BLM Blono Holiday Bailout!
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We are officially ONE WEEK from Christmas!
BLM Blono is looking to reunite someone who is currently in the McLean County Jail with their family for the holidays.
BLM will MATCH community donations up to $1,000!
Do you know someone who is currently in the McLean County Jail who would like to spend the holidays with their family? Send us a message on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/BLMBlono/.
Why a bailout?
A bailout is not only a way to reunite people with their families, but it also aims to raise awareness of the disparate impact of incarceration and the bail system, especially on black folks and folks of color.
Even a few days in jail can ruin a person’s life. They may lose their job, their family may lose housing and some even lose their children (nomoremoneybail.org).
A bailout feels wrong, I'm not sure I can get behind bailing someone out of jail...
We encourage you to push back against this feeling and remember that the bail system is set up in a way that disenfranchises people of color and poor folks.
This person is pre-trial and hasn't been convicted of any crime.
They have been granted bail and if they had the means they would already have paid their bail.
I want to learn more!
The Bail Project
The ACLU: We can't end mass incarceration without ending money bail
NPR Illinois: In the fight against bail, a new group brings resources
Check out coverage from our other bail campaigns!
The Pantagraph: Black Lives Matter posts bond for mother's release
WGLT: Black Lives Matter pushes for bail reform with father's day bail campaign
The Vidette: Black Lives Matter movement achieves bail for parents
*If BLM Blono is unable to identify a person in need of the bail out or there is money leftover after the bail out, all funds will be transferred to our account and given back to the community through a future initiative.
How will the money transfer work?
I will transfer this account to another BLM Blono Leadership Table member (in charge of finance) who will deposit it into our BLM bank account. We will use that money to pay bail for an inmate in the McLean County Jail. We have been made aware of an inmate via community members/advertising via our Facebook page (link above). Updates will be posted here as well as our Facebook page.
-Olivia, BLM Blono Leadership Table
BLM Blono is looking to reunite someone who is currently in the McLean County Jail with their family for the holidays.
BLM will MATCH community donations up to $1,000!
Do you know someone who is currently in the McLean County Jail who would like to spend the holidays with their family? Send us a message on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/BLMBlono/.
Why a bailout?
A bailout is not only a way to reunite people with their families, but it also aims to raise awareness of the disparate impact of incarceration and the bail system, especially on black folks and folks of color.
Even a few days in jail can ruin a person’s life. They may lose their job, their family may lose housing and some even lose their children (nomoremoneybail.org).
A bailout feels wrong, I'm not sure I can get behind bailing someone out of jail...
We encourage you to push back against this feeling and remember that the bail system is set up in a way that disenfranchises people of color and poor folks.
This person is pre-trial and hasn't been convicted of any crime.
They have been granted bail and if they had the means they would already have paid their bail.
I want to learn more!
The Bail Project
The ACLU: We can't end mass incarceration without ending money bail
NPR Illinois: In the fight against bail, a new group brings resources
Check out coverage from our other bail campaigns!
The Pantagraph: Black Lives Matter posts bond for mother's release
WGLT: Black Lives Matter pushes for bail reform with father's day bail campaign
The Vidette: Black Lives Matter movement achieves bail for parents
*If BLM Blono is unable to identify a person in need of the bail out or there is money leftover after the bail out, all funds will be transferred to our account and given back to the community through a future initiative.
How will the money transfer work?
I will transfer this account to another BLM Blono Leadership Table member (in charge of finance) who will deposit it into our BLM bank account. We will use that money to pay bail for an inmate in the McLean County Jail. We have been made aware of an inmate via community members/advertising via our Facebook page (link above). Updates will be posted here as well as our Facebook page.
-Olivia, BLM Blono Leadership Table
Organizer and beneficiary
Olivia Lauren
Organizer
Bloomington, IL
Cinnamon Porter
Beneficiary
