right to Reset | TEDxMarionCorrectional
the right (need) to reset
everyday. as the day.
equity – everyone getting a go everyday… groundhog day ness
poverty to prison pipeline
trying to change the composition of prison as we know it..
let’s try this.. a nother way
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oct 2015 – on designing for justice:
https://medium.com/@pauldavidperry/how-we-design-the-future-of-justice-3b66eaecf45a
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july 2016 – why police should kill me next
I had never been given such a visceral reminder that, like my ancestors, my body is still not fully in my control.
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Perhaps if more white families are forced to publicly wail and cry about the extralegal deaths of their Black family members and friends, some action will finally be taken to end this genocide against Black people, which has never really stopped since the beginning of our country.
It feels like we have tried everything. I just can’t think of any other way.
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find/follow Paul:
the reset foundation:
https://theresetfoundation.org/
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prison ness
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a nother way ness
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Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) tweeted at 5:49 AM – 1 Feb 2018 :
This article is as compelling and important as everyone has said: a great, young Dem Congressional candidate describes how the process & domination of money corrupts everyone, no matter how well-intentioned. You can’t understand US politics without understanding how this works: https://t.co/ViazM32am3(http://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/959045926458413056?s=17)
I left in part because the money game rules every part of the process. It shapes the types of candidates, even progressives like myself, into becoming the types of politicians we should be fighting against
I came to realize that no matter how good my intentions were, getting elected wouldn’t fix that broader problem gnawing away at our democracy.
I was astounded by the unabashedly noncommittal plays for power. I was ashamed of myself for going along with it seeking an advantage. I felt myself leaning, hedging, and contorting to fit the mold my elders and those with more money, resources, and experience were asking me to do to gain their favor.
it wasn’t enough for me to potentially win and just be another healthy cog in a fundamentally sick system. I’d rather challenge and have some hard conversations with those perpetuating that system — one that is dangerous for our democracy. I’d rather step away and find ways to transform that system, which is what I chose to do.
This should horrify all of us. It should spur us to action to rid our politics of this money-drenched culture.
begs a nother way
ie: hlb via 2 convos that io dance.. as the day..[aka: not part\ial.. for (blank)’s sake…]
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be you. 