Critical Resistance Portland

📣 Join us for a critical discussion on the ongoing war on Palestine. Campaigns Director, Mohamed Shehk, will be joined by Dr. Angela Y Davis, Lara Kiswani (Executive Director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center ), Stefanie Fox (Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace ), and Nadine Naber (INCITE! Women of Color against Violence – National) to help us understand the situation on the ground in Palestine, how our organizations and people everywhere can mount effective resistance to the genocidal war against Palestinians, and how we can use abolitionist strategies such as dismantle-change-build, divest/invest & “defund,” and “shrink and starve” to do so.

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Aiming to contribute to fighting against war-making more broadly, this event will examine the relationship of the PIC with Israel’s apartheid and occupation of Palestine, why abolitionists must strongly mobilize in this time, and concrete strategies for how we can fight back.

In the last few weeks alone, the apartheid-state of Israel has killed over 6,000 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded nearly 18,000 while the conditions in the 16-year-long blockade continue to worsen for over 2 million Palestinians as the healthcare system in Gaza has completely collapsed. In only two weeks, Israel has doubled the number of imprisoned Palestinians, as the war has claimed 10,000 prisoners of war (POWs) by the Israeli Prison Services (IPS). Meanwhile, the US government has been giving $3.8 billion in military aid per year to Israel unconditionally, which has funded over 6,000 Israeli bombs dropped on Palestinians in only six days, almost as many bombs as the US dropped on Afghanistan in one year of war.
As abolitionists, we know our praxis requires that we both sharpen our analysis while contributing materially to those struggling in Gaza.
 
Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) is on the ground distributing humanitarian aid and relief to those in need in Gaza. This event will also be a fundraiser for
will be hosting the event.
*Closed Captioning & ASL Interpretation will be provided

Tomorrow at Peninsula Park 1-4PM! Join us for food, postcard writing, and to pick up the latest issue of the Abolitionist Newspaper! We’ll have plenty of food (vegan and non-vegan tacos)! Bringing a potluck dish to share is welcome, but not necessary. Can’t wait to see folks there!

Join us this Sunday, Sept. 17th for CRPDX’s 10th birthday! We’ll be hanging and celebrating at Peninsula Park from 1:00 - 4:00pm and hope to see you there! Stay tuned for more details. Contributions to the potluck are welcome but not required - we will have catering from Los Gorditos and beverages for you to enjoy. See you soon!

🎉 Join us for a CRPDX End-of-Summer Potluck! 🌞 📅 Sunday, Sept 17th at Peninsula Park 🕒 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm!

🌟 Celebrating 25 Years of Abolitionist Action! 🌟 And CRPDX's 10-Year Anniversary 🎂

Help us fight for ten more years of change! ✊ Let's envision a future free from the prison industrial complex together 🌍



Registration encouraged! Register here:
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Seating is limited - bring a chair or blanket!

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We have multiple opportunities for you to pick up postcards for our annual Prisoner Solidarity Holiday Postcard mailing this week, AND we have a special in person event at on December 20th!
You can pick up postcards: Dec. 9th 3-6pmat in St. Johns
Dec. 10th 2-5pm at .pdx in NE, and
Dec. 10th 3-5pm at in SE.
Come join us for an in person event at on Dec. 20th 3:30 - 8:30 pm. We will also have our monthly online event from 6-8:30pm on the 20th if you prefer!
Every year we send in postcards to all of our imprisoned subscribers to The Abolitionist Newspaper, as well as our chapter mail program's individual inside contacts. Join us to send meaningful notes to our comrades behind the walls and connect with our mail program!
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