ACTIONS & NEXT STEPS

TO SUPPORT PENAL ABOLITION ON THE PRAIRIES

DONATE TO ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO PENAL ABOLITION, ABOLITION-RELATED, AND ANTI-POLICE VIOLENCE WORK

• FREE LANDS FREE PEOPLES PRAIRIE PRISONER SUPPORT FUND
• ABOLITION COALITION
• LEGAL SUPPORT FUNDS (NATION-WIDE)
• BLACK LIVES MATTER (LOCAL CHAPTERS)

SASKATCHEWAN

• SASKATOON COORDINATING COMMITTEE AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE

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DONATE

ALBERTA:

• MIGRANTE ALBERTA
• RARICA
• SHADES OF COLOUR
• BEAVER HILL WARRIORS
• BLACK WOMEN UNITED
• I-HUMAN
• BLACK LIVES MATTER YEG

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DONATE

MANITOBA:

• QPOC WINNIPEG
• DRAG THE RED
• WINNIPEG POLICE CAUSE HARM
• JUSTICE 4 BLACK LIVES
• IKWE SAFE RIDES

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EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE HISTORY &FUNCTION OF PRISONS & POLICING

• DON’T LEAVE YOUR FRIENDS BEHIND: CONCRETE WAYS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES IN SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS AND COMMUNITIES EDITED BY VICTORIA LAW AND CHINA MARTENS
• REVOLUTIONARY MOTHERING: LOVE ON THE FRONT LINES EDITED BY ALEXIS PAULINE GUMBS, CHINA MRTENS, MAI’A WILLIAMS
• CARCERAL CAPITALISM BY JACKIE WANG
• AS WE HAVE ALWAY DONE: INDIGENOUS FREEDOM THROUGH RADICAL RESISTANCE BY LEANNE SIMPSON

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EDUCATE YOURSELF

• ARE PRISONS OBSOLETE? BY ANGELA DAVIS
• COLOR OF VIOLENCE: THE INCITE! ANTHOLOGY EDITED BY INCITE! WOMEN OF COLOR AGAINST VIOLENCE
• POLICING BLACK LIVES: STATE VIOLENCE IN CANADA FROM SLAVERY TO THE PRESENT BY ROBYN MAYNARD
• I HOPE WE CHOOSE LOVE: A TRANS GIRL’S NOTES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD BY KAI CHENG THOM
• BEYOND SURVIVAL EDITED BY LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA and EJERIS DIXON

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OTHER RESOURCES

• ABOLITION IN CANADA SYLLABUS: https://www.noprisons.ca/abolition-syllabus
• EDMONTON ANTI-BLACK RACISM TOOLKIT BY BASHIR MOHAMMAD: https://www.bashirmohamed.com/blog/2020/6/2/edmontontoolkit
• EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WRITING TO PRISONERS: https://itsgoingdown.org/bloc-party-writing-to-prisoners/
• RESOURCE GUIDE TO PRISONS, POLICING, AND PUNISHMENT: https://medium.com/@micahherskind/resource-guide-prisons-policing-and-punishment-effb5e0f6620

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EDUCATE YOURSELF ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRISON REFORM AND PRISON ABOLITION

• ABOLITIONIST TOOLKIT FROM CRITICAL RESISTANCE
• RESOURCES FROM 8TOABOLITION

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JOIN LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN SOLIDARITY WITH PRISONERS AND FAMILIES

• IF YOU ARE IN WINNIPEG, COME OUT TO THE JUSTICE FOR EISHA HUDSON RALLY TOMORROW AT 6PM AT THE LEDGE
• JOIN BAR NONE T0 BE A RIDESHARE PROGRAM DRIVER (MB)
• JOIN PRISON LIBRARIES COMMITTEE TO HELP BRING BOOKS INSIDE (MB)
• JOIN INMATES FOR HUMANE CONDITIONS AND ADVOCATE FOR PRISONERS IN SK. CONTACT: carly.romanow@pblsask.ca
• FOLLOW @JUSTICE4BLACKLIVESWINNIPEG ON INSTAGRAM

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BECOME PEN PALS WITH A PRISONER

• WRITE TO AN INCARCERATED FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER
• JOIN THE PRISONER CORRESPONDENCE PROJECT

VOLUNTEER WITH IN-REACH PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAMS

• CONNECT WITH THE INSPIRED MINDS: ALL NATIONS CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM IN SK AND AB

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BUILD NETWORKS THAT PROVIDE SAFETY

• GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS
• TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING
• TAKE DE-ESCALATION TRAINING
• KNOW AND UTILIZE ALTERNATIVES TO POLICING
• DEVELOP ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES FOR DE-ESCALATION AND COLLECTIVE PEACEBUILDING

BUILD NETWORKS THAT PROVIDE SAFETY (RESOURCES)

• PT’ CHANG NONVIOLENT COMMUNITY SAFETY GROUP (AUSTRALIA)
• ABORIGINAL YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES (MB)
• BAR NONE (MB) OFFERS WORKSHOPS ON ALTERNATIVES TO CALLING THE POLICE

PRACTICE TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE & BUILD HARM REDUCTION PRACTICES

• BAY AREA TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE COALITION (US)
• I-HUMAN YOUTH SOCIETY (AB)
• AIDS SASKATOON (SK)
• MANITOBA HARM REDUCTION NETWORK (MB)
• SUNSHINE HOUSE (MB)
• METIS CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES (MB)

RESIST PUNISHMENT AND PUNITIVE LOGICS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

• RE-ORIENT RELATIONSHIPS TO CENTER HARMONY AND OTHERS’ PERSONAL DIGNITY
• PRIORITIZE CONFLICT RESOLUTION OVER PUNISHMENT
• HOW WE RAISE OUR CHILDREN, INTERACT WITH FRIENDS AND STRANGERS, ADDRESS CONFLICT, ORGANIZE OUR CLASSROOMS, ETC. ALL PLAY A ROLE IN BUILDING AN ABOLITIONIST FUTURE

RESIST SMALL-SCALE REFORMS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH POLICE

• SHRINK POLICE INFLUENCE BY SEEKING OUT ALTERNATIVE TOOLS FOR CONFLICT DE-ESCALATION AND RESOLUTION
• DEMAND YOUR WORKPLACE, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY LEAGUE SEVER TIES WITH POLICE
• DO NOT ALLOW POLICE INTO YOUR SPACES, PROTESTS, RALLIES, OR PARADES
• DEMAND THAT YOUR CITY DEFUND THE POLICE AND PRISONS!