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#WeEndPIC - We End the Prison Industrial Complex

by Olivia Chow | June 24, 2014 11:57 am

Last week, the Center for Community Change, in partnership with Nation Inside, gathered more than 100 activists in Detroit for a national strategy meeting to end mass incarceration. Below is a Storify post highlighting a few important moments from this great event.

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