4pm Central (2pm PT / 5pm ET) During this one-hour conference call, attorney Rachel White-Domain will provide a very brief 101-level overview of post-conviction relief options for incarcerated survivors. This call will also provide a legal update on Tewkunzi Green's case. Ms. Green is a survivor who is currently serving 34 years and who is […]
Join Survived & Punished for a teach-in about surviving violence, ICE and the experiences of criminalized immigrant survivors! We will be sharing what we know about: - Demystifying ICE, systems of criminalization/policing and deportation - How gender and gender violence impact people's experiences of being targeted by ICE - What's changed & what hasn't for […]
As the #MeToo Movement brought gender violence to the forefront of the national conversation, New York State has continued to criminalize and incarcerate survivors of gender violence at an alarming rate. The Survived and Punished #FreeThemNY Campaign is demanding that Governor Cuomo commute the sentences of survivors of gender violence who are in prison throughout […]
Date: Thursday, 8/9 Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Location: Chicago, email Jason Lydon at jasonmlydon@gmail.com for address Join Black and Pink Chicago as we write letters to our inside members who identify as women and to incarcerated survivors with whom Love & Protect corresponds. We will lift up the #FreeThemAll week of action and share loving and healing words to honor […]
11am PT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET Family separation at the Southern border has recently been in the news, as well as the trauma of separating kids, the lack of basic resources to support people inside detention centers, and the emotional and sexual abuse suffered by children and adults inside these cages. This is […]
UC Irvine Initiative to End Family Violence Survivor Speaker Keynote Life or Death, Freedom or Prison: The Criminalization of Domestic Violence Survivors Marissa Alexander With introductory remarks by UCI Law Dean L. Song Richardson Wednesday, October 3, 2018 4:00–5:30 p.m. Followed by a light reception UCI Student Center, Pacific Ballroom C This event is free and open to […]
Life or Death, Freedom or Prison: Domestic Violence Truths & Consequences An Evening with Marissa Alexander Monday, Oct 8, 2018, 6pm-8:30pm 2320 N Kenmore Ave. DePaul, Lincoln Park Campus Schmitt Academic Center 161 Social justice and human rights advocate Marissa Alexander is one of the most recognizable and referenced sources for insight on domestic violence, criminalization […]
Please join Survived and Punished NY and The New School's Global Studies Program for a workshop about the intersections of gender-based violence and criminalization. A particular focus will be on individuals who have been criminalized for making self-defense claims in response to violence directed at them. Survived and Punished will also share a new curriculum resource focused on […]
UC Irvine Initiative to End Family Violence Surviving Prison & ICE Detention, Freeing Criminalized Survivors A Discussion with Ny Nourn and Colby Lenz Friday, October 19, 2018 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM UC Irvine Education Building (EDU), 1111 401 East Peltason Drive Irvine, CA 92697-8000 This event is free and open to the public. To […]
CCWP Benefit for #MeToo Behind Bars Lawsuit Four plaintiffs who have been incarcerated at the women’s prison in Chowchilla, CCWF, have filed the #MeToo Behind Bars lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The plaintiffs all identify as transgender, gender non-conforming (GNC) or queer. The lawsuit denounces physical assaults, sexual harassment and homophobic/ transphobic […]