Co-designing creative spaces with incarcerated and criminalized youth as they become the authors of their own futures.
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Community policing is intelligence gathering. slate.com/news-and-politics/…
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This is a thread. If you or anyone you know still fux with Roger Bonair-Agard, please read this. TW: Rape & Sexual Assault 1/
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TW: Statement on Roger Bonair Agard from my sibling Fatimah Asghar. Please read. Please share. Youth arts communities are sacred and we injure that sacredness every time we refuse to hold our institutions & people accountable. So many ppl are responsible.
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TW rape
Today our love, Fatimah Asghar’s is releasing her statement regarding her abuser, Roger Bonair-Agard. We are here to hold space for her powerful words and for her healing. Please consider sharing if you are in literary circles:
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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Please read & share my sister Fatimah Asghar’s statement about her abuser, Roger Bonair-Agard
TW: rape
Today my sister Fatimah Asghar came forward about her abuser and we are ready to hold space for her. Consider sharing her statement, especially if you run in literary/poetry spaces: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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Biden Unveils Cool Teen Migrant Detainment Center Where Youths Can Hang Out And Never Leave bit.ly/3dNzPKi
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Cover artwork of @prisonculture's new book by @ForThePeopleChi co-founder and @Justseeds member @monicatea2! See more of her movement artwork at monicatrinidad.com. 💯
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As an accountability facilitator in the most recent external accountability process with @FreeWriteChi, I am in full support of @pettymogul and thank her for her integrity in bringing her experiences with this harm to the light.
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“We’ve seen the most politically active year in history. … A vision of a world that is not governed by violence and militarism. A vision of a world that names the harms of racial capitalism and patriarchy.”
- @Damon_AF grounding us for this discussion
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Good local art is hard to come by! But not here! Join Kuumba Lynx and @FreeWriteChi Free Write Arts and Literacy for a virtual open mic featuring the artist Mel on December 17, 2020 from 4 PM to 6 PM. It’s going to be a good time.
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Thanks to everyone who showed up & got #LoudLitUp for incarcerated youth today! Make sure to follow @Final5Campaign to keep up the pressure to end youth incarceration in IL!
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COVID precautions mean that detained youth are spending more time in isolation, in addition to programming and visits being halted.
Join us in calling on @GovPritzker and @LtGovStratton to release all young people from IYCs now.
#LoudLitUp Action Zap⚡️ Info Below
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We love you, we we love you! Young people sent our car caravan some love from the inside while we sent them sooo much love from the outside. These young people should be at home for the holidays, not locked in prison. #LoudLitUp #FreeThemAll
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Youth being forcibly separated from their families by IDJJ were already detained in unsafe conditions before COVID.
COVID makes their release even more urgent. We must refuse the idea that these young people’s lives are disposable. #LoudLitUp
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We’re listening to a poem called “Justice” by Rotto of @FreeWriteChi - #LoudLitUp
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We’re hearing a powerful reading of a poem called “Political setup” by Dameyon from @FreeWriteChi - “my teacher told me in 8th grade that i was going to be dead or in jail, I’m glad I’m not dead, but i still allow my potential to be contained by a cell.” #LoudLitUp
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Rotto and Dameyon from @FreeWriteChi and Alicia from @Final5Campaign with powerful testimonials at #LoudLitUp!
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The #LoudLitUp rally to end youth incarceration is about to start!
Follow along as we join @AFSCpeace and @liberationlib in demanding the immediate release of all young people from Illinois jails and prisons!
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Folks at #LoudLitUp are listening to testimony from Anthony, a formerly detained young person who spent time in JTDC & is part of @Final5Campaign: “There is no support inside the system, it just prepares you for the real prison.”
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HAPPENING NOW: young people, juvenile justice advocates, & dozens of others are rallying virtually & in cars to send loud & lit up messages to end youth incarceration, & the COVID crisis behind bars that the youth jail has created. #LoudLitUp
