No Cop Money PA

07/14/2021

This month, we’re celebrating our first birthday! It’s hard to believe how much we’ve grown and accomplished together as a community in the last twelve months. Whether you’ve been here since the beginning or just found us this month, thank YOU for being here — yinz make this work possible. We know we’ve been a bit quiet lately, but we’ve got a lot cooking up behind the scenes… 👀 here’s to year two!

06/21/2021

The largest global movements today, both led by young people, are the movements against climate change and state violence. Both crises are the result of the capitalist class's exploitation of land, labor, resources, and markets. Both crises economically and physically oppress billions of workers and youth, particularly people of color and indigenous populations. These struggles are intimately connected, and why we must organize independent grassroots struggles - against pipelines, police violence, and oppression. We look forward to joining Fossil Free Pitt Coalition on Tuesday!

05/19/2021

CHANGE IS HERE. 4/4 of our endorsed candidates on the ballot yesterday WON. THEIR. RACES. Congratulations to Gainey for Mayor, Xander for Magistrate, Erika Strassburger for City Council, and Laura Shadle! This is a movement, and we're just getting started.

Take the time to celebrate--it's well earned--but tomorrow, it's time to get back to work. Let’s keep up the momentum! 🔥

05/16/2021

⚠️Bonus content alert!⚠️Ahead of primary elections this Tuesday, May 18, we asked our endorsed candidates what they thought were the main impediments (beyond policing & prisons) to achieving racial justice in our communities. See what Gainey for Mayor, Xander for Magistrate, Erika Strassburger for City Council, & Connor for Council had to say ⬇️

To meet NCM PA's endorsed candidates, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIMH1WkNAWcTo learn more about NCM PA's endorsed candidates for the 2021 primary el...

05/15/2021

05/13/2021

ATTENTION PA RESIDENTS: There are just 5 DAYS LEFT until primary elections, and racial justice, policing, equity, and safety are on the ballot. Our NCM PA endorsed candidates -- Gainey for Mayor, Connor for Council, Laura Shadle, Erika Strassburger for City Council, & Xander for Magistrate -- need your support, your vote, & your voice. Make a plan to vote and ensure your neighbors and loved ones have one too! See more on voting in PA at: pavotes.com (Video CC enabled!)

05/13/2021

Join us TONIGHT https://www.facebook.com/events/314204543628866?ref=newsfeed

Tomorrow, No Cop Money PA and Youth & Students for Erika will be making calls to get out the vote before Tuesday's election! Join us, Thursday, May 13th at 7pm

Visit our facebook event page to RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/314204543628866?ref=newsfeed

04/22/2021

As we again process the violence inflicted on Black and brown bodies by the state, we arrive at the critical question: what in this current system of state violence, racial capitalism, and unchecked police power is worth saving?

Read on & see resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GIKEsSs9sC8RnLHie6_rpQopvkgrs7TTGKu0j0ObQg4/edit?usp=sharing

04/21/2021

04/20/2021

No Cop Money PA is relieved to learn that George Floyd's murderer, Derek Chauvin, has been found guilty on all three charges brought against him. Though this verdict is a step forward, we urge all those who want to see true, sustainable, meaningful racial justice in the United States to think critically about what this verdict means and what it does and does not accomplish. This verdict does not mean that police violence is under control. This verdict does not mean the criminal legal system achieves real justice for Black communities. This verdict does not bring George Floyd back to life.

The prosecution would love to have us believe that Chauvin is an outlier, a “bad apple” cop; but there are no bad apples and good apples, only an intentionally racist system of white supremacist power and control concealed under the guise of "safety." What is safe about being murdered in the streets? What is safe about using military-style equipment to disperse protests over a Black man being murdered by an agent of the state?

Our current systems of policing and "criminal justice" are not worth saving. There are too many Chauvins walking free while their victims lie 6 feet underground. There is no reforming a system that murders, abuses, and lies with impunity.

Now more than ever, we remain resolute in our commitment to abolish the police and carceral states. The fact that the whole world had to wait with baited breath to see if a jury would convict a murderer -- a murderer whose state-sanctioned actions were captured on video for the whole world to see -- is outrageous. True justice will never be handed down by a jury, but by ensuring that communities are put in control of their own safety. Today and every day we believe that and that we can and must abolish the police.

04/15/2021

Are you ready to step up, take action, & help your community elect local allies to the police state abolition movement? Join us in supporting our NCM PA endorsed candidates:

We've made our 2021 primary endorsements (visit nocopmoneypa.com/endorsements to learn more!) and now we're getting ready to get to work. To get our endorsees elected, we need YOUR HELP. Complete this form to join our team of NCM PA change makers!