Local Business Owner Harassed by Police

JUSTICE FOR HEATHER CLARK  Everyone should feel safe at their place of employment. On February 23, 2023, a Senior Officer of Athens-Clarke County came into Ms. Clark’s bakery in uniform to pick up a cake for his father. While she was packaging some additional…

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Ending Cash Bail

The criminal justice system is one of the most oppressive and inequitable systems that the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement (AADM)’s advocates for reform in. One reform the AADM advocated for was the elimination of cash bail. Cash bail is the money paid on the behalf…

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Decriminalizing Marijuana

For years, the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement (AADM) advocated for the decriminalization of marijuana in Athens as part of our Freedom Fund’s campaign to address mass incarceration. Many Athenians, particularly Black and brown Athenians, had been arrested and incarcerated with no bond for simple possession…

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