URGENT: Over 3700 people are currently held in Philly jails. This is a scary moment for all of us as we watch COVID-19 spread rapidly across our city and state. While Philadelphia takes drastic measures to keep people at home, thousands of people can’t do anything to protect themselves from the deadly coronavirus because they are […]
Mapping Pretrial InJustice Database + Webinar
Over the last three years, a team of volunteers, fellows and staff at Media Mobilizing Project have investigated how pretrial risk assessments tools (RATs) affect high-stakes pretrial incarceration, supervision, and release decisions. On February 6th, we hosted a webinar to share the data we’ve collected and to discuss how we can use our findings to further […]
Introducing Movement Alliance Project!
2020 will mark 15 years since Media Mobilizing Project began connecting communities and winning real power at the intersections of media, racial, and economic justice. In recent weeks, we’ve looked back with pride at what we’ve built. We’ve also been facing our current conditions and looking ahead to the next 15 years. What are the […]
We’re looking for a Philly We Rise Paid Intern!
Philly We Rise Paid Intern About us: Philly We Rise is a call to action. We are a media hub that amplifies the work that individuals and organizations do to fight for our communities and we are a resource for those who want to get involved in the local social justice movement. Philly We Rise […]
Hannah Sassaman’s Advice on Speaking Your Truth
Listen to MMP Policy Director Hannah Sassaman’s advice about public speaking. She believes that your words don’t need to be heavily edited and that there is a huge amount of power in authentically telling your story. “Your story is enough. Over practicing something because you want it to fit into someone else’s box will actually […]
Technically Philly: 7 organizations offering digital literacy resources in Philadelphia
“What’s the overlap between the rise in digital non-connectedness in Philly and joblessness?” Hannah Sassaman of the Media Mobilizing Project recently asked us to answer this question via reporting collective Broke in Philly. It’s an important consideration for Philadelphia, especially, which has the second-lowest rate of broadband access of the nation’s 25 largest cities at 71.6%, according to a 2018 Philadelphia Inquirer analysis […]
Onward to 2019! What we did in 2018
What a year! Check out this beautiful montage produced by Bonfire Media Co on a 2018 of struggle in our beloved Philly featuring members from Philly.SUN, One Pennsylvania, VietLead, Reclaim Philadelphia, The Youth Art & Self-empowerment Project, Philadelphia Coalition for a Just District Attorney and many more! May 2019 be full of even more love and courage to take up the fights that […]
#MoreThanCode: Practitioners Reimagine the landscape of technology for justice and equity
Over the past 2 years, we have been research partners in this exciting investigation of technology for social justice. The full report is now live and public at https://morethancode.cc #MoreThanCode is a participatory action research report based on interviews, focus groups, and data analysis with 188 tech practitioners from across the U.S.A. The report […]
Facebook: The Fight For Net Neutrality is Not Over
PhillyCam’s Vanessa Maria Graber interviews Di Luong, MMP Research Fellow, about the ongoing fight for Net Neutrality. Di speaks about the importance of Net Neutrality in making sure that marginalized voices and stories don’t get overshadowed by corporate interests. They also discuss Di’s research in pretrial risk assessment algorithms used by the police and judges […]
The Leadership Conference Education Fund: The Use of Pretrial “Risk Assessment Instruments”
“For decades we’ve been told that we can fix bias in the system with science. But sentencing guidelines, predictive policing, body worn cameras, have all led to more bias in the system and a mass criminalization of Black, Brown, and poor people. We can end money bail and send far more people home without risk […]