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Support CR's Prisoner Solidarity Phone Lines!

Building an international movement to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC) requires communities, organizers, and advocates outside of cages to remain connected to imprisoned people. As part of this vital work, CR runs a Prisoner Solidarity Phone Line ([link removed]) every weekend (Friday-Monday from 8am – 6pm PST) to stay connected to people inside cages. Each week, volunteers and CR members take on shifts to answer calls from imprisoned people, share political education and organizing resources and connect prisoners to CR’s projects and campaigns.
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Have you been looking for a way to get more involved with CR
or to support imprisoned people?

Become a volunteer with CR's Prisoner Solidarity Phone Line program today by attending two workshops this fall in September & October. Help Critical Resistance strengthen political relationships with people locked up in jails, prisons and detention centers so that we can support imprisoned people to resist repression and cycles of isolation, while building political unity and cross-wall power for abolition!

Sunday, September 29 & October 13 ([link removed])
10am-12pm PT
On zoom
*Must RSVP ([link removed]) to attend and complete both workshops before volunteering
Learn more & RSVP now! ([link removed])
After completing both workshops, all volunteers are asked to maintain two volunteer shifts per month (each shift is two-hours long). Formerly imprisoned people, people with imprisoned loved ones, and those with experience in prisoner solidarity and correspondence work are highly encouraged to volunteer. We also welcome multilingual volunteers (especially fluent Spanish speakers) to help us broaden our support.

Join us!
In solidarity,
-Critical Resistance


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New York: Join us for our second Abolition Block Party in Brooklyn on September 29!

After attending Part 1 of our Prisoner Solidarity Phone Line Volunteer training, join organizations from across NYC on Sunday, September 29 from 2-6pm EST for the third annual Abolition Block Party in Brower Park, Brooklyn! Free food, games, and propaganda for you to take with you.

This year, the theme is “no Cop Presidents, no Cop Cities, no Cops!” focused on providing a space for people to engage with local orgs and struggles that aim to end imprisonment, build inside outside solidarity, and end policing as part of a larger commitment to breaking down imperialist forces in the US — and engaging with these things beyond an election. In saying no to cops, we say yes to all the ways we build collective relationships and participate in organizing for a better, more revolutionary future. Participating organizations include: Recess Art, Critical Resistance NYC (CRNYC), Survived & Punished NY, Art Against Displacement, Queers Gambit, and more!
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Are you in the Bay Area? Join CR at East Side Cultural Center in Oakland September 19 ([link removed]) !

CR's Campaign Director Mohamed Shehk joins movement partners Harsha Walia and Morningstar Gali for a panel discussion on Abolition, Decolonization & Education as part of a week-long program by the Banned Scholars Project (BSP) and BSP in Residence Geo Maher - Thursday, September 19, from 6-8pm PT at 2277 International Blvd, Oakland, CA. R ([link removed]) SVP here! ([link removed])

Organized by the Department of African American Studies at UC Berkeley and EastSide Arts Alliance, this Movement Roundtable is free to the public. Register to attend other BSP public programs at: tinyurl.com/afamevents ([link removed])
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Are you a registered California Voter? Vote NO on Prop 36 & spread the word this election!

Proposition 36 is a new menace on the horizon in California that endangers the abolitionist gains of the past 2 decades. On the ballot this November, Prop 36 would expand criminalization & increase funding to the PIC, taking the state into a harsher tough-on-crime direction, and threatening our ability to make further necessary gains in our campaign to Close CA Prisons.

We must come together to stop this damaging proposition from passing. Read more about the impacts of Prop 36 on our communities ([link removed]) , spread the word, and VOTE NO on PROP 36!

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