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10 Years of Survived and Punished Join us virtually on April 28th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm ET to celebrate our collective accomplishments and to mourn our losses.

One week away! Register for what will be a very powerful event celebrating a decade of Survived & Punished, a national coalition of prison abolitionists organizing defense campaigns for people criminalized for surviving domestic or sexual violence.

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Repair Is a Survival Skill Under Fascism Too much urgency to resolve conflict can close us off from what repair really requires, says Kelly Hayes.

In the second part of a two-part conversation, Kelly Hayes and guest Tanuja Jagernauth discuss why conflict transformation can be so difficult, what happens when efforts at repair break down, and why conflict resolution skills are survival skills in fascist times.

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that inspired present & future abolitionist movements. Black Study traces this history alongside archival photos of Black people reading & learning across generations.

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Black Study release event Sunday April 26, The Free Black Women's Library 226 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn NY, from 3-5 pm

Black Study release event Sunday April 26, The Free Black Women's Library 226 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn NY, from 3-5 pm

THIS SUNDAY IN NYC: Black Study Release Event!

🗓️ April 26
📍 226 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn
🕰️ 3-5pm
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In 1829, David Walker published An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, a pamphlet calling for insurrection among enslaved Black people...

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Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency — Interrupting Criminalization

❇️Applications are open today for the Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency!

🎨Artists aged 16-24 directly impacted by criminalization, policing, &/or punishment are eligible for $2,500 to work on creative projects.

🖊️Applications due May 11.

➡️Please help us spread the word!

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Amendment: No prisons at all.

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This project was named after Stevie Wilson, a Black, queer, formerly incarcerated abolitionist who writes about identity, belonging, freedom, & community.

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2026 Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency Design your own creative residency get $2500 to work on a creative idea or project applications due May 11

2026 Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency Design your own creative residency get $2500 to work on a creative idea or project applications due May 11

Young artists aged 16-24 who have been directly impacted by criminalization/policing/punishment can apply for this residency & get $2500 to work on a creative project! Visit bit.ly/diyresidency26 to learn more. Please help us spread the word!

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We Know It Well: Red Scare at CUNY and the Archival Politics of Dissent Join archivists, activists, and scholars for an evening of study and strategizing for resisting the new McCarthyism on college campuses.

NEW YORK CITY: May 4th, join archivists, activists, and scholars for an evening of study & strategizing for resisting the new McCarthyism on college campuses. Featuring our own Mariame Kaba. Register here ⬇️

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Brooklyn Public Library art exhibit asks visitors to imagine world without prisons “The Warehouse” is a collaboration between artist Vic Liu and abolitionist organizer Mariame Kaba builds an environment for possible answers

The terrific @prismreports.org wrote about The Warehouse!

If you're in NYC, check out this free exhibit through June 27.

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This Month in Criminalization — Interrupting Criminalization The April 2026 installment of IC’s monthly criminalization roundup, in which IC co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie shares hot topics and developments in criminalization, as well as action items and relevant...

The latest edition of our monthly criminalization roundup newsletter is out! We invite you to read it over and pick a few actions to take now, next week, and beyond! Check out
current news on criminalization, & how to: (1/3)

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Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization

To see steps YOU can take to interrupt the ICE machine, click here—updated monthly!

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"Prisons are deathmaking institutions." — our cofounder @prisonculture.bsky.social.

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Black Zine Fair Your engaging and descriptive copy for social media.

NYC! Come celebrate all things Black & independent publishing on Saturday, May 9! Black exhibitors & educators can gather, trade or sell zines, & exchange knowledge surrounding zine-making, publishing, & DIY culture. For more info, click the link:

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If ICE agents were prosecuted for every extrajudicial threat, assault, and murder, the courts would be flooded for years.

But let's not let this single arrest warrant rehabilitate a "justice" system that chiefly serves to terrorize, abduct, and imprison people.

The solution is to abolish ICE.

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Interrupting Criminalization Interrupting Criminalization Email Forms

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🔎 Take steps to protect yourself from mounting surveillance & criminalization of dissent

☮️ Organize against war, occupation, & militarization across the globe

✊ Show solidarity with the Prairieland political prisoners

⛓️‍💥 Fight back against ICE’s warehouse campaign & surveillance expansion (2/3)

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This Month in Criminalization — Interrupting Criminalization The April 2026 installment of IC’s monthly criminalization roundup, in which IC co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie shares hot topics and developments in criminalization, as well as action items and relevant...

The latest edition of our monthly criminalization roundup newsletter is out! We invite you to read it over and pick a few actions to take now, next week, and beyond! Check out
current news on criminalization, & how to: (1/3)

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Brooklyn Public Library art exhibit asks visitors to imagine world without prisons “The Warehouse” is a collaboration between artist Vic Liu and abolitionist organizer Mariame Kaba builds an environment for possible answers

The terrific @prismreports.org wrote about The Warehouse!

If you're in NYC, check out this free exhibit through June 27.

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"Featuring more than two dozen large-scale paintings, the exhibition offers an intimate visual exploration of life inside U.S. prisons while encouraging visitors to reflect on alternative approaches to safety, care and accountability beyond punishment plus incarceration."

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We Know It Well: Red Scare at CUNY and the Archival Politics of Dissent Join archivists, activists, and scholars for an evening of study and strategizing for resisting the new McCarthyism on college campuses.

NEW YORK CITY: May 4th, join archivists, activists, and scholars for an evening of study & strategizing for resisting the new McCarthyism on college campuses. Featuring our own Mariame Kaba. Register here ⬇️

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Yes! #FreeThemAll

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Purchase it here with the promo code CUP20 for 20% off!📚 cup.columbia.edu/book/solidar...

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Block It! — Interrupting Criminalization

For more about how to resist the ICE machine, see our toolkit. Updated monthly!

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We are thrilled that now Stevie Wilson is free, & will serve as one of the judges of applicants for this residency!

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The country's descent into fascism cannot be understood without interrogating U.S. policing. But folks across the political spectrum are allergic to this so here we are.

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The anti-ICE resistance is working | Judith Levine A mass movement defending immigrants has slowed the Trump administration’s abuses

When we fight, we win.

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Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency — Interrupting Criminalization

❇️Applications are open today for the Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency!

🎨Artists aged 16-24 directly impacted by criminalization, policing, &/or punishment are eligible for $2,500 to work on creative projects.

🖊️Applications due May 11.

➡️Please help us spread the word!

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What to Know: Race of Victim Effect and the Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center #### DPI’s ​“What to Know” series examines capital punishment from multiple angles, one topic at a time. Each installment provides essential facts and...

What to Know: Race of Victim Effect and the Death Penalty #deathpenalty deathpenaltyinfo.org/what-to-know...

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Join us on April 14: Solidarity in Journalism 👥💬

TUESDAY! 5:30-6:30 PM ET Anita Varma on her book Solidarity in Journalism. She & our Abolition Journalism Fellow Lewis Raven Wallace will discuss what solidarity in journalism means, why it matters, & how journalists can practice it. Register here for this FREE virtual event:

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