Category: Regional Events

Raise the Age New York Rally in Buffalo, New York

July 7, 2015

Raise the Age New York campaign is about juveniles being charged and convicted until the age of 18, instead of 16, which it is currently. The current result is 16 year olds being convicted, sentenced, and imprisoned as adults. Buffalo Save the Kids organized recently a rally to raise the age to 18.
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Probation Station Community Action Program Radio in Miami, Florida

July 7, 2015

Many are condemning what they are calling a new form of inhumane exploitation in the United States, where they say a prison population of up to 2 million – mostly Black and Hispanic are working for various industries for a very small amount of money. The prison industry complex is one of the fastest-growing industries…
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2015 Twin Cities STK National Week of Action Flyer

May 13, 2015

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Twin Cities STK Monthly Meeting

April 12, 2015

April Twin Cities Monthly Meeting 2-4:30pm@The Common Table, 2001 Riverside Ave. South Mpls MN Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1578081025773026/
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Twin Cities Hip Hop Against Locking Up Youth – March 28

March 29, 2015

Hip Hop Against Locking Up Youth Benefit Show Saturday, March 28 2015 7pm – 10pm Minnehaha Free Space 3747 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55406 Free, All-ages, childcare provided! Free will donations accepted for supporting Twin Cities Save the Kids work with incarcerated youth, such as getting hygiene and school supplies for youth being released from…
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Lecture Canisius College March 12 – Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline and the Rise of Hip Hop and Transformative Justice in the Era of Ferguson

March 7, 2015

Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline and the Rise of Hip Hop and Transformative Justice in the Era of Ferguson Lecture by: Dr. Anthony J. Nocella II March 12, 2015 7pm to 9pm Science Hall, Atrium Canisius College Buffalo, New York This presentation will speak about the growing surveilling, arresting, repressing, and incarcerating of youth…
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Reply from Delbert Orr Africa of MOVE 9

February 13, 2015

“LONG LIVE FREEDOM’S STRUGGLE! LONG STAND PHIL AFRICA’S REVOLUTIONARY EXAMPLE! ON THE MOVE!” Delbert sent us several tributes to Phil Africa, including a poem written by a fellow insider. LONG LIVE PHIL AFRICA!!
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Twin Cities Hip Hop Activism Roundtable Discussion

December 30, 2014

On December 28, 2014 from 12pm to 2pm at Augsburg College, Twin Cities Save the Kids reserved a room to host a roundtable discussion on the history, theory, elements, practices, and examples of Hip Hop activism. The meeting also discussed the logistics of the 1st Annual International Hip Hop Activism Conference that is planned for…
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Dec. 28, 2015 – Twin Cities Hip Hop Activism Discussion

December 28, 2014

Save the Kids Hip Hop Activism Roudtable Discussion Sunday December 28, 2014 Christensen Building Basement (near radio station) 12 to 1pm This discussion is going to be video-taped. This discussion will speak about the history and current Hip Hop activism Save the Kids engages in. This discussion will explain the history, definition, strategies, tactics, and…
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Twin Cities STK Dec. 19 – No More Prisons, No More Police Teach-in and Die-in

December 19, 2014

Click Here for the Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/422825337865719/
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Twin Cities Fred Hampton and Mark Clark Concert, Die-In, and Teach-In

December 18, 2014

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Buffalo, NY Fred Hampton Remembrance Event and Die-In

December 18, 2014

The Buffalo, NY Fred Hampton Remembrance Event and Die-In was excellent led by people of color and youth of color. The die-in was wonderful and empowered many youth. The key in this and all events Save the Kids organizes for the liberation of people of color is that they are led by people of color.
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Donate to Twin Cities Save the Kids for a Sound System

December 1, 2014

Raising $ for speakers so that the Twin Cities can hear our call for alternatives/ending incarceration for youth. Click here to donate: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1756373174/make-hip-hop-activism-loud-save-the-kids-tc Save the Kids (STK) is a fully-volunteer national grass-roots organization dedicated to alternatives to and the end of incarceration of all youth and the school to prison pipeline. One of STK’s grounding…
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