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New York City’s pension system became the first in the nation to fully divest from private prisons today, dumping about $48 million worth of stock and bonds from GEO Group, CoreCivic Inc. (CCA) and G4S.This incredible victory strikes a blow to private prisons and the...

Last week in Portland, we pressured engineering and design firm Louis Berger to publicly announce that they will not build Trump’s border wall. This makes them one of the 16 companies to publicly commit to non-participation.We joined with Voz Workers’ Rights Education...

We have been working with the Freedom Cities movement because we know that none of us are free until ALL of us are free!We demand #FreedomCities because economic injustice and criminalization march hand in hand. Check out this video on how New Yorkers are organizing...

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Broad Coalition Celebrates an end to City Profit from Suffering and ExploitationApril 6 – Portland City Council voted yesterday to end investing in all corporate securities, after broad community pressure to end investments in corporations complicit in prison...

In April 2017, Enlace and our broad local coalition pushed the City of Portland to become the first city in the nation to permanently divest from prison profiteers like Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase and other problematic companies like Caterpillar that destroy the...

Next Wednesday April 5th, the City Council of Portland will hear public testimonies on why we need to keep the Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) committee and why the SRIC's Do-Not-Buy-List should be adopted.Hyung Nam, a Portland school teacher and citizen member...

Join the Coalition to End Broken Windows, the New York Worker Center Federation, Enlace, 5 Boro Defenders and the Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP) on the steps of City Hall before the City Council’s Public Safety Committee budget hearing to rally against more...

Sohel is a 2016-2017 Delfino Leadership Institute member and DRUM member-leader.Back in January, worker leaders from the WCF launched the Freedom Cities Movement with the vision of transforming New York into a city that truly provides our communities with both safety...