UUPMI Events:
For now, our in-person events are suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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We Do This ‘Til We Free Us Abolitionist Praxis Series (Virtual)
June 2021-February 2022
Join our Education team two Sunday afternoons a month (skipping July for summer break) for community-building, facilitated reflection on the book, and real-time actions we can take that bring us closer to a world of reimagined safety and a world without cages and police. Each gathering, we will work our way through the book, two chapters at a time. We will center inside voices with participating prison pen pals. Register here for Zoom links. Due to the extended nature of this praxis, we understand that committing to all sessions may not be accessible. At the same time, we hope to build relationships together that we can carry with us in our community spaces.
Session schedule, two Sundays a month:
June 6, 20
Skip July (summer break)
August 1, 15
September 12, 26
October 3, 17
November 7, 21
December 5, 19
January 2, 16
February 6, 20
SPECIAL NOTE FOR PEN PALS: Please order the paperback ASAP and send to your pen pal. As an outside pen pal participant, please take notes from the "outside" zoom discussions and mail/email your inside pen pal the notes so that we get a good flow of inside/outside reflections and conversation. Outside pen pals, with permission from inside pen pal, will share reflections during zoom gatherings.
Join our Education team two Sunday afternoons a month (skipping July for summer break) for community-building, facilitated reflection on the book, and real-time actions we can take that bring us closer to a world of reimagined safety and a world without cages and police. Each gathering, we will work our way through the book, two chapters at a time. We will center inside voices with participating prison pen pals. Register here for Zoom links. Due to the extended nature of this praxis, we understand that committing to all sessions may not be accessible. At the same time, we hope to build relationships together that we can carry with us in our community spaces.
Session schedule, two Sundays a month:
June 6, 20
Skip July (summer break)
August 1, 15
September 12, 26
October 3, 17
November 7, 21
December 5, 19
January 2, 16
February 6, 20
SPECIAL NOTE FOR PEN PALS: Please order the paperback ASAP and send to your pen pal. As an outside pen pal participant, please take notes from the "outside" zoom discussions and mail/email your inside pen pal the notes so that we get a good flow of inside/outside reflections and conversation. Outside pen pals, with permission from inside pen pal, will share reflections during zoom gatherings.
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For action you can take, visit the Illinois Prison Project, who is keeping a running list of ways we can stay engaged in our vision of liberation in these difficult times.
For action you can take, visit the Illinois Prison Project, who is keeping a running list of ways we can stay engaged in our vision of liberation in these difficult times.