We at CR enter this next year of 2023 with clarity of purpose, tireless commitment to making material advances against the systems and institutions that cage, kill and incapacitate our people and communities, and an eagerness to generate shared, collective, organizing resources for abolition and victorious movement building.
Last month we put out the call to support our campaigns and projects through grassroots donations. You showed us the value of our organizing and the power of grassroots fundraising, helping us raise over $85,000 for the entire organization - with donations ranging from $10 to $10,000! Your resources and support are essential to making prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition common sense and sustaining PIC abolition in action through CR's campaigns, projects, political education, and movement partnerships. THANK YOU!
Already this year, CR members in Oakland and Los Angeles have hit the ground running, gearing up for a statewide digital mobilization in California to raise our collective demands for prison closure to the state legislature through a virtual rally and press conference this Thursday, January 12. In New York, CR New York City (CRNYC) has continued to supportAbolish ICE New York New Jersey coalition’s emergency phone zap actions to demand the people are people imprisoned in ICE detention. We hope you continue to join us in these efforts this week and moving forward.
In addition to furthering the fight to close prisons in California and ending Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) transfers in the state of New York, this year we are prioritizing building the health, strength, and well-being of our organization by continuing to fortify our prisoner correspondence infrastructure with a full-time year-long fellowship, and by solidifying a long-term organizational home for CR, our Oakland chapter and national office, in North Oakland, CA -- where we are transforming a vacant 9,000 square foot building and lot into a vibrant movement building and abolitionist community space.
Currently, CR is seeking a Building and Project Managerto coordinate the planning, design, and interim management of our North Oakland space at 4400 Telegraph. The 4400 Building and Project Manager will work alongside a CR Building Committee made up of CR members, Construction Management Team and other necessary stakeholders, and is responsible for managing the design and renovation of the building, interim building use, and coordinating CR’s preparation for occupancy.
This is a full-time position. Starting salary is $56,175-$74,900 (depending on determined hours), with six weeks paid vacation, and an expansive benefits package. We encourage formerly imprisoned people to apply, as well as people of color, women, queer and trans/gender-nonconforming people, and people from all educational backgrounds to apply. The deadline to apply is Jan 15, 2023, with applications being taken on a rolling basis.
Pleaseread the job description and requirements on our website here, spread the word and apply today! We would greatly appreciate any support you can give in helping us find a best-fit candidate for this role, one with construction and community project management experience, and a steadfast passion for collective liberation and building people power.
Anastasia Franco joined the CR team in August 2022 out of the local and national office in Oakland, CA as an intern supporting prisoner correspondence. Given her sharp expertise as a former imprisoned organizer and experience building supportive organizing infrastructure, we are thrilled to extend her role from intern to fellow for the next year.
CA Action Alert: Join us Thursday, January 12 ONLINE to #CloseCAPrisonsNow!
Calling all Californians-- we need YOU to close prisons in 2023! Join us for a virtual rally and press conference on Zoom from 9:30am-11:30am PST on Thursday, January 12!
Support Radical Political Education for Imprisoned People: Subscribe to CR's Inside-Outside Newspaper!
The Abolitionist,CR's inside-outside newspaper printed twice per year featuring movement news, analysis and organizing resources to abolish the prison industrial complex, was mailed to about 5,000 subscribers inside and outside of prisons, jails and detention centers last month. Issue 38 focuses on labor struggles and prison industrial complex abolition, and is packed with vital content. Check out what's inside and subscribe today!
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