Category: Regional Events

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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Miami is Gearing Up for #NWAAIY2016

May 11, 2016

Miami, Florida with Miami Save the Kids and Dream Defenders and other groups are gearing up to say they are Against Incarcerating Youth. What are you all doing? Get involved now. It is not to late. Organize an action and send the date, time, location, and contact information to noyouthinprison@gmail.com
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Unity in the Community in Miami April 10, 2016

April 13, 2016

Miami Save the Kids and other organizations organized Unity in the Community April 10, 2016 to promote Black liberation and youth justice.
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Rest in Power Biggie March 9, 2016 Photos by Augsburg College Save the Kids

March 10, 2016

Rest in Power Biggie March 9, 2016 Photos by Augsburg College Save the Kids.
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Durango Save the Kids with Black Student Union, and Students at Fort Lewis College Organized a Vigil for Malcolm X February 21, 2016

March 10, 2016

Durango Save the Kids with Black Student Union, and Students at Fort Lewis College Organized a Vigil for Malcolm X February 21, 2016.
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Durango Save the Kids on February 26, 2016 Organized a Vigil with Fort Lewis College Students for Trayvon Martin

March 10, 2016

Durango Save the Kids on February 26, 2016 Organized a Vigil with Fort Lewis College Students for Trayvon Martin. Click here for media coverage of the event.
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Leonard Peltier Forum Co-organized by Durango Save the Kids February 27, 2016

March 10, 2016

On February 27, 2016 Durango Save the Kids, Sociology Club and Criminology Club at Fort Lewis College, Dirty hands Collective, and Durango Prisoner Letter Writing hosted a film showing and panel on freeing political prisoner Leonard Peltier.
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Protest Against Renovation of Youth Jail by Seattle Save the Kids on March 8, 2016

March 10, 2016

Today, on International Womyn’s Day, Seattle Save the Kids, in solidarity with several other local groups, participated in a protest against the city of Seattle spending $210 million on renovating the youth jail. We believe that investing that type of money in education and community based solutions to the issues that prevent students from being…
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Protest Confederate Flag Ride by Durango Save the Kids on March 5, 2016

March 10, 2016

Over eighty people organized with a number of organizations including Durango Save the Kids to protest against a ride with confederate flags from Durango, Colorado to Pagosa, Colorado on March 5, 2016. Durango Herald covered the protest click here for the report.
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Confront white supremacy, racism, and hate in Durango and Pagosa

March 5, 2016

ACTION ALERT! SOLIDARITY NEEDED! Join us to confront and stop the Confederate flag ride planned Saturday from Durango, Colorado to Pagosa Springs, Colorado! (www.durangoherald.com/article/20160303/NEWS01/160309857/Confederate-flag-ride-planned-Saturday-from-Durango-to-Pagosa-Springs) We’re calling on anti-racists, social justice activists, anti-fascists, and wonderful people for inclusion everywhere to converge on Durango, Colorado THIS SATURDAY to disrupt and put a stop to this event. Durango…
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Call for Presentations – 1st Annual Anarchism, Crime, and Justice Conference

January 28, 2016

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS 1st Annual Anarchism, Crime, and Justice Conference at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, USA THEME: Prison Abolition, Transformative Justice, and Fighting Repression March 26 and 27, 2016 ____________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION Activists and scholars working within the realm of challenging the current punitive criminal justice system are welcome to submit for the 1st…
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Durango, Colorado Prisoner Letter Writing

November 16, 2015

Durango Save the Kids starts on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month at 5pm to 6:30pm in Reed Library 016 with the Sociology Club at Fort Lewis College prisoner letter writing. Everyone is invited to join the letter writing. For more information contact: Anthony Nocella ajnocella@fortlewis.edu
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Nov 15 – Let the Woman Speak: Sexism, Misogyny, and Hip Hop – Minneapolis, MN

November 16, 2015

Let the Woman Speak: Sexism, Misogyny, and Hip Hop 5:30pm to 7:30pm The Common Table 2001 Riverside Ave, Minneapolis (free, open to the public, family friendly, all ages, and accessible) In the words of Raquel Cepeda, Hip Hop is “storytelling” that allows us to “roam this breathtaking planet.” It is “this thing we love that…
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