Dreaming of Child-Safe Zones

"The big idea was 1) Be hyperlocal. 2) Determine what resources are needed. 3) Shift the mindset of what the role of policing in the neighborhoods are and how they perform those duties." - Marlon Peterson --- Since his decade of incarceration, Marlon Peterson has written, created programming, lectured, organized, and advocated alongside the formerly incarcerated, victims of gun violence, womxn, immigrants, and young people.  Marlon is the author of Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song, host of the DEcarcerated Podcast, and owner of his own social impact endeavor, The Precedential Group Social Enterprises and its nonprofit arm, Be Precedential, Inc. His TED talk, “Am I not human? A call for criminal justice reform”, has amassed over 1.2 million views. --- Each day at the Detroit Justice Center our team fights to reunite families, lift barriers to employment and housing, and strengthen communities by supporting small businesses and land trusts. We’re building a more equitable and just Detroit, and we need your help. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To support our work click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freedom Dreams Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freedom Dreams IG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freedom Dreams Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Detroit Justice Center⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Detroit Justice Center IG⁠