“There was a lot of anger, people were actively grieving,” A’Brianna Morgan, a 26-year-old mass liberation organizer with Reclaim Philadelphia, tells Refinery29. Morgan, who had been participating in direct actions for months before last summer’s racial justice movement, was focused on getting people released from jails as the COVID-19 pandemic surged nationwide. When the summer of civil unrest began, there was, she said, a surge of energy around the work she had already been doing.
Read MoreThe show is profiling Reclaim Philadelphia, the progressive group that emerged from Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign. Reclaim has put up a series of impressive wins, starting with Krasner in 2017.
Conover’s crew filmed a Reclaim get-out-the-vote rally Sunday at a South Philly rec center, where Krasner and several judicial candidates spoke. Conover told Clout he expects the episode to air in 2022.
Progressive gains in Philadelphia’s primaries for judge and DA showcase a movement intent on taking over broader swaths of the criminal legal system.
Read MoreFour years ago our city took a risk on endorsing a radical public defender for a District Attorney race in our home—the most incarcerated city in the country. In that race, the city made Larry Krasner’s win a clear acknowledgment that the change we need in our city won’t happen by locking more people up—it will happen when the criminal legal system is transformed to undo the harm it has done to Black communities and communities of color.
Read More![Mass Lib Taskforce Leader A'Brianna Morgan featured in Refinery29: “[The murder of George Floyd] so traumatic and I felt heartbroken.”](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1c911ee17596840490cd7/1625728160764-AYBDJ01UDK1X1FQZVTW1/Screen+Shot+2021-07-08+at+3.07.43+AM.png)
![From The Appeal - "[Reclaim] had also endorsed one candidate for the city’s Municipal Court, which handles lower-level + initial proceedings in criminal + civil cases; that candidate won. "](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ba1c911ee17596840490cd7/1625727574973-XT36KN2PEW26SMUQ19WY/Screen+Shot+2021-07-08+at+2.57.32+AM.png)
