Category: Annual Events

2017 2nd Annual Transformative Justice, Prison Abolition, and Anarchist Criminology Conference

January 5, 2017

2017 2nd Annual Transformative Justice, Prison Abolition and Anarchist Criminology Conference March 25 and 26, 2017 Senate Chambers, Student Union Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, USA Free and Open to the Public _________________________________________________ SCHEDULE March 25, 2017 – Saturday Every presentation presented by each individual should be approximately 15 to 20 minutes long. 10:00am to…
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2017 5th Annual National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth

January 5, 2017

We are looking for groups and individuals around the United States to organize events. During the 2017 5th Annual National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth organizations, groups, collectives, mosques, synagogue, community centers, bookstores, schools, clubs, churches, recreation centers, and temples, are organizing in their communities around the country daily events during the week aimed…
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Oct 20, 2016 End School Pushout in Durango, Colorado

November 6, 2016

Community members, students, and teachers came out and organized a rally in front of Durango High School with a graduate rate of about 75% according to Durango Herald to end SROs in Durango High School because they are obviously not needed and to replace them with counselors. Durango High School also needs to do much…
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Albuquerque, NM Protest for Counselors Not Cops

November 6, 2016

Durango Save the Kids and many organizations aided in organizing a rally and march/roll for counselors not cops in Albuquerque, NM on the week of the National Week of Action Against School Pushout organized by Dignity in Schools. Below are pictures from the rally.
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Don’t Push Us Out! Buffalo Save the Kids Event

November 6, 2016

Don’t Push Us Out! organized by a number of groups including Buffalo Save the Kids was a huge success with many diverse attendees at the local social justice bookstore Burning Books. Below are a number of pictures from the event, which was held during the National Week of Action Against School Pushout organized by Dignity…
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Oct 15-23, 2016 – National Week of Action Against School Pushout

October 2, 2016

Oct 15-23, 2016 – National Week of Action Against School Pushout Save the Kids again is joining Dignity in Schools and 100s of other organizations in asking our volunteers, chapters and friends to take the streets and do at least one action (teach-in, lecture, workshop, conference, tabling, rally, protest, march/roll, film screening, sit-in, walkout, and…
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National Book Release “This Place is Hell” In Minneapolis June 24 2016

June 22, 2016

There are two events this Friday, June 24, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA for the national book release of “This Place is Hell” a book in the Poetry Behind the Walls book series a project of Save the Kids a national grass-roots fully-volunteer organization working to create alternatives to and the end of the school…
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May 18 Sistas & Brothas United in Bronx New York Organize Rally

May 22, 2016

May 18 Sistas & Brothas United in Bronx New York Organize Rally. Our co-sponsor of the #NWAAIY2016 #NoYouthInPrison2016 are hitting the streets this week! Yesterday, youth leaders and allies of our member organization Sistas & Brothas United (SBU) of the Bronx rallied to demand that the City Council put $5 million toward implementing restorative justice…
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May 21 Albuquerque New Mexico Rally Against Incarcerating Youth

May 22, 2016

This was an amazing rally in front of the Juvenile Detention Facility and Courthouse with so many organizations from the region including Albuquerque Peace and Justice Center, Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, The FreeSpook Movement, October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality- Albuquerque, and Burque Media Productions. There was over 10 speakers that included Hip Hop…
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May 21 in Chicago Black Panther Cubs organize free Book, Clothes, and Food gathering

May 22, 2016

In the Garden at 51st & Calumet with Elle Williams Daphne Jackson & Black Panther Cubs & ‪#‎ourstorychi‬ join us next time grab some free clothes, food, books, herbs. Post the beautiful too.
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May 19 2016 F.I.R.S.T. Contractors in Virginia Promote the #NWAAIY2016

May 22, 2016

May 19 2016 F.I.R.S.T. Contractors in Virginia Promote the #NWAAIY2016 by holding signs in their office.
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Durango May 15 No Youth In Prison Protest

May 16, 2016

On Sunday May 15, 2016 Durango Save the Kids along with students at Fort Lewis College organized a rally to promote alternatives to incarceration of youth. The banners were on each corner of the street and read “End Racism,” “Education Not Incarceration,” “End Zero Tolerance,” and “No Youth In Prison.” On
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2nd Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference

March 7, 2016

2nd Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference September 24-25, 2016 Vallecito Room, Student Union Fort Lewis College www.fortlewis.edu Durango, Colorado, USA #IHHAC2016 #HipHopActivismConference2016 Fly into Durango, Colorado Airport Hotel Discount at Durango Downtown Inn mention you are attending this conference. It should be $99.00 a night. _______________________________ PDF 2016 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE CLICK HERE _______________________________ With…
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