Sunday, July 22, 2012

Transformative Justice 101: Confronting Interpersonal and Community Violence without the Cops or the Courts


Saturday, August 11
2110 Centre, 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Suite 404
1:00pm-5:00pm
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/364754366931379/

Life After Life is a community based, intergenerational collective run mutually by girls, women, queer, transgender, and feminists dedicated to de-criminalization and de-incarceration.

In this 4-hour workshop, held in conjunction with The Week Against Prisons (Aug. 7th-11th) our collective will run an interactive workshop on how to apply transformative justice principles to a series of challenging scenarios depicting everyday forms of interpersonal, institutional, and state violence. We will follow with a facilitated creative response workshop, suggesting that participants may submit final pieces for consideration to the Life After Life resource guide for currently and formerly incarcerated people. Snacks and drinks will be provided. The workshop will be held in English.

7 août/August 7th: Life After Life Film Screening & Discussion: Women and the Criminal Punishment System



Tuesday, August 7
Film Screening and Discussion about Girls and Women in Prison
2110 Centre, 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Suite 404
7:30pm-9:30pm
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/165374010263786/

The Life After Life Collective will be screening one award-winning, feature-length film and a short documentary in conjunction with the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy's annual "Summer Night Film Screenings" and in coalition with the Week Against Prison (Aug. 7-11th).

Film screening of black lesbian writer-director Cheryl Dunye's feature-length film Stranger Inside (2001) centers on a mother daughter reunion set in the harsh reality of a women's correctional facility. The short documentary "Unlocking the Gates (2012)" focuses on Aboriginal women's struggle with the revolving door of criminalization and incarceration in Canada. Both screenings will be followed by a facilitated discussion led by the Life After Life Collective. The first movie will be viewed w/French subtitles and French whisper translation will be available during the discussion.



mardi 7 août 2012
Projection du film et discussions sur les filles et les femmes en prison
Centre 2110, 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Suite 404
19h30-21h30
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/165374010263786/

Description: Projection du film ''Stranger Inside (2001)'' (sous-titres en français) et du documentaire ''Unlocking the Gates (2012)'', suivie d'un discussion animée par le collectif *Life after Life, *un groupe d'action du centre 2110 engagé à la désincarcération et décriminalisation des filles, des femmes, et des personnes transgenres. Le premier film porte sur les femmes queer et ''of colour'' qui sont incarcerées dans une prison aux États-Unis, et le documentaire s'intéresse aux luttes des femmes autochtones et au principe des portes tournantes dans les prisons du Canada. Les deux font partis des projections de films annuel du Centre 2110 ''Nuit d'Été''. Il y aura de la traduction chuchotée vers le français durant la discussion.

August 8th: Inside/Out: Celebrating the Life and Work of Marilyn Buck



Wednesday, August 8, 6pm-8pm
Casa del Popolo, 4873 Boul. St-Laurent
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/394752210574434/

Marilyn Buck was an anti-imperialist, a feminist, an artist and a revolutionary, who spent almost half of her life in prison as a result of her participation in revolutionary armed movements in the united states. Amongst other things, she was convicted of helping to break Assata Shakur out of prison.

While incarcerated Marilyn developed uterine cancer; she was released on July 15, 2010, and died just weeks later, on August 3.

Join us now for a celebration of Marilyn's life, and a book launch for Inside/Out, a recently published collection of her poems, with readings by local Montreal activists, and brief talks about Marilyn, about political prisoners, women in prison, and resistance worldwide.

To learn more about Marilyn, see http://www.kersplebedeb.com/mystuff/profiles/buck.html

This event is a part of Montreal`s Week Against Prisons, August 7-12; for more information, see http://contrelesprisons.blogspot.ca/

If you can't make it, but would still like to get a copy of Inside/Out, the book is available from leftwingbooks.net at https://secure.leftwingbooks.net/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1076

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Une Semaine Contre les Prisons!

La journée de justice pour les prisonniers et prisonnières visait à l'origine à commémorer la mort d'Eddie Nalon, mort au bout de son sang en isolement à la prison de Millhaven en Ontarion le 10 août 1974.

Pour le premier anniversaire de la mort d'Eddie, les prisonniers de Millhaven ont refusé de travailler et fait une journée de grève de la faim en plus d'une journée de commémoration, sachant que ça leur vaudrait un bon moment en isolation.

Le 21 mai 1976, un autre prisonnier, Robert Launders, est décédé dans la même unité d'isolement de Millhaven. Cette année là le 10 août des milliers de prisonniers à travers le Canada ont participé à une journée de grève de la faim, au même moment la journée de justice pour les prisonniers voyait le jour au Québec, en Ontario et en Colombie Britannique avec l'organisation d’événements communautaires.

Le 10 août 2012, ce sera la 37ième journée de justice pour les prisonniers et prisonnières. Ce jour là, à travers le Canada et le monde, des milliers de prisonniÈREs refuseront de travailler et ou de manger alors que des amiEs de l'extérieur, des membres de leurs familles et des alliéEs organiseront des événements de solidarité avec les personnes détenues afin d'attirer l'attention sur les conditions de détentions des prisons, des centres de détentions pour personnes migrantes et des centres de détention psychiatriques.

À Montréal, joignez vous à la SEMAINE CONTRE LES PRISONS, en participant aux activités publiques organisées par différents groupes qui se rassemblent pour se remémorer les absents et à soutenant les luttes dans le prisons ici et à travers le monde.

A Week Against Prisons!

Prisoners' Justice Day began to commemorate the death of Eddie Nalon, who bled to death in the segregation unit of Millhaven prison on August 10, 1974.

On the first anniversary of Eddie's death, prisoners at Millhaven refused to work, went on a one-day hunger strike and held a memorial service, even though doing so was guaranteed a stint in solitary confinement.

On May 21, 1976, another prisoner, Robert Landers, died in the segregation unit at Millhaven. That year on August 10, thousands of prisoners across Canada participated in a one-day hunger strike, while Prison Justice Day Committees were formed in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia to organize community events.

August 10, 2012, marks the 37th Prisoners Justice Day. On this day, prisoners across Canada and around the world will fast and refuse to work, while outside friends, family members, and supporters will hold events in solidarity with people inside, to call attention to the terrible conditions in prisons, as well as in other carceral spaces like immigration detention and psychiatric facilities.

In Montreal, join us for a week of activities, as our different movements and communities come together to remember the fallen and to stand in solidarity with the ongoing struggles of prisoners here and around the world.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

En 2011, ce blogue était établi pour fournir une espace où des personnes à Montréal pouvait discuter les grèves de la faim entreprises par des prisonnièr.e.s en Californie cet année.


En 2012, c'est devenu une espace pour donner des renseignements sur la Semaine Contre les Prisons qui est organisée à Montréal du 7 au 12 août, ainsi que d'autres activités contre les prisons.




In 2011, this blog was established to provide a space for people in Montreal to discuss the California prisoners hunger strikes that occurred that year.


In 2012, it has switched to publicize this year's Week Against Prisons in Montreal that is happening from August 7 to 12, and other local anti-prison organizing.