The following is a guest blog post, under the series “Rene Records”–Rene is currently incarcerated in a federal prison in Alabama. Please consider giving to her commissary fundraiser (funds are also used to support her reading group and fellow political prisoners). You can also support her boo here, as well as her co-defendant Cody, here. The best method of support for her other co-defendant, MJ, is to send donations to $JohnLungaho on CashApp.
August 27th Update
Grandma Peggy told me today that they’re taking her to the hospital in the next few weeks. Peggy is a woman in her sixties who I had begun growing close with during my time here. She has leukemia, and she says they found that the cancer has spread and she needs surgery. She had gotten news a few months ago that she will likely be released next year. She has been incarcerated for nearly thirty years, and her wife is in the free, and been holding her down this entire time. I told her that even though I’m not religious, I would still pray for her, and tell my people to do the same.
Rene is a queer Korean journalist, sex worker, political prisoner and beloved comrade. You can find her writing at Autostraddle • Truthout • ThoughtCatalog • Arkansas Public Media • and KUAR.