Date Published: 6/26/2020
Author(s): Duy Pham
Resource Link: https://www.clasp.org/blog/divest-save-black-lives-invest-heal-communities
Summary: This article looks at divestment in terms of police reform. Defunding the police is a divestment of our resources and should be viewed as such. Therefore, the argument is that the funds can then be reinvested to help heal the communities they have hurt in the past, through healing-centered liberation policy.
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Follow up by learning about Denver related Police Reform https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/26/defund-university-of-colorado-police-bipoc/ and research what progress (or lack thereof) has happened since this article was first written in 2020.