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Assembly (part 1) — Utilizing a series of visualization and embodiment exercises, Assembly youth fellows invite you to challenge your preconceived notions, while developing a historical understanding of policing. By collectively imagining and learning solutions for conflict, we hope to create a community that is able to establish safety without the use of coercion, policing and violence.

joined by Shaun Leonardo and Assembly fellows, Amir Akram, Geremia Romain, Latham Butler, Darrell Santana

Assembly offers system-impacted young people, aged 18-26, an inroad to art and connections to working artists, while serving as an alternative to incarceration and its intersecting systems of oppression. Founded in 2016, Assembly is a core part of the Brooklyn-based art and community space, Recess, furthering its mission to reimagine a public for art. The curriculum of Assembly empowers young people to take charge of their own life story and envision a future through art. The program diverts both misdemeanor and felony charges and in 2020 expanded to include a peer-to-peer referral model, allowing the organization to broaden its reach. https://www.recessart.org/assembly/

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First broadcast on Montez Press Radio as Tongue and Cheek- Ep33: Assembly (part 1) —with Amir Akram, Geremia Romain, Latham Butler, Darrell Santana with Shaun Leonardo - Wednesday, Jan 26th, 6:00-7PM, 2022