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Organizing for Freedom Across Prison Walls

Featuring California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) organizers: Colby Lenz, Taylor Lytle, Annie Paradise, Romarilyn Ralston, and Rojas.

Abolitionist movements have always been led by people who are enslaved and incarcerated. This workshop identifies strategies to build relationships and strengthen coalitions for freedom and safety across prison walls.

Recorded at Defending Survivors: Liberating Futures, a national gathering organized by Survived and Punished on March 2, 2019 at Columbia Law School. Co-sponsored by Interrupting Criminalization: Research in Action, the Barnard Center for Research on Women, and the Center for Gender + Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School.

Please note: We had some difficulties with the audio recording for this video. Captions are available.

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