Building Community Power Through Celebration at Decarcerate and Chill
We ready, we coming. On Saturday, June 25th we kicked it with old friends and new for a celebration of our collective struggle to get free. We shared delicious food as DJ Ansharaye surrounded us with good vibes on the 1s and 2s.
As Audre Lordre made clear, “Without community, there is no liberation, only the most vulnerable and temporary armistice between an individual and her oppression.” Our movement family pulled together for Decarcerate and Chill, because we believe in building powerful and deep relationships across traditional dividing lines of race and geography. We build with everyone who has a loved one or a friend in prison, so we can build the movement to free them.
Sponsored by Abolitionist Law Center, Straight Ahead, Free The Ballot and our sister organization Amistad Law Project, this gathering provided space for friends and family members of the incarcerated, formerly incarcerated people and supporters to connect and build with each other. After several years of the pandemic and in the midst of an uncertain and tumultuous times, our movement family is prioritizing these in real world spaces for connection.
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