Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 10/07/2026We're hiring a FT paralegal for our Philadelphia office to work with our legal dept on litigation, investigation, and research tasks, communicating with incarcerated clients, managing case files, and managing intake correspondence. Salary: starts $57,500 abolitionistlawcenter.org/jobs-and-int... 021 2
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 11/06/2026We'll be with @nkcdc.bsky.social this afternoon for Remembering Lives, Reimagining Futures, a launch event for their June series exploring the state & future of Justice Reform in Philadelphia – part of A People’s Exposition at the Kensington Engagement Center! nkcdc.org/a-peoples-ex... 010 1
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 04/06/2026Abolitionist Law Center and its (c)(4) Straight Ahead are seeking a detail-oriented, passionate, & experienced Operations Director to run the operations, finance functions, & administration of our orgs from our Philadelphia office (hybrid). Get the details at alcenter.org/jobs-and-internships 040 4
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 29/05/2026We're hiring! ALC is seeking a Philadelphia-based organizer to lead our Philly jails campaigns and also work with local coalitions on jail issues. This is a 2-year, grant-funded position with an annual salary of $55,000 (non-exempt) & benefits. abolitionistlawcenter.org/jobs-and-int... 168 8
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 12/05/2026Join us TONIGHT for Commonwealth v. Derek Lee Ruling Debrief – webinar 5/12 | 6–7 PM give.alcenter.org/a/commonweal... A Mar. 26 PA Supreme Court ruling found mandatory LWOP sentences for 2nd-degree murder unconsitutional. The PA legislature must act. Learn what comes next. 010 1
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 17/04/2026We condemn in the strongest terms Israel’s torture camps & its recent passage of a death penalty for Palestinians who fight back against their own genocide. Full statement: abolitionistlawcenter.org/2026/04/17/i... 041 4
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 17/04/2026On #PalestinianPrisonersDay, we stand in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners & uplift their ongoing struggle & right to resist occupation. Full statement: abolitionistlawcenter.org/2026/04/17/i... 163 6
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 06/03/2026Thursday in Philly! Major Tillery is in his 70s. This is his 4th attempt to free himself via PA's Post-Conviction Relief Act after being wrongfully convicted for political reasons decades ago. Free our elders! Free all political prisoners! iacenter.org/2020/05/27/i... 153 5
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 26/01/2026Learn more about the Philly ICE OUT bill getting introduced this week. Sign your org on to support Philly ICE OUT legislation docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 020 2
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 26/01/2026And if you're in Philly, join us & many others onto support a new bill we're endorsing to keep ICE OUT of Philly! Leg intro 📅Tues 1/27 | 10am 🗺️Philly City Hall (NE corner/visitors entrance) Leg vote 📅Thur 1/29 | 10am 🗺️Philly City Hall 4th floor www.mobilize.us/ndwa-c3/even... 120 2
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 26/01/2026Now is the time to ensure accountability. Join PA & national actions ON 1/27 pushing US Senators to use this week's budget vote to block DHS funding or shut the government down. This admin has already defunded & disrupted critical government services & replaced them with terror. No more. 100 1
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 08/01/2026A Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press attorney sent a letter to the ACJOB warning them that they are out of complicance for the state's Sunshine Act transparency rules. Please join us at this month's public meeting TODAY to help hold the AJCOB accountable! www.wesa.fm/politics-gov... 010 1
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 21/11/20251,000+ people in Allegheny County have started receiving PennDOT license suspension notices for years-old court cases. IT IS NOT A HOAX. You have 30 days to appeal. Come to info sessions: - Sat. 11/22 at Judge Wheatley's in Dormont - Tues. 11/24 5-7pm at Community Forge in Wilkinsburg 031 3
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 19/11/2025We have filed our 3rd excessive force lawsuit against Allegheny County Jail. Read more at bit.l/ALC-Palmer-filing 122 2
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 17/11/2025Part 1: Philly voters won the creation of a Prison Oversight Board Part 2: it's time to make sure the board is set up to ensure full transparency & accountability. Join us to learn more tomorrow night! Bit.ly/POBA25 010 1
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 20/10/2025Join us tomorrow in Philly to help free the wrongfully convicted Jerome "Hoagie" Coffey after 3 decades of incarceration! Tues. 10/21 @ 9:30 AM PA Superior Court: 530 Walnut St. 17th Floor abolitionistlawcenter.org/2025/10/08/o... 000 0
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 12/09/2025We will be in conversation with Alec Karakatsanis this Saturday 9/13 5-6:30 in Philadelphia at @makingworlds.bsky.social about his recent book, Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News. Register: withfriends.co/event/267134... 010 1
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 12/06/2025Trump & the MAGA movement are hurling the nation towards a re-founding of itself based on racial domination. Join us this evening 6:30-8 PM online for a special event with writer & movement builder Daniel Jason Espinosa. Register at www.mobilize.us/alccourtwatc... 000 0
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 08/05/2025PHILLY 6:30-8 PM tonight! Join ALC board member Kempis Ghani Songster for an illuminating conversation with curlyprofessor.bsky.social on how deception, empire, corruption, and white supremacy shape American mass incarceration. Head House Books, 619 S. 2nd St www.headhousebooks.com/event/evenin... 000 0
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 07/05/2025Keep the pressure up by calling your city council member and the at-large members. ☎️ Priority calls: Isaiah Thomas 215) 686-3446 (215) 686-3447 Katherine Gilmore-Richardson 215) 686-0454 (215) 686-0455 Nina Ahmad (2150 686-3450 Jamie Gauthier (215) 686-0459 (215) 686-0460 000 0
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 07/05/2025The fact remains the purpose is to regulate harm reduction and other groups out of their ability to serve people in the seventh district. Philadelphia City Council is choosing to criminalize compassion at a time when it is needed most. 100 1
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 07/05/2025PHILLY—The vote on the Mobile Services Ban in Kensington (Bill #240665) has been moved to THIS THURSDAY, MAY 8. Amendments were introduced to delay the vote but there were no substantial changes to the bill. 100 1
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 06/05/2025PHILLY — Join us, @amistadlaw.bsky.social & other allies this Wed. at a super-fun fundraiser for 2 incarcerated comrades. Be in community while testing your knowledge of local & global, current & historical abolition efforts! Wed. 5/7 | 6-9 PM The Rotunda Get tix www.eventbrite.com/e/abolition-... 033 3
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 09/04/2025TONIGHT 4/9 | 6–8 PM Closure is Possible – virtual town hall Zoom: buff.ly/nyZTnDT The Philly women's jail is destroying our community by harming moms & TGNC folks. Join us & Still We Rise Freedom Coalition for a panel discussion about what it will take to close PICC & what should take its place. 030 3
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 09/04/2025Instead of scraping the barrel for police officers we don't need, our tax $$$ could far more effectively support public safety thru housing, health care, schools & services. Get involved! Join ALC, www.peoplesbudgetoffice.org & @amistadlaw.bsky.social 4/17 6pm online to learn more bit.ly/budget201 022 2
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 07/04/2025Join us 6-8pm 4/7 TONIGHT for The Strike – online film screening of this award-winning documentary on the hunger strike against solitary confinement that took place at Pelican Bay prison in California in 2013. Followed by a discussion with key leaders. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 011 1
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 28/03/2025"Daily, I am reminded of the oft-repeated words of pastor Martin Niemöller (“First they came for the Communists…”). Daily, the circle of victims of this vicious regime grows..." - @sashaabramsky.bsky.social | @thenation.com buff.ly/LkrkpoB 021 2
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 21/03/2025Maybe now more than ever our movements for freedom, justice & rights need a global perspective. Join ALC @ this Community Justice Exchange online launch event for bit.ly/intlsolidarityzines A Luta Continua: Conversations on Building International Solidarity Mon. 3/24 7-8:30 PM ET bit.ly/lutacontinua 010 1
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 13/03/2025This morning, Mayor Parker announced her priorities for Philly's budget. TONIGHT join us for a citywide meeting on how we fight for the city we deserve thru a People’s Budget that prioritizes our communities & works for everyone! Food provided. actionnetwork.org/events/cityw... 000 0
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 13/03/2025TONIGHT 6-8PM join us @ Writers Room in Philly for food, music & an evening of responding to letters from incarcerated people facing grave human rights abuses & seeking support + writing letters to support ALC client Marie "Mechie" Scott during her quest for commutation. No experience necessary. 020 2
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 24/01/2025Marie “Mechie” Scott is an ailing elder who's been in a PA prison for more than 50 years. We need to get her home, and right now the Dept. of Corrections commuting her unjust death-by-incarceration sentence is the quickest path. Join us & allies on Monday for a statewide phone-in to state leaders! 173 7
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 17/01/2025Proud to be part of Eastern State Penitentiary's #MLKDay program this weekend: Jan. 18-20: in person (Philly) & online Join us for discussions & activities on how the language of Dr. King & other civil rights leaders inspired action & challenged oppression. www.easternstate.org/visit/events... 141 4
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 16/01/2025On Tuesday, we released documents showing that the U.S. government has enlisted dozens of countries in holding tens of thousands of evacuated Afghans—many of whom are confined in what appear to be prison-like facilities where they have been experiencing human rights abuses and months in limbo. 143 4
Abolitionist Law Center @abolitionistlawcenter.org · 14/01/2025Releasing Peltier…is a way forward & a real, tangible way to apologize to the communities that have been impacted by racist, harmful laws—from those oppressing Indigenous Peoples to the laws President Biden himself wrote, including the 1994 crime bill. theappeal.org/leonard-pelt... 0147 14