Tipping the scales towards community healing.

We walk with individuals, families and communities as they empower themselves. 
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Tipping the scales toward community healing.

We walk with individuals, families and communities as they empower themselves. 
Our Impact at a Glance
1,300+

Years of Jail Time Saved

$0M +

Saved In Fines

$60M +

Saved Costs to our Communities

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Reducing Community Harm

We, a group of Twin Cities families, artists, and organizers, resolve to walk with individuals, families and communities as they empower themselves using the Participatory Defense Model to defend their loved ones against a discriminatory punishment system.
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Some We've Supported
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While he was in custody in Ramsey County, he was sick and in need of cancer treatment. We assisted in helping to get medical records to the Public Defender's office.
Mr. Shaw
Time Saved: 22 years
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We Resolve supported him in court, with weekly meetings and the knowledge of what to expect from each court hearing.
Trevionne
Time Saved: 24 years
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We, with the help of a group of Bethel University students, packed the virtual courtroom. Her bail was reduced and paid by Minnesota Freedom Fund.
Landis
Time saved: 50 years
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