Oct 27, Evanston: Selves to Defend? Domestic Violence Survivors Who Are Criminalized

Unitarian Church of Evanston 1330 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL, United States

Selves to Defend? Domestic Violence Survivors Who Are Criminalized Saturday, October 27 ~ 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Unitarian Church of Evanston 1330 Ridge Avenue, Evanston Co-sponsored by Dr. Melissa Blount, Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration, and REAL What happens to survivors of domestic violence who act to protect themselves and their children? Too […]

Oct 28, Los Angeles: Drop LWOP Town Hall

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles 1145 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Since April 2017, Governor Brown has granted Executive Clemency (commutation) to 41 people who were sentenced to Life Without Possibility of Parole (LWOP)! This victory illustrates how efforts such as CCWP's Drop LWOP Campaign and the organizing of Families United to End LWOP (FUEL) are creating a foundation for the commutation of all people sentenced […]

Oct 29, Irvine: Mandatory Reporting and the Criminalization of Community

UC Irvine Initiative to End Family Violence  IEFV Lecture by Connie Burk: Mandatory Reporting and the Criminalization of Community Monday, October 29, 2018, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM This event is free and open to the public. On-campus parking is $2/hour. To request reasonable accommodations for a disability, please contact centers@law.uci.edu. RSVP today Many mandatory […]

Nov 1, Chicago: Survived and Punished Teach-In

United Church of Rogers Park 1545 W Morse Ave, Chicago, IL

As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to a close please join us as we host a joint gathering of all of our Circles and invited guests from MAUVI - Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration. The evening will be part Teach-In, part Talking Circle centering story and resistance. What does it mean to survive domestic […]

Online: #SurvivedAndPunished Survivor Solidarity Drive

Survived and Punished Convening in California (December 2017), bringing together organizers, advocates, and survivors to strategize how we can #FreeThemAll. For Giving Tuesday and beyond, we ask your support in amplifying and raising funds to support and free criminalized survivors. As organizers, advocates, and survivors, Survived and Punished works to end gender based violence, including […]

Dec 9, NYC: Send them Home for the Holidays: Holiday Card Writing Event

The People's Forum 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY, United States

Image above by Molly Fair Please join Survived and Punished NY on Sunday, December 9, from 1-4:30pm, at the People's Forum for "Send them Home for the Holidays", a holiday card writing party for those behind prison walls in New York State. Being incarcerated is a de-humanizing and isolating experience for the person behind bars […]

Dec 13, Oakland: Winter Letter Writing Night to Incarcerated Survivors

Qulture Collective 1714 Franklin St, Oakland, CA, United States

It’s winter, holiday season is upon us and 2018 is winding down. It can be an especially tough time of the year for many people, especially survivors of violence and especially those who are incarcerated. Incarceration is an incredibly isolating and violence experience, especially for for survivors. Help us send them some love and join […]

Mar 2, NYC: 2nd Survived & Punished National Convening

New York City New York City, NY, United States

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 […]

Free Them All: Defending the Lives of Criminalized Survivors of Violence (NYC)

Brooklyn Law School Subotnick Center, 250 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

EVENT PAGE Join the Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship Program and the Center for Criminal Justice for “Free Them All: Defending the Lives of Criminalized Survivors of Violence.” This forum will explore the ways in which the criminal legal system impacts women who have experienced violence and will feature a keynote speech by Mariame […]

All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight Against Violence (NYC)

The New School 63 5th Ave., UL 104 (UC Lower Level), New York, NY, United States

NYC, come hear Emily Thuma discuss her new book "All Our Trials" on March 26th at 7 pm! "All Our Trials explores the organizing, ideas, and influence of those who placed criminalized and marginalized women at the heart of their antiviolence mobilizations. This activism confronted a "tough on crime" political agenda and clashed with the […]