This is a unique Bay Area chance to meet Mike and Debbie Africa (from the MOVE organization) and their son Mike Jr. Mike and Debbie spent over 40 years in prison in Pennsylvania and were finally released at the end of 2018. Using storytelling and hip hop, Mike Africa, Jr will take us on a […]
The Black Panther Party (BPP) has made an undeniable impact on the iconography, language, culture and practice of revolutionary struggles since the mid-1960s. Join former BPP members/political prisoners in a discussion about commitment, creativity, continuity, and how to best cultivate and sustain resistance. Speakers include Ericka Huggins, Hank Jones, Sekou Odinga, and Akinsanya Kambon - […]
Art Against Imprisonment, a Virtual Art Exhibit, features art from incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Palestine and in the US as a small testament to their creativity, imagination, and expressions of solidarity. Join us in launching this exhibit with former political prisoners Hafez Omar, Lina Khattab, Linda Evans, and Oscar Lopez Rivera; with a […]
Defending Our Communities, Defending Our Lives - Former Women Political Prisoners Speak Out for International Women's History Month Across the U.S. and the globe, unprecedented health, economic and social crisis is leading to escalating violence against BIPOC communities, often targeting women and TGNC people in particular. Over 10,000 people were arrested in the course of […]
Rescheduled: Virtual Film Screenings Due to a number of factors including ongoing concerns about COVID and worsening air quality, we have cancelled our in-person screenings at HEIST originally scheduled for 8/28 and 9/11, and have postponed them until October. We will hold the rescheduled screenings as virtual-only, with a panel and guided discussions to bookend […]
Join us for an in depth look at imprisonment and prisoner resistance in Palestine with Milena Ansari of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, an organization that supports Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli and Palestinian prisons.
Join us for the public launch of the SUMUD: Resistance Until Liberation Mural on Sunday, October 13! About the mural: The SUMUD: Resistance Until Liberation mural project is a collaboration between artists and activists in the U.S. and Palestine that explores and confronts the deep interconnections between the brutal systems of imprisonment in the U.S. […]
The When We Win political education film series is back on EVERY third Tuesday! On May 19th, join us to celebrate the shared birthdays of Yuri Kochiyama, Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh and Lorraine Hansberry, with a screening of “Passion for Justice” which chronicles Yuri Kochiyama's remarkable contributions to social change through some of the most […]
