Freedom Archives Prison

Resistance to the No Bail Act – New Additions

Prison and Political Prisoners

Greetings, We recently added some new materials to our collection that shed light on people’s resistance to the No Bail Act, a federal preventive detention law (passed in 1984) which… Details

Colloquium: Undoing Time: Images and Archives

https://bampfa.org/event/colloquium-undoing-time-images-archives Join guest curator Julio Morales, exhibition artists Stephanie Syjuco and Mario Ybarra, Jr., and Freedom… Details

Summer 2022 Intern Projects

Hi, We’re very excited to have resumed our internship program this summer and want to share Olivia and Riya’s dynamic projects. Olivia created a dynamic Prezi which engages… Details

Substantiating the Role of Resistance

Experiences at the Archives, From the Archives...

Hello! My name is Mara Halpern. I’m a sophomore at Scripps College, and one of the interns at the Freedom Archives this summer. I came into the internship looking to get a sense of the archival… Details

Virtual Tour of The Healing Project: Health Workers Exploring the Digital Archive

Join us on Thursday, June 16, 2022 from 12-1p PT / 3-4p ET for a virtual tour of The Healing Project’s brand new digital archive! What do violence, incarceration, detention and policing… Details

Red Banner with words Santa Cruz Womens Prison Project with Sisters in CIW

Santa Cruz Women’s Prison Project Collection

From the Archives..., Prison and Political Prisoners

We recently processed a new collection of materials related to Bay Area women’s’ prison organizing during the 1970s, the Santa Cruz Women’s Prison Project (SCWPP). Through… Details

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

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Art Against Imprisonment: a Virtual Art Exhibit

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,… Details