No War but Class War, fuck these borders, and Decrim yesterday! Say it again and again and again! We know things are feeling even scarier these days, but we’re so glad to have you in solidarity with us, dear comrades. Thank you for being here, thank you for whatever you’re doing to push back, make space, and grow rebellion. We’re with you in struggle. Whether you’re in Chicago, Austin, NYC, or online there’s a few upcoming events where you can connect and act with us, and we hope to see you there <3
Chicago: Hosted by our comrade, Donna Dante, join us for a Saturday evening workshop on April 18th at 5PM in solidarity with the Prairieland Defendants at @cafethepeople! Every letter brings hope. Send a letter to a friend, loved one, or incarcerated comrade. Our Prairieland benefit zine will be on hand as will our free letter writing guides. Letter writing materials provided! We’re always raising funds for our mutual aid distro benefiting incarcerated Swing parents and caregivers and fellow SWer organizers–so even if you can’t make it, consider supporting (check out the QR codes on the flier below).
NYC: We are so thrilled to announce that we got into Black Zine Fair, y’all!!! Black members of Support Ho(s)e will be tabling on May 9th from 11am – 6pm at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn, NY alongside two of our trusted collaborators Sula Found & Bodies Too Bare! We’ll have our full range of zines, books we’ve contributed to, harm reduction supplies and merch! We hope you come through and support this powerful and gorgeous event, and all of the Black zinesters tabling! Remember, some of the titles we distro are also down for trades!
The ✄ @blackzinefair ✄ is back with a full day of making, trading, learning, and gathering around Black independent publishing in NYC. The fair is FREE and open to the public! Come make and trade zines, take a workshop, browse 100+ exhibitors, or lounge in the reading room! ✄ Organized by @sojourners4justice ✄ Posters by @themagickartist @ezekielrobinson123 @netazines @rinmdesign ✄
Chicago / Virtual [ongoing event]: Our comrade Kaia is hosting a series of community calls to support sex workers and our co-conspirators who are struggling with processing / coping in the wake of the “Epstein Files” atrocities, and news surrounding them. The first community call was held on April 1st. Please stay tuned for a future call schedule announcement, participants must register for all calls here.
Remember, you are not alone.
Virtual: Join us virtually on April 28th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm ET to celebrate our collective accomplishments and to mourn our losses. Register here: https://survivedpunished10years.eventbrite.com
From our beloved comrade, MK, in Survived & Punished:
In 2016, we co-founded Survived and Punished (S&P), a national formation that includes survivors, organizers, victim advocates, legal advocates and attorneys, policy experts, scholars, and currently and formerly incarcerated people. S&P organizes to de-criminalize efforts to survive domestic and sexual violence, support and free criminalized survivors, and abolish gender violence, policing, prisons, and deportations. S&P has affiliates in New York, Chicago, and California. It was co-founded by organizers from the Stand With Nan-Hui defense campaign, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Love & Protect (then known as Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander), and the national Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign. Our work is rooted in the fact that racialized aspects of gender violence and gendered aspects of mass criminalization have generally been overlooked. We believe that carcerality is a strategy that does not attend to the root causes of violence or other social problems. Rather, it simply disposes of those individuals that represent these problems. This is in large part why we reject criminalization. It’s been 10 years since we launched Survived and Punished and in that time we have helped to free people from prison/jail, supported currently incarcerated survivors, and changed the narrative about criminalized survival.