![]() ![]() Louis, Dream Defenders, Communities Against Police Crimes and Repression, the Ferguson Collaborative, and the Movement for Black Lives. Additionally, she supports several campaigns and grassroots organizations around the criminal legal system, electoral justice, and community investment, including Action St. ![]() Her advocacy efforts led to the dismissal of over 3,000 cases based on unconstitutional policing practices. ![]() She works to end police and prison violence by providing legal assistance, research, and trainings in community based organizations through an abolitionist framework.Īs a Skadden Fellow, she helped to build the Justice Project at Advancement Project’s National Office which focused on consent decrees, police and prosecutor accountability, and jail closures, providing community training, political education and legal representation to organizers. Please find information on Derecka's upcoming Becoming Abolitionists book tour here.ĭerecka Purnell is a lawyer, writer, organizer, and author of forthcoming Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom. ![]()
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