https://www.drt-stl.org/resources daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/e7f5a28d-7dca-421e-a97b-2cc658c5e1eb/Cover+%28square+for+socials%29.png Archival Resources - What’s In The Toolkit? Campaign Overview Our Demands St. Louis City budget background St. Louis City General Fund facts Why Defund the Police? Ways to Get Involved and Stay Connected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/4ec221f0-c20e-4f73-a932-0c2668dbe7dc/Copy+of+DRT+webinar.png Archival Resources - What’s In The Toolkit? Campaign Overview & Demands St. Louis City budget facts Alternatives for Public Safety Ways to Get Involved and Stay Connected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/1626369760940-WD9MBFOWPRQ98HMV08O4/unsplash-image-o43OU-2txdY.jpg Archival Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/1622591246880-9X4QV02N5JPKTK5J7KOV/FSV+GF+budget.png Archival Resources - What’s In The Toolkit? Campaign Overview Campaign Demands SLMPD Budget Definitions Way to Get Involved and Stay Connected Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/351edc0d-69f1-4cb5-a6ec-f13389f0f451/FY25+DRT+Budget+Toolkit+%28square+for+socials%29.png Archival Resources - What’s in the toolkit? Campaign Overview Our Demands St. Louis City budget background St. Louis City General Fund facts Why Defund the Police? Ways to Get Involved and Stay Connected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/d75739e4-d46c-4b24-bdee-b0626edecc5d/Cover+%28square+for+site+and+socials%29.png Archival Resources - What’s inside? What is ShotSpotter? Ineffective at Deterring Crime Endangers Communities of Color ShotSpotter is Expensive Investing in Communities Instead Get Involved https://www.drt-stl.org/home daily 1.0 2024-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/737df783-11b5-47da-8a37-ee8f0a2e8792/DRT+Sunset+3.jpg Home - First and foremost, we would like to thank you for the dedication, imagination, and hard work you’ve put into the difficult project of envisioning and fighting for a St. Louis without oppressive systems of policing and incarceration. Your commitment, advocacy, and passion have not only inspired us within the DRT movement, but also those who are new to the idea of re-envisioning public safety. Every hard conversation had in the Monthly Movement Meeting, every impassioned voice raised during Board of Aldermen committee hearings, and every conversation shared with your friends, family, and neighbors has shaped the landscape for what is to come—a St. Louis liberated from the violence of police and prisons, where we can thrive in communities that have robust access to life-giving resources. When the DRT campaign started in April of 2021, we aimed to continue the political education and advocacy efforts of the Close the Workhouse campaign while taking the additional and necessary step of expanding the conversation to include policing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/d812404e-7dd8-4d36-b5ca-73ba15d22f63/DRT+5-point+plan.png Home - Abolition now! Borrowing from the wisdom of Critical Resistance, the work of prison-industrial complex abolition continues today and every day. In the course of this campaign, we have learned that abolition is not only a dream for the future, it is a reality that is possible in our lifetimes. The DRT Campaign, born in the wake of the 2021 grassroots-led campaign to close the Workhouse, propelled that momentum into securing $4 million from the SLMPD budget to invest into what we know truly makes our community safer: affordable housing, accessible social resources, and more. We know that we can win, and we DO win when our collective people power is harnessed into actions that bring us closer to the world we desire for our people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/10ee2bb7-184b-41d6-8711-5a9dfc694412/DRT+Sunset+7.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/23baa68a-f0a3-4a4b-beb9-05104a0b84c1/DRT+Sunset+9.jpg Home - Coalitions require time, energy, commitment, and patience. Working in coalition with other organizations, community groups, and diverse individuals comes with unique challenges that require deep relationship, unwavering commitment, and radical compassion. Despite these unique challenges, or perhaps because of them, coalition building is absolutely essential to creating meaningful systems-level change, and we must continue to develop our muscle for collective strategizing and decision-making, strengthening our ability to work across differences of all kinds. This is the meaning of principled struggle—for conflict to be generative, we have to remember that we are committed to one another’s humanity in a common cause and operate from our shared analysis and values. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/b69d4ea2-3971-4b03-98cd-31efab1d2c1f/DRT+Sunset+5.jpg Home - In fact, this is a moment of pride and hope as we consider where we have been, what we have done, and where we are going next. Movements that seek transformative change must evolve, learning from the past and anchored in a vision for the future. This shift reflects our dedication to that larger vision, ensuring that our strategies are rooted in purpose and aligned with the grassroots momentum we’ve cultivated. Together, we will continue to move forward, united in the belief that justice and liberation are within reach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/d75739e4-d46c-4b24-bdee-b0626edecc5d/Cover+%28square+for+site+and+socials%29.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/351edc0d-69f1-4cb5-a6ec-f13389f0f451/FY25+DRT+Budget+Toolkit+%28square+for+socials%29.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/e7f5a28d-7dca-421e-a97b-2cc658c5e1eb/Cover+%28square+for+socials%29.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/6f8c2e52-be2c-4426-ab13-cc0e6013887c/Budget+Tool.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/4ec221f0-c20e-4f73-a932-0c2668dbe7dc/Copy+of+DRT+webinar.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/a4e1a1e0-7880-4538-b616-f93b4f17e3e6/DRT+1.png Home DRT has provided a political home for people to have a safe and inclusive place to learn and grow in abolition in the form of Monthly Movement Meetings. We have created and implemented political education in the form of Abolition 101, STL Civics, and STL Budget 101 trainings, which elevated the political consciousness and analysis of hundreds of people. In 2021, the DRT campaign successfully organized for a $4 million cut to the budget of SLMPD, with those funds reallocated to affordable housing, homeless services, direct victim support, and civil rights enforcement. DRT created, published, and distributed annual budget toolkits, a Defund ShotSpotter toolkit, and a “create your own budget” tool to empower everyday people to radically re-envision the distribution of public dollars. We held dozens of community canvasses, engaging thousands of St. Louis residents in conversations about policing, public safety, and surveillance. We created opportunities for routine advocacy through the budget process by demanding that the Budget Committee shift from having one public community hearing to at least three during the budget season. We’ve watched on with pride over the past four years as hundreds of people have shown up and made their voices heard with the tools we have created. DRT and a coalition of community partners successfully organized to pass Community Control Over Police Surveillance (CCOPS) legislation, demanding transparency and giving residents a voice in the technologies used in their communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/818fa886-9c1d-4b1e-848b-9b0f41a5521d/DTR+logo_yellow+square+full.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/17e3d8db-9ea0-4303-9d5d-3cc8fe426890/FCC_Logo_Stacked_Black+%281%29.png Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/1618873274872-VXTKUTH0GJHKSFOW3035/CAPCR.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/1618873861035-CO7D1DO3NI3HHE76II7N/Action+St.+Louis+logo+hi+res+black+copy.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/9f526536-12eb-4890-91ae-637ae2db8453/ACD+full+logo_black.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/1618873503201-X2XTJTNY2Q7MVERHZVNA/FTF+STL+logo+black.png Home https://www.drt-stl.org/media daily 0.75 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Media https://www.drt-stl.org/campaign-demands daily 0.75 2021-06-01 https://www.drt-stl.org/campaign-demands/reenvision monthly 0.5 2021-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/1622591246880-9X4QV02N5JPKTK5J7KOV/FSV+GF+budget.png Campaign Demands - Re-envision Public Safety - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/1622591394771-MJ7N832YP9UPFL4WH73K/1+to+160.png Campaign Demands - Re-envision Public Safety - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.drt-stl.org/campaign-demands/transform monthly 0.5 2021-06-01 https://www.drt-stl.org/campaign-demands/defundslmpd monthly 0.5 2021-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfc055e584b36c2311df3/1622589200640-RWXMGP17XGS9YJVZCR18/FSV+GF+budget.png Campaign Demands - Defund SLMPD - Our Vision Despite hundreds of millions of dollars invested in policing each year, St. Louis remains one of the most dangerous cities in America. Our city has some of the highest rates of homicide, violent crime, and killings by police. Police reforms have failed time and time again. It’s past time we recognize policing does not keep us safe--we keep us safe--and stop giving our dollars to the police.