Published by 48 Hills
Banko has been gone three weeks.
When I worked at the Young Women’s Freedom Center, not hearing from a young person for three weeks was worrisome. We’d check in with as many friends as we could, frequent the areas we knew they hung out at, even go to wherever they were staying… that’s all useless at this moment.
Someone has permanently taken a life from our community. They are not coming back.
“It leaves folks more vulnerable to be entangled in experiencing exploitation,” said Julia Arroyo, executive director of the Young Women’s Freedom Center.
Community leaders, advocates and family members of Aamonte Hadley gathered outside the San Francisco Women’s Jail this week to demand justice after the death of 22-year-old Aamonte Hadley.
Julia Arroyo, the executive director of Young Women’s Freedom Center, explained homeless sweeps are inhumane and counterproductive
