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Aug 1, NYC: Letter Writing Party
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?...
Aug 1, Chicago: Super Moms Myths & the Criminalization of Mothers
Super Moms Myths & the Criminalization of Mothers Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 5:30 PM – 8 PM CDT Westside Justice Center 601 S. California Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60612 Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/424284681498554/ Join Moms United and Northside...
New laws in New York and elsewhere could keep women out of prison for crimes against their abusers.
Article written by Victoria Law for The Atlantic. Excerpt below: On a morning this past March, two dozen women gathered on a Harlem sidewalk. Many had been released from prison over the past decade. They were boarding a charter bus to Albany, where they hoped to...
‘I Was In Constant Fear’: Immigrant Faces Deportation After Prison for Domestic Dispute
Below is an excerpt from an article about Aylaliya Birru, a Black immigrant survivor of domestic violence in California who is incarcerated and faces deportation as a consequence for defending her life. Support the grassroots campaign to #FreeLiya here! Article...
Marissa Alexander TED Talk
Every day three women in the U.S. are murdered by their domestic partners. But after Marissa Alexander fired a single warning shot as her estranged husband threatened to kill her, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Eventually, Alexander survived both domestic...
Survivor Solidarity
Survivor Solidarity Community support -- including financial support for legal defense and basic needs, and public demonstrations of support through petitions or court watches -- is an act of solidarity and can make a HUGE difference for survivors who are punished by...
Events in Mar-Apr 2019!
Join Survived & Punished members at the following upcoming community events: Free Them All: Defending the Lives of Criminalized Survivors of Violence (NYC) March 19 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Brooklyn Law School, Subotnick Center 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY...
#FreeLiyah
Liyah Birru, a Black immigrant from Ethiopia, was prosecuted and incarcerated for defending herself against her abusive husband who had subjected her to beatings, sexual assault, verbal abuse, threats, and racial slurs. After serving her sentence, she now faces the...
Now Available: Research Across the Walls
~NOW AVAILABLE~ Research Across the Walls: A Guide to Participatory Research Projects & Partnerships to Free Criminalized Survivors Download Now! For many survivors, experiences of policing, criminalization, and incarceration are deeply intertwined...
Commutations Campaign Posts
