Black August is a time to commemorate the lives of Black freedom fighters through study and practice. In this circle we’ll reflect on the importance of organizing across prison walls, alongside several guests working in anti-prison movements, including our Arts and Social Justice Fellow, Yem Case, who is an organizer and writer incarcerated in Pennsylvania.
August 8
3:30pm - 5:30pm PT
4:30pm - 6:30pm MT
5:30pm - 7:30pm CT
6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
As we arrive in Black August, a time to commemorate the lives of Black freedom fighters through study and practice, we want to reflect on the importance of organizing across prison walls. For the past four months, Yem Case, organizer and writer incarcerated in Pennsylvania, has been a PeoplesHub Arts and Social Justice Fellow studying the frameworks of disability justice and solidarity economy alongside four trainers.
Kempis “Ghani” Songster will open the circle with a grounding in the revolutionary efforts of past and current prisoners. Ghani is a restorative and transformative justice practitioner, and has been a part of the PeoplesHub community for several years.
Following Ghani’s grounding, Yem will be in conversation with D. Musa Springer, cultural worker and host of Groundings podcast. As writers concerned with the freedom of artists and Black prisoners, Yem and Musa will discuss art as a tool to politicize and free prisoners, and disability justice as a framework to build resistance. PeoplesHub will share reflections from the fellowship and actions to support political prisoner campaigns and anti-prison movements.
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