Join Survived & Punished for our 2nd National Convening Join Survived and Punished for a day of panels, strategy sessions, and community building — all with a focus on launching defense campaigns and organizing to free criminalized survivors of racialized gender-based violence. The goals of the national convening are for participants from across the country […]
Join S&P NY and No New Jails for a letter writing event on Aug 1st from 6 to 8 pm at the People's Forum. Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/no-new-jails-nyc-and-survived-and-punished-ny-letter-writing-event-tickets-65878509395 Can't attend in person? You can still support the event by purchasing items off the wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3WBHNB2T1BYM or donating funds for postage: http://freethemny.com/donate.html
It’s a historic time for commutations in California: By the end of his term, 283 people were commuted by former Governor Jerry Brown. This is significant compared to 1-2 people commuted per term by past Governors since the 1960s. With California Coalition for Women Prisoners, the statewide California S&P team is building on this opportunity […]
This workshop will explore the past and present nexus between racism, classism, ableism, and structural inequity, focusing in particular on multiply-marginalized people. We will work to expand our collective understanding of disability and how disability-based oppressions are implicated in and central to all social systems by contextualizing and exploring the racist-ableist roots of eugenics, white […]
Liyah Birru is a Black immigrant woman from Ethiopia who was prosecuted and incarcerated for defending herself against her abusive husband. After serving her sentence, Liyah faces the added punishment of deportation. She has now been in detention for an entire year. Liyah's story is all too familiar. Black women, particularly immigrants, are incarcerated and […]
Please join Survived and Punished NY for a holiday letter writing event! Our goal for this public event is to send cards to all of our incarcerated contacts. Folks with incarcerated loved ones are more than welcome to join us and write to anyone, regardless of their or your affiliation with S&P NY. The event will […]
Event page Join us for First Friday on February 7, from 6 pm to 8 pm, at Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland (150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza) to spread the word about the fight to #FreeLiyah. Look out for Liyah’s campaign art projected outside of the gallery! We’ll be talking to folks about the need […]
Join us every other Saturday from 12 to 1 pm PT for a virtual letter writing session via Zoom. We will be hosting these sessions through spring and possibly into summer. This April 11 event is the first of the series and is hosted by the S&P Survivor Defense Network for the #FreeThemAll Week of […]
Join us every other Saturday from 12 to 1 pm PT for a virtual letter writing session via Zoom. We will be hosting these sessions through spring and possibly into summer. This April 25 event is the second of the series and is hosted by Love & Protect. Isolation is central to the persistence of […]
As part of April's #SexualAssaultAwarenessMonth, please join us on April 28, 2020 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PT for an online training on how to host a letter writing event in your community, then go out and organize your own! We will be discussing how to host these events virtually, given the ongoing COVID19 […]