Free Them All: A Mass Commutations Convening
Event Information
Description
The Survived and Punished NYC Mass Commutation Organizing Campaign is working to pressure Governor Cuomo to commute the sentences of survivors of intimate partner violence and other racialized, gender-based violence who are in prison throughout New York State. Our goal is to have the governor commute survivors’ sentences by the end of 2018.
This event is a call to action to join the Mass Commutation Organizing Campaign. Agenda is below.
9:00-10:00 - Breakfast (provided)
10:00-12:00 - Panel featuring:
- Julia Shaw (Steps to End Family Violence and Survived & Punished NYC)
- Andrea Bible (Legal Aid)
- Andrea James (Families for Justice as Healing and National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls)
12:00-1:00 - Lunch (on your own in community)
1:00-2:00 - Keynote: Valerie Seeley interviewed by journalist Victoria Law
2:00-4:00 - Teach-ins
Light beverages will be provided throughout the day.
Organizer Survived and Punished
Organizer of Free Them All: A Mass Commutations Convening
Survived & Punished (S&P) is a coalition of defense campaigns and grassroots groups committed to eradicating the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence and the culture of violence that contributes to it. The all-volunteer organization includes community organizers, survivor advocates, legal experts, and policy advocates including currently and formerly incarcerated survivors.
The national S&P coalition is led by a core of organizers from the survivor defense campaigns, the national Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign and the California-based Stand With Nan-Hui campaign; the Chicago-based organization, Love and Protect (formerly the Chicago Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander); and the California Coalition for Women Prisoners. S&P also has two strong statewide team based in California and New York focused on freeing criminalized survivors from prisons and detention centers through organizing and policy advocacy in the state.