3 years past 23, I wrote a poem. On leaving behind our bodies. Too much pain to swallow. Or a handful of pills. Two times that much time later. I am still here,. Feels more and more like mine. That it is a home. Seek to strip it bare. I have gathered for myself. Been gifted from my comrades,. Been gifted by comrades,.

Survivors of Prison Violence - Arizona. Community resource for those monitoring abuses of prisoners across the criminal justice system, and for those subject to or surviving state violence, neglect and abuse. For Kini Seawright, and all the other women who bury a loved one due to police or prison violence. Sunday, March 1, 2015.

Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind. Divine Memory and the Laurie Carlos Oracle. Adriana Foreman made this beautiful video of one piece of that work, a circle called Divine Memory and the Laurie Carlos Oracle. Joseph McKenzie, Cynthia Brown.

Saturday, December 13, 2014. Build trust with parents over time, that they trust you to take a group of teenagers somewhere. Teach In - for parents, .

8220;Making children is the most anti-revolutionary thing you can do. If you breeders want childcare, then organize it amongst yourselves. Resistance is the secret of joy. Did you have a parent go on strike? .

Olympia Books to Prisoners works to offset the dehumanizing effects of incarceration by sending quality used books free of charge to prisoners all over the United States. I do not understand how you can send books to prisoners as prisoners in Michigan cannot receive books like that.

Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness, and our ability to tell our own stories. THIS BLOG is NOW RETIRED. I began this blog in May 2009 following the death of Marcia Powell. Visit me now at Arizona Prison Watch. Or Survivors of Prison Violence-AZ.