You can join the next 2 sessions of the Queer (In)Justice reading group by registering here: form.jotform.com/261556168236058 All 3 authors, plus special guests, will be there! Whether you want to revisit this important book, or you've never read it before, you don't want to miss out.

Are you working on anti-criminalization organizing campaigns and want advice or thought partnership? Are you looking for a sounding board for your strategy to interrupt criminalization, policing, & state violence? Reach out to our Resisting Criminalization Help Desk! bit.ly/ResistingCrimHelpDesk

Click here to learn more about the winners: www.interruptingcriminalization.com/stevie-wilso... A big thank you to the Mellon Foundation for funding this project!

Re-launching this year after its inaugural year in 2022, the residency is named after Stevie Wilson, a Black, queer, formerly incarcerated abolitionist writing, organizing, and building study groups and community in PA. His work explores the meanings of identity, belonging, freedom, and community.

This residency awards young artists (ages 16-24) directly impacted by criminalization, policing, or punishment with $2,500 grants to work on creative projects. The residency supports young artists with time and resources to make art on their own schedule!

We are thrilled to announce the selection of 14 young artists for the 2026 Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency! 🧵

NYC! This Saturday! IC cofounder Mariame Kaba & abolitionist organizer/educator Neta Bomani will explore how they used archival records to highlight moments from the life of Joan Bird, revolutionary freedom fighter. Register at: bit.ly/FragmentedEncounters 📍 NYC 🗓️ Saturday, July 11 🕰️ 4pm

#ReparationsWON is an amazing testament to the power of organizing, & should serve as an inspiration for reparations from other law (including immigration!) enforcement moving forward.

Are you an... ✊🏾organizer 📢communicator 🖊media maker or 📰journalist? Do you need tips on... 🗣️talking to media 📝grantwriting for media projects ⛓️‍💥abolitionist framing/messaging 💬pitching stories? Check out our Abolition Media Office Hours! Make an appt here: bit.ly/ICabolitionmediaconsult FREE!

Zines are a way for marginalized voices to publish outside of traditional media gatekeepers, share tools for grassroots organizing & political education, & build community & solidarity outside of corporate platforms! Check out our zines, on a variety of topics, at bit.ly/ICzines!

SATURDAY IN NYC! Neta Bomani, an abolitionist organizer/educator, & IC cofounder Mariame Kaba will explore how they engaged archival records to illuminate moments from the life of revolutionary freedom fighter & revolutionary Joan Bird. 📍 NYC 🗓️ Saturday, July 11 🕰️ 4pm ✍️ bit.ly/FragmentedEncounters

If this pisses you off, check out our virtual workshop series, Building Your Abolitionist Toolbox: Everyday Resources for a Punishment-Free World at bit.ly/abolitionist-toolbox

IC cofounder Mariame Kaba & abolitionist organizer/educator Neta Bomani will explore how they engaged archival records to illuminate moments from the life of freedom fighter & revolutionary Joan Bird. Come through! 📍 NYC 🗓️ Saturday, July 11 🕰️ 4pm ✍️ bit.ly/FragmentedEncounters

As we end Pride month, let’s reflect: We celebrate 🏳️‍🌈 Pride in June because of the Stonewall uprising, where Black & brown trans women fought back against police repression. Here's a selection of photos from Pride events over the years, by IC friend Sarah-Ji/Love & Struggle Photos! Happy Pride!

The latest This Month In Criminalization is out! You can learn ways to reduce your risk as an organizer, & how to support: trans folks, organizers being targeted, hunger strikers at ICE detention camps, campaigns related to the World Cup, abortion care, & more. Click here: bit.ly/TMIC626

CALLING ALL HEALTH CARE WORKERS! On WEDNESDAY, join a FREE one-hour webinar on how to discuss ICE/police/etc. in a way that pushes back on criminalization. 🕰️12-1pm ET/11-12pm CT/10-11am MT/9-10am PT 🗓️July 1 📍Zoom Register here: bit.ly/IC-DBAC-HCW-Zoom

🏳️‍🌈 This Pride month & always, remember the T in LGBTQ. Our guide connects criminalization of gender-affirming care to wider policing & punishment, & how to fight back. ➡️ bit.ly/ICtransyouth When trans people are targeted, it reinforces systems that harm us all. 🏳️‍⚧️Trans rights are human rights!🏳️‍⚧️

Monday is the last day to register for this amazing study group on the book Radical Unlearning: the Art & Science of Creating Change From Within, with author (& IC Journalism Fellow) Lewis Raven Wallace! Click here: form.jotform.com/interruptcrim/radical-unlearning

June 26 is UN Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a good time to lift up Chicago Torture Justice Memorials’ #ReparationsWON. This struggle won historic reparations for police torture survivors. Co-organized by IC cofounder Mariame Kaba, it shows what imagination, organizing, & commitment can do!

Explore the interactive Abolitionist Map of NYC: Manahatta and its Surrounding Waters: abolitionistguide.nyc/map Using archival images, it maps incarceration & anti-carceral resistance from Dutch colonization to today — tracing early jails, prison expansion, & sites of rebellion.

📖 Read it before? Never read it? 🤷🏽 Either way, join the summer reading club! All 3 authors—Joey Mogul, @dreanyc123.bsky.social, & @kwhitlock.bsky.social—will be there, as well as special guests. 3️⃣ sessions (June 30, July 30, Aug 31) ⏰ 7-9 pm ET / 4-6 PT 💻 on Zoom ➡️ Register here: bit.ly/IC-QIJ

Lots of groups, including us, will be at The Warehouse Community Fair THIS SATURDAY. This immersive exhibit is 24 paintings that examine survival & resistance within prison walls, & what the abolition of prisons could look like in practice. Come check it out before it's gone!

NYC COME THROUGH! Saturday is the closing of the immersive abolitionist exhibit The Warehouse in Brooklyn. You simply must check it out before it's gone! More info: thewarehousenyc.com

Register quickly for the Radical Unlearning & Queer (In)Justice reading groups (see post below) if you're interested! PLUS, just added, for healthcare workers: 🚫👮Don't Be a Copagandist 🗓️July 1 🕰️12-1pm ET/11-12pm CT/10-11am MT/9-10am PT Register here: bit.ly/IC-DBAC-HCW-Zoom

🥵HOT 🏳️‍🌈QUEER ✊RESISTANCE 🏖️SUMMER 📖READING 👥👥GROUP for the book Queer (In)Justice! Featuring the book's authors & their special guests! JOIN TODAY! Once a month for 3 sessions, starts June 30th. form.jotform.com/261556168236...

Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the US. We lift up all who fought for slavery abolition, & honor them by continuing to work to dismantle all carceral systems & spaces. To learn how to get more involved: interruptingcriminalization.com/resources

This Saturday in NYC's West Village! 2:30pm Facilitated by our cofounder Mariame Kaba—Black Study in Action: Education for Liberation. A reflection on how liberatory education & Black studies contribute to community building & help shape our shared futures. www.cara-nyc.org/program/even...

Check out this webinar on Thursday from our friends at Black Alliance for Just Immigration! You can register here: bit.ly/BEYONDTHESYSTEM

🏳️‍🌈 This Pride month & always, remember the T in LGBTQ. 🏳️‍⚧️ From laws restricting care to messages denying their right to exist, trans youth are under attack. They deserve love & support. There is no Pride without trans people; attacks on them harm everyone. 🏳️‍⚧️TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS🏳️‍⚧️

Upcoming virtual events! 🧵 If you're a journalist or other media maker, join this 2-hour session where we'll think through & skill-share ways of keeping our communities & sources safer when reporting. June 18th at 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT. Register: bit.ly/JournalistsMeetupReg