#TestimonyTuesday: Phyllis Lerner: Students need Support, not Police in Schools

We need to move away from punitive hierarchies—systems which reflect racial inequities, as has been the case in Montgomery County. We must implement effective models of Restorative Justice.

We need to pass CB-63 to limit cooperation with ICE and make our community safer.

We need to pass Right to Counsel legislation in Baltimore City to bring more equity to rent court - ask Mayor Young to sign it into law.

We must implement the Water Accountability and Equity Act without further delay.

Thank you to all 140 of you who came to our Maryland Statewide Legislative Kickoff! This was our biggest Kickoff ever thanks to you, and demonstrated the growing momentum in the fight to end [...]

Good afternoon Councilmember Bonds, Councilmembers, and Staff of the Committee, my name is Hannah Garelick, and I am a community organizer at Jews United for Justice, a local grassroots [...]

Howard County is abusing immigrants detained by ICE. Tell the County: override the veto of CB-51 and end the collaboration with ICE.

Thank you Councilmember Allen for holding this hearing. My name is Sarah Novick and I’m the DC Senior Organizer with Jews United for Justice, a community of thousands of Jews and allies committed [...]

My name is Rebecca Ennen and I live in Petworth in Ward 4. I have been involved in DC local issues since I moved here in 2010 through Jews United for Justice, both on staff and as a volunteer.

Dear DC Council Judiciary Committee, Thank you, and thank you for this hearing. My name is Hannah Weilbacher and I'm a Ward 1 resident. I am testifying today because Black lives matter.