Critical Resistance's Prisoner Solidarity Phone Line
is looking for volunteers in 2022!
As a political organization working to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC), Critical Resistance (CR) has prioritized accepting collect calls from prisoners at our offices for years. Phone calls have been a vital method of communication and connection with imprisoned people inside since CR's beginning. In 2020, we expanded our phone line system to include a network of volunteers nationally to accept calls remotely on behalf of CR.
CR's Prisoner Solidarity Phone Line works to foster strong, principled and mutually-beneficial relationships with prisoners across the PIC’s cages as a way to break cycles of isolation, stay informed on conditions inside, connect imprisoned people with CR's work and campaigns, and ensure that our work is grounded in the vision and needs of those most impacted by the PIC.
Want to volunteer?
Join CR's 2-Part Phone Line Training Series for new volunteers!
Training #1: Sunday - January 23 from 10am-1pm PT (CR Roots, Prisoner Solidarity & Phone Line How To's)
Training #2:Sunday - January 30 from 10am-12pm PT (Boundaries, Communication & Mutual Accountability)
*We ask for at least a six-month commitment for all volunteers to participate in the phone lines.
To volunteer for the phone lines and RSVP to the trainings, please fill out our Phone Line Interest Form. For questions, email CR's Operations Coordinator at [email protected].
*Formerly imprisoned people, people with imprisoned loved ones, people who are systems impacted, and people with experience in prisoner solidarity and correspondence work are highly encouraged to volunteer!
More Announcements
Issue 36 on "Pathways Toward Freedom": En route to over 5,000 subscribers inside and outside of jails, prisons and detention centers
National Week of Distribution of The Abolitionist:February 3 -10, 2022
CR members coast to coast are coordinating actions and events to boost outside subscriptions and circulation of The Abolitionist's newest issue, including a mural-making and community event in Atlanta with Project South, an informative collaborative event in Philadelphia with Philly Youth Hub on participatory defense, as well as outreach to bookstores in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, and New York, and more.
For details to attend these events or get involved, email The Abolitionist Newspaper Project Coordinator at [email protected].
THANK YOU! You did it!
With your generosity, CR raised over $100,000 in our annual Year End fundraiser. Your contributions will sustain another year of CR engaging in campaigns to abolish the PIC, projects to strengthen political engagement with our imprisoned comrades, and efforts to shift common sense toward abolition.
We appreciate that you continue to show your commitment to PIC abolition. Thank you for helping CR start off 2022 strongly!
