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6900 N Glenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60626

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Exhibitions & Performances
Dec 10, 2020
December 10, 2020

Carving Out Rights from Inside the Prison Industrial Complex

Join us on International Human Rights Day to celebrate Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project’s forthcoming book, Carving Out Rights From Inside the Prison Industrial Complex (Hat & Beard, 2021), and launch AFSC’s #FreeThemAll December Days of Action for the mass release of those in prisons, jails, and detention centers.

Carving Out Rights from Inside the Prison Industrial Complex

Music by Damon Locks, and featured poets including Tara Betts and Eric Blackmon, and panel discussion on human rights, abolition and mass incarceration, as well as brilliantly crafted prints developed by artists incarcerated at Stateville prison. See images from the book on exhibition in the PO Box windows at 6900 N. Glenwood!

Inside prisons across the U.S., incarcerated people struggle everyday for their basic rights, claiming again and again their status as human beings. This reality is even more pronounced during a global pandemic when those inside are denied basic PPE, healthcare and safety.

Learn more about the Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project’s work with artists who are incarcerated at Stateville prison to discuss the limits and ideals of human rights within a carceral state, and AFSC’s week of action.

Co-sponsored by American Friends Service Commitee, Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project, Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative, Hat & Beard Press, PO Box Collective.

https://www.afsc.org/freethemall

 

 

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PO BOX Collective

Is a creative collective & intergenerational social practice center dedicated to building Rogers Park community through radical art making, mutual aid & programming.


Embraces a horizontal organization model that centers marginalized voices while fostering mutual growth & healing.


Intentionally works to counter systemic oppression, while building up positive alternatives outside of those systems and structures.


Is committed to never requiring payment in exchange for programming associated with our collective.


Does not endorse any political candidates, nor do we host political events, such as fundraisers.