Oct 21: Transformative Justice in the Era of #DefundPolice: Lessons from the Past, Strategizing for the Future

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Wednesday October 21, 2020, 4pm ET REGISTER As the ongoing worldwide protests against police violence so vividly demonstrate, there is an increasing demand to end policing and develop real strategies for keeping each other safe. On October 21, longtime anti-violence organizers and transformative justice practitioners Shira Hassan and Mimi Kim will join us for a […]

Oct 21: Black Feminism & Abolition

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REGISTRATION Wed, Oct 21 | 6pm CT Mariame Kaba, Rachel Caidor, Deana Lewis, and Beth Richie will discuss Black feminist abolitionist movement building and organizing in Chicago and beyond. They bring years of experience in building abolitionist campaigns for incarcerated survivors and in response to Black women killed by police as well as creating gatherings […]

Oct 23, Bakersfield: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Rally to Stop Punishing Survivors

Kern County Superior Court 1415 Truxton Ave, Bakersfield, CA

A coalition of organizations, advocates, and survivors of domestic violence are organizing a Domestic Violence Awareness Month rally in Bakersfield, CA on Friday, October 23rd at 9am to call for the end of criminal punishment of survivors of domestic violence. We call on the Kern County DA to drop the charges for survivors, Wendy Howard […]

Dec 11: Holiday Letters for Lisa Montgomery

Lisa Montgomery, the only woman under a federal death sentence, is scheduled for execution on January 12, 2021. Lisa is one of many incarcerated survivors who experienced horrific abuse as a child for years. In the context of untreated mental health issues stemming from this abuse, she engaged in an act that ended in tragic […]

Feb 16: Survived & Punished in 2021: A Donor Call!

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Join us for the first Annual Survived & Punished Donor Call! As a grassroots volunteer-run collective, our critical work to support and free criminalized survivors and to abolish all forms of gender violence, including the prison industrial complex, would not be possible without your contributions. During this call, we'll take a brief look at what […]

Feb 18: Conversations for Justice: Announcing the Women & Survivors Project

The Illinois Prison Project is excited to announce the launch of our Women & Survivors Project! Join us on February 18th at 7 pm CST for our second event in the Conversations for Justice series, where we will celebrate the launch of this project with a discussion of how far we have come and where […]

June 3: Join the #FreeGabby campaign for letter-writing, fundraising, & updates

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Join the #FreeGabby campaign on THURSDAY 6/3 at 5 PM PT for a fundraiser and letter writing event to support Gabby Solano, a DV survivor who was criminalized for defending herself. We will hear updates from the #FreeGabby campaign and write to support Gabby! Register here: http://bit.ly/write4gabby

Take Action this September: People in Bedford Prison Urgently Need Support

From Survived & Punished NY: URGENT: Our inside members at Bedford prison need your urgent support! Survived and Punished New York is once again uplifting the demands from our incarcerated comrades, who have alerted us that there are two inhumane public health crises simultaneously occurring in NY Bedford and Taconic prisons: Lack of Access to Clean Water: As […]

Sep 7: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & the Campaign to Free Maddesyn George

Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & the Campaign to Free Maddesyn George Webinar Tuesday, September 7, 2021 11am - 1pm PST Registration: bit.ly/freemaddesyn Join the Free Maddesyn George campaign for a conversation on colonialism, gender violence, and the self-defense case of Colville tribal member, Maddesyn George. Featuring Earth-Feather Sovereign, director of Missing & Murdered Indigenous […]