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Both mayoral candidates in tomorrow’s election favor an approach called focused deterrence. Some advocates caution it could reinforce punitive policing. Last year, 262 people were murdered in St. Louis, bringing the city’s homicide rate higher than it’s been in 50 years. Most of those cases are still open and unsolved. Those figures have made [...]

"If we only talk about gun violence when there's a mass shooting, then we're going to have a certain perspective of what gun violence looks like and what the remedies are," said Antonio Cediel of Faith in Action. Read more here.

Brittany White, decarceration campaign manager for LIVE FREE, spoke with The Dallas Morning News about Street Certified and New Georgia Project’s work mobilizing formerly incarcerated people to vote in Georgia. “What is important is to build a network of formerly incarcerated people who feel empowered in their vote. That is highlighted in this moment, [...]

The Rev. Dr. Joy Johnson, former president of Sacramento ACT, was one of several noted Black leaders in Sacramento who are calling on health officials and elected leaders to increase efforts to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to Black residents. Click here to read more.

ABC South Bend reported that Mayor James Mueller met with leaders from Faith in Indiana to discuss the police’s new use of force policy. “A major concern [was] the use of the term ‘eminent danger; referring to when officers should use deadly force, but some say is too broadly defined. ‘We can just [...]

With a short supply of face masks across the country and a shorter supply of political action and accountability at the highest levels of government to mobilize for front-line workers’ safety, it’s easy to overlook some of the inspiring ways that communities are getting results. Read more here.

The Rev. Michael McBride has several jobs: He’s the pastor of The Way Christian Center in Berkeley, California, the co-founder of the Black Church PAC and the national director of the Live Free Campaign, a social justice initiative made up of faith leaders and congregations. Read more here.

2020 brought us the highest number of gun homicides in over 20 years. Now more than ever, we need the federal government to respond now with a significant Gun Violence Relief Package! Two weeks ago, LIVE FREE joined other leaders from Black and Brown-led gun violence prevention organizations in a meeting with Susan Rice, Assistant to [...]

Marcel Woodruff, an organizer with Faith in the Valley, spoke to the Fresno Bee about a recent analysis of police department data conducted by the newspaper from the first half of 2020. The findings showed that not only are Black drivers in Fresno stopped by police around twice the rate of white and Hispanic drivers, but also [...]

Masks for the People is a campaign working to provide free masks, hand sanitizer and testing kits for the most vulnerable members of black and brown communities. Click here to read more.