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 […]
Join Invisible No More and Survived & Punished for a Twitter Power Hour on Policing and the Criminalization of Survivors Thursday, October 23rd 4pm PT / 5pm MT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET @invisiblenomore @survivepunish #InvisibleNoMore #DVAM
Join Black and Pink Milwaukee as we discuss the history of the criminalization of self-defense from intimate partner violence in honor of domestic violence month. During this event, we will study the ways that people have survived life-threatening violence and were in turn punished and learn ways to support people who are currently incarcerated for […]
Join AUSG Women's Initiative to unpack the criminalization of domestic violence and how a feminist anti-violence movement can dismantle the pro-criminalization policies that put many survivors at risk. Dr. Palmer (School of Public Affairs) will lead workshops from the Survived & Punished Curriculum, developed by Mariame Kaba. CW: This event will contain content regarding domestic […]
Building Accountable Communities Kiyomi Fujikawa, Shannon Perez-Darby, and Mariame Kaba Oct 26, 2018 | 4:00pm ET Online Event bcrw.barnard.edu Accountability is a familiar buzz-word in contemporary social movements, but what does it mean? How do we work toward it? Kiyomi Fujikawa and Shannon Perez-Darby will join us for an online discussion to explore models for […]
This is a workshop offered in partnership with New York City’s Survived and Punished Collective and with generous support from the Philadelphia Soapbox, Philly Childcare Collective, and Children’s Community School. We will learn more about critical issues of criminalization for survivors of domestic violence through the cases of Bresha Meadows, CeCe McDonald, Marisa Alexander, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]