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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.98,0:00:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my favorite protest shirt.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.90,0:00:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says, "Protect your people."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.13,0:00:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We made it in the basement\Nof our community center.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.42,0:00:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've worn it at rallies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.77,0:00:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at protests and marches,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.82,0:00:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at candlelight vigils
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.66,0:00:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with families who have lost loved ones\Nto police violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.67,0:00:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen how this ethic\Nof community organizing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.41,0:00:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been able to change\Narresting practices,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.33,0:00:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold individual officers accountable
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.46,0:00:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allow families\Nto feel strong and supported
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.84,0:00:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the darkest moments of their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.02,0:00:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when a family would come to our center
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.74,0:00:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, "My loved one\Ngot arrested, what can we do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.90,0:00:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we didn't know how to translate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.94,0:00:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power of community organizing\Nthat we saw on the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.62,0:00:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the courts.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.65,0:00:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We figured we're not lawyers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.35,0:00:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so that's not our arena\Nto make change.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.02,0:01:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so despite our belief\Nin collective action,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.21,0:01:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would allow people that we cared about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.22,0:01:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to court alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.34,0:01:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nine out of ten times --\Nand this is true nationally --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.49,0:01:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they couldn't afford their own attorney,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.43,0:01:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so they'd have a public defender,\Nwho is doing heroic work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.33,0:01:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but was often under-resourced
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.15,0:01:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stretched bare with too many cases.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.90,0:01:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would face prosecutors\Naiming for high conviction rates,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.86,0:01:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mandatory minimum sentences
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.25,0:01:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and racial bias baked\Ninto every stage of the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.10,0:01:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, facing those odds,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.20,0:01:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stripped away from the power of community,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.44,0:01:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unsure how to navigate the courts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.98,0:01:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 90 percent of people that face\Na criminal charge in this country
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.80,0:01:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will take a plea deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.10,0:01:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning, they'll never have\Ntheir fabled day in court
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.54,0:01:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we talk about\Nin television shows and in movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.81,0:02:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the untold part of the story\Nof mass incarceration in America --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.78,0:02:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we became\Nthe largest jailer in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.62,0:02:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over two million people\Ncurrently incarcerated in this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.73,0:02:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And projections that say
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.34,0:02:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one out of three black men\Nwill see the inside of a prison cell
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.39,0:02:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some point in their life\Non this trajectory.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.55,0:02:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have a solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.93,0:02:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We decided to be irreverent to this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.01,0:02:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that only lawyers can impact the courts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.59,0:02:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to penetrate the judicial system
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.01,0:02:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the power, intellect and ingenuity\Nof community organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.57,0:02:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We call the approach\N"participatory defense."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.29,0:02:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a methodology\Nfor families and communities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.19,0:02:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose loved ones are facing charges,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.51,0:02:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how they could impact\Nthe outcome of those cases
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.33,0:02:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and transform the landscape\Nof power in the courts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.86,0:02:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How it works is,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.05,0:02:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,families whose loved ones\Nare facing criminal charges
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.80,0:03:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will come to a weekly meeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.96,0:03:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's half support group,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.78,0:03:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half strategic planning session.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.82,0:03:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they'll build a community
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.69,0:03:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of what otherwise would be\Nan isolating and lonely experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.76,0:03:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they'll sit in a circle,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.09,0:03:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and write the names\Nof their loved ones on a board,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.77,0:03:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who they're there to support.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.64,0:03:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And collectively,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.88,0:03:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the group will find out ways\Nto tangibly and tactfully
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.04,0:03:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impact the outcome of that case.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.57,0:03:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll review police reports\Nto find out inconsistencies;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.51,0:03:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll find areas that require
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.70,0:03:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more investigation\Nby the defense attorney;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.24,0:03:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they'll go to court with each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.18,0:03:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the emotional support
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.19,0:03:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also so that the judge knows\Nthat the person standing before them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.59,0:03:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is part of a larger community
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.31,0:03:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is invested in their\Nwell-being and success.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.54,0:03:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the results have been remarkable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.51,0:03:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've seen charges get dismissed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.52,0:03:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sentences significantly reduced,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.37,0:04:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acquittals won at trial
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.56,0:04:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, sometimes, it has been\Nliterally lifesaving.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.45,0:04:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like in the case of Ramon Vasquez.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.24,0:04:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father of two, family man, truck driver
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.78,0:04:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and someone who was wrongfully charged\Nwith a gang-related murder
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.06,0:04:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was totally innocent of,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.87,0:04:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but was facing a life sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.17,0:04:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ramon's family came to those meetings
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.39,0:04:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shortly after his arrest\Nand his detention,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.30,0:04:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they worked the model.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.27,0:04:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through their hard work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.81,0:04:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they found major\Ncontradictions in the case,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.12,0:04:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gaping holes in the investigation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.68,0:04:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And were able to disprove\Ndangerous assumptions by the detectives.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.84,0:04:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like that the red hat that they found\Nwhen they raided his home
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.69,0:04:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somehow affiliated him\Nto a gang lifestyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.15,0:04:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through their photos and their records,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.02,0:04:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were able to prove that the red hat\Nwas from his son's Little League team
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.66,0:05:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Ramon coached on the weekends.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.11,0:05:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they produced independent information
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.27,0:05:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that proved that Ramon\Nwas on the other side of town
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.13,0:05:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the time of the alleged incident,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.51,0:05:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through their phone records
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.93,0:05:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and receipts from the stores\Nthat they attended.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.59,0:05:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After seven long months\Nof hard work from the family,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.26,0:05:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ramon staying strong inside jail,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.32,0:05:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were able\Nto get the charge dismissed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.05,0:05:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they brought Ramon home
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.74,0:05:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live the life that he should\Nhave been living all along.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.26,0:05:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with each new case,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.66,0:05:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the families identified new ways\Nto flex the knowledge of the community
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.12,0:05:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have impact on the court system.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.51,0:05:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would go to a lot\Nof sentencing hearings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.35,0:05:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we would leave\Nthe sentencing hearing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.72,0:05:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the walk back to the parking lot
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.64,0:05:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after someone's loved one\Njust got sent to prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.100,0:05:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most common refrain we would hear
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.66,0:05:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wasn't so much, "I hate that judge,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.81,0:05:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or "I wish we had a new lawyer."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.27,0:06:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they would say was,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.41,0:06:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I wish they knew him like we know him."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.19,0:06:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we developed tools and vehicles
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.96,0:06:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for families to tell the fuller story\Nof their loved one
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.98,0:06:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they would be understood\Nas more than just a case file.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.36,0:06:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started making what we call\Nsocial biography packets,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.63,0:06:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is families making a compilation\Nof photos and certificates and letters
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.20,0:06:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that show past challenges\Nand hardships and accomplishments,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.95,0:06:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and future prospects and opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.02,0:06:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the social biography [packets]\Nwere working so well in the courts,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.41,0:06:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we evolved it\Ninto social biography videos.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.75,0:06:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten-minute mini documentaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.09,0:06:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which were interviews\Nof people in their homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.81,0:06:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at their churches\Nand at their workplace,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.26,0:06:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explaining who the person was\Nin the backdrop of their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.58,0:06:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was a way for us to dissolve\Nthe walls of the court temporarily.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.22,0:06:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through the power of video,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.44,0:07:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bring the judge out of the court\Nand into the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.86,0:07:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they would be able to understand\Nthe fuller context of someone's life
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.11,0:07:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're deciding the fate of.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.05,0:07:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the first social biography projects\Nthat came out of our camp
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.18,0:07:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was by Carnell.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.66,0:07:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had come to the meetings
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.98,0:07:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he had pled\Nto a low-level drug charge.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.58,0:07:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after years of sobriety,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.43,0:07:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got arrested for this one\Ndrug possession charge.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.18,0:07:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he was facing a five-year\Nprison sentence
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.53,0:07:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the sentencing\Nschemes in California.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.97,0:07:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We knew him primarily as a dad.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.20,0:07:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd bring his daughters to the meetings
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.15,0:07:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then play with them\Nat the park across the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.26,0:07:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "Look, I could do the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.43,0:07:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if I go in,\Nthey're going to take my girls."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.93,0:07:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we gave him a camera
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.69,0:07:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, "Just take pictures\Nof what's like being a father."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.76,0:07:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so he took pictures\Nof making breakfast for his daughters
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.94,0:07:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and taking them to school,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.48,0:07:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking them to after-school programs\Nand doing homework.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.86,0:07:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it became this photo essay
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.97,0:08:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he turned in to his lawyer\Nwho used it at the sentencing hearing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.08,0:08:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that judge, who originally indicated\Na five-year prison sentence,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.30,0:08:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understood Carnell in a whole new way.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.47,0:08:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he converted\Nthat five-year prison sentence
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.86,0:08:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a six-month outpatient program,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.08,0:08:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that Carnell could be\Nwith his daughters.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.66,0:08:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His girls would have\Na father in their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.80,0:08:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Carnell could get the treatment\Nthat he was actually seeking.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.69,0:08:31.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have one ceremony of sorts
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.12,0:08:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we use in participatory defense.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.58,0:08:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I told you earlier\Nthat when families come to the meetings,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.59,0:08:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they write the names\Nof their loved ones on the board.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.16,0:08:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are names that we all\Nget to know, week in, week out,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.97,0:08:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the stories of the family,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.66,0:08:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're rooting for\Nand praying for and hoping for.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.47,0:08:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we win a case,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.02,0:08:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we get a sentence reduced,\Nor a charge dropped,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.98,0:08:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we win an acquittal,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.05,0:08:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that person, who's been\Na name on the board,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.57,0:08:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes to the meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.78,0:09:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when their name comes up,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.14,0:09:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're given an eraser,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.100,0:09:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they walk over to the board
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.29,0:09:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they erase their name.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.80,0:09:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it sounds simple,\Nbut it is a spiritual experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.42,0:09:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people are applauding,\Nand they're crying.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.28,0:09:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the families\Nthat are just starting that journey
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.93,0:09:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are sitting in the back of the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.20,0:09:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them to know\Nthat there's a finish line,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.41,0:09:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one day, they too might be able\Nto bring their loved one home,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.100,0:09:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they could erase the name,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.31,0:09:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is profoundly inspiring.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.47,0:09:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're training organizations\Nall over the country now
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.97,0:09:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in participatory defense.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.75,0:09:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have a national\Nnetwork of over 20 cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.03,0:09:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a church in Pennsylvania,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.64,0:09:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a parents' association in Tennessee,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.91,0:09:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a youth center in Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.61,0:09:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the latest city that we just added\Nto the national network
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.99,0:09:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grow and deepen this practice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.17,0:09:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Philadelphia.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.07,0:10:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They literally just started their first\Nweekly participatory defense meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.24,0:10:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last week.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.46,0:10:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the person that we brought\Nfrom California to Philadelphia
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.14,0:10:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share their testimony,\Nto inspire them to know what's possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.34,0:10:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was Ramon Vasquez,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.67,0:10:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who went from sitting in a jail\Nin Santa Clara County, California,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.45,0:10:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to inspiring a community\Nabout what's possible
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.70,0:10:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the perseverance of community\Nacross the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.14,0:10:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with all the hubs, we still use\None metric that we invented.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.68,0:10:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called time saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.92,0:10:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a saying that we actually\Nstill say at weekly meetings.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.88,0:10:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we say when a family\Ncomes in a meeting for the first time is:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.58,0:10:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you do nothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.91,0:10:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the system is designed to give\Nyour loved one time served.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.68,0:10:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the language the system uses\Nto quantify time of incarceration.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.07,0:10:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you engage, if you participate,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.83,0:10:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can turn time served into time saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.06,0:11:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's them home with you,\Nliving the life they should be living.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.17,0:11:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, Carnell, for example,\Nwould represent five years of time saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.28,0:11:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when we totaled our time saved numbers
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.06,0:11:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all the different\Nparticipatory defense hubs,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.58,0:11:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the work\Nin the meetings and at court
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.46,0:11:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making social biography\Nvideos and packets,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.39,0:11:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had 4,218 years of time saved\Nfrom incarceration.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.60,0:11:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is parents' and children's lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.21,0:11:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Young people going to college\Ninstead of prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.97,0:11:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're ending generational\Ncycles of suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.04,0:11:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you consider\Nin my home state of California,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.43,0:11:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it costs 60,000 dollars to house someone\Nin the California prison system,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.58,0:11:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that means that these families\Nare saving their states
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.36,0:11:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a ton of money.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.99,0:11:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a mathematician,\NI haven't done the numbers,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.87,0:12:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is money and resources\Nthat could be reallocated
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.23,0:12:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mental health services,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.54,0:12:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to drug treatment programs, to education.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.02,0:12:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're now wearing this shirt in courts
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.59,0:12:15.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.35,0:12:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people are wearing this shirt
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.11,0:12:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they want the immediacy\Nof protecting their people
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.35,0:12:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the courtroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.41,0:12:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what we're telling them is,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.98,0:12:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as practitioners,\Nthey're building a new field,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.75,0:12:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new movement
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.58,0:12:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is going to forever change the way\Njustice is understood in this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.68,0:12:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.86,0:12:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)