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Spoke with Karrie Auger of the Indigenous-led prison abolitionist organization Free Lands Free Peoples for @CDN_Dimension about their prisoner support fundraising during COVID-19, colonialism & incarceration, and fighting for abolition across the Prairies. https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/fighting-for-prison-abolition-across-the-prairies-an-interview-with-free-lands-free-peoples-organizer-karrie-auger
Here is a link to the Prairie Province Prisoner Support Fund, which has now raised almost $25,000 for recently released prisoners, those still inside, and the families of people still incarcerated in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. https://ca.gofundme.com/f/prairie-province-prisoner-support-fund
Tomorrow night, Free Lands Free Peoples is collabing with @BarNoneWpg, members of Manitoba’s Prison Library Committee, and abolitionists from Saskatchewan for an online fundraiser.
It's also serving as the launch of the Saskatchewan-Manitoba-Alberta Abolition Coalition (SMAAC).
It's also serving as the launch of the Saskatchewan-Manitoba-Alberta Abolition Coalition (SMAAC).
And here's an awesome thread by another organizer of Free Lands Free Peoples about the case for police and prison abolition on the Prairies! https://mobile.twitter.com/NVanStyvendale/status/1272960853281669120
