The FreeHer Podcast
The FreeHer Podcast
Podcast Description
The FreeHer Podcast raises awareness about the impact of incarceration on women and girls.
Through powerful stories and bold conversations, we expose the harm caused by prisons and share strategies for healing, justice, and lasting freedom.
We believe in abolition, in community, and in the power of people to create real change.
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The podcast addresses themes such as the impact of incarceration on women, systemic injustice, and strategies for community healing. Notable episodes explore topics like political prisoners, the legal ramifications of incarceration policies, and the personal narratives of individuals who have been directly affected by these issues, such as conversations with Piper Kerman and Eric discussing unjust arrests during protests.
The FreeHer Podcast raises awareness about the impact of incarceration on women and girls.
Through powerful stories and bold conversations, we expose the harm caused by prisons and share strategies for healing, justice, and lasting freedom.
We believe in abolition, in community, and in the power of people to create real change.
Most of what we’re told about crime, public safety, and policing is shaped by police and media propaganda. In this episode of the FreeHer Podcast, civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis breaks down how the police and media manipulate our fear of crime, who actually benefits, and what real community safety looks like.This conversation exposes the deeper harms like pollution, wage theft, and corporate crime that never make the news.Alec Karakatsanis is the founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps and author of Propaganda: How the Police and Media Manipulate Our News. Hosted by Andrea James, founder of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls.🌐 Learn more about Alec’s work:Civil Rights Corps: https://www.civilrightscorps.orgRight to Hug Campaign: https://righttohug.orgStop LAPD Spying Coalition: https://www.stoplapdspying.org📚 Books by Alec Karakatsanis:Propaganda: How the Police and Media Manipulate Our NewsUsual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustice System📲 Follow Alec:@EqualityAlec on social mediaFollow the FreeHer Movement on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thecouncilus?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==Learn more about the movement 🔗 Learn more: https://www.nationalcouncil.us | freehercampaign.org
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