Abolish Auto Decline: Stop Sending our Children to Prison
Channel: Kids Are Kids
Date: 2021-05-06

Kids Are Kids Campaign Kickoff Webinar from Tuesday, March 30th. Education on Washington State's “Auto Decline” laws and the impact they have had, and continue to have on communities of color: The criminalization of youth of color in the legal system, disproportionately harsh sentencing and over-representation of Black and Brown children in jails/prisons.

Featuring presentations by community advocates working to dismantling the system: Seattle Attorneys Nick Allen, Nikkita Oliver, and former King County Prosecutor Stephan Thomas, State Senators Jeannie Darneille and Rebecca Saldaña, as well as testimony by community members who were "auto-declined": Tausha Hillis, Anthony Powers, Blaze, and Will Jimerson Jr.

Co-sponsored by King County Equity Now, George Jackson Freedom Coalition, El Comite, Free Them All, Rooted Reentry, APICAG, Seattle People’s Party (SPP), and East African Community Services. To support the efforts to abolish Auto Decline sign onto the campaign via http://www.kidsarekidswa.org/endorsement/

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