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<h1 class="entry-title">Nancy Kurshan and Out of Control in
San Francisco</h1>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We are excited to announce an evening
with author and activist Nancy Kurshan on <br>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><big><big><b>Thursday May 9th at 7pm -
518 Valencia St - San Francisco</b></big></big><br>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Nancy and the Freedom Archives have
recently released <i><b>Out of Control: A Fifteen Year Battle Against
Control Unit Prisons.</b></i> The book tells the inspiring story of the
Committee to End the Marion Lockdown (CEML). Founded in 1985 to
organize against control unit prisons and related inhumane practices at
the notorious federal prison in Marion, Illinois, the committee’s work
and influence spread nationwide, even as the practices at Marion became
widespread in many other prisons in the U.S. and internationally. <br>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Written in a very accessible and
eloquent style by Nancy Kurshan, a CEML co-founder and leading activist
throughout its history, the book recounts how the committee led and
organized hundreds of educational programs and demonstrations in many
parts of the country and sought to build a national movement to expose
and abolish “end-of-the-line” prisons. <br>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">You can read an briefer online version
of the book <a
href="http://www.freedomarchives.org/Out_of_Control/01_introduction.html">here
</a>which includes audio, video and links to documents. You can also
check out our <a
href="http://www.search.freedomarchives.org/search.php?view_collection=1">new
search
engine</a> which features 300+ digitized documents, audio, and
video from CEML’s history of prison advocacy. See praise for Out of
Control below and please join us for this exciting event.</p>
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Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415 863.9977
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.freedomarchives.org">www.freedomarchives.org</a>
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