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Reading Time: 6 minutes By:  Janette Dalgliesh – Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know.…

Reading Time: 3 minutes his democracy is not going to save itself. The chaos and the forces at work trying to tear it apart are powerful.

Reading Time: 15 minutes There’s no guarantee that any of these suggestions will succeed across the board. When it comes to policing alternatives, even the best existing models haven’t been attempted at scale, and there’s no telling how different communities will respond to them. To implement any idea on this list would mean venturing into relatively uncharted territory.

Reading Time: 6 minutes By: Patricia Thompson: Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know…

Reading Time: 3 minutes As an educator and coach, I have dedicated my entire career to creating an inclusive space to support marginalized people. This includes dismantling systems that uphold the structures of racism.

My focus has always been on elevating underserved voices, creating tools for access, and (re)building inner wellness strategies that help people stay the course – no matter the obstacle.

Reading Time: 3 minutes To know that others do not have those same opportunities and to be afraid to take a stand for them, to risk speaking up in their defense, in case I say something wrong???

That is cowardice.

Reading Time: 3 minutes We can be trauma-informed AND also be extremely clear about what matters most.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sure, love is always the answer. However, anyone who believes love is passive doesn’t really understand love.

Reading Time: 7 minutes Insurance companies do exert ultimate authority. Loss of insurance can end a department. In recent years, cities in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tenessee, Louisiana, and elsewhere in California have had to disband their police departments after losing coverage. Lawsuits are the ultimate tool for forcing cultural changes in law enforcement agencies.

Reading Time: 5 minutes If you choose not to vote, then you are the privileged of the privileged because you are not thinking of the consequences of your non vote on lives like mine. It’s just that simple. Only the privileged whose lives are not affected by anything that has happened over the last 3 1/2 years can justify not voting.