Today SRLP got a special visit from New Y0rk Times bestselling author Janet Mock, and activists CeCe McDonald and Rai’vyn Cross! It was the first time that Janet had ever met CeCe or Rai’vyn and our office was filled with their amazingness and power. Janet donated Redefining Realness to the…
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Watch Alisha Williams, CeCe McDonald and Laverne Cox on Democracy Now!
This morning SRLP’s Director of Prisoner Justice Alisha Williams joined CeCe McDonald, and Laverne Cox on Democracy Now! to talk about CeCe’s case and the work our communities are doing to end criminalization and create trans liberation! Watch below!
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Tomorrow on Democracy Now! Catch SRLP’s Alisha Williams, CeCe McDonald, Laverne Cox, and Katie Burgess
Tomorrow morning SRLP’s Director of Prisoner Justice Alisha Williams will join CeCe McDonald, Katie Burgess (Trans Youth Support Network) and Laverne Cox on Democracy Now! to talk about CeCe’s case and the work our communities are doing to end criminalization and create trans liberation! You can stream the program live…
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Success! Hey Shah Where’s The Love? Protest turns out community, NYS Senator Brad Hoylman
Yesterday’s protest at the NYS Department of Health office was an incredible success thanks to the support of community members, Trans Justice of the Audre Lorde Project, Make the Road, Trans Women of Color Coalition and Trans Latinas! Hundreds of people including NYS Senator Brad Hoylman joined the already thousands of…
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Legal Clinic Closed Due To Weather
Due to the very bad weather, we are closing the legal clinic today. Please come see us next week, February 27. We will be open from 1-5. Please arrive by 4:30. Debido al mal tiempo, estamos cerrando la clínica legal la actualidad. Por favor, vengan a vernos la semana que viene,…
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Failures of the criminal punishment system from a prisoner’s perspective
An incarcerated, transgender member of our Prisoner Advisory Committee thoroughly explains how the criminal punishment system – and other such institutions – fail to provide a fair and healthy environment for people to live in. << Previous entry | Return to blog | Next entry >> Warning: The…
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Prison officials stop at nothing to separate lovers in PAC
[hr]On Monday, Prince generally outlined the unsettling discrimination he faces as a gay male in prison. In this letter, he shares some specific incidents involving the mistreatment of himself and a lover by not only inmates, but also prison officials. [button link=”http://srlp.org/letter-from-inside-princes-introduction/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return…
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SRLP Featured in the Grassroots Fundraising Journal!
In this month’s Grassroots Fundraising Journal, Christa Orth offers tips and tools for building strong fundraising teams to collectively resource our movements. Christa interviews SRLP’s Avi Cummings on how our fundraising strategies align with our organizational approach to racial and economic justice. Fellow fundraisers, this article also includes an fun activity…
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Postponed: SRLP’s Reina Gossett on Democracy Now! Tuesday morning
Postponed: SRLP’s Reina Gossett will join CeCe McDonald, Katie Burgess (Executive Director of the Trans Youth Support Network in Minnesota), and Laverne Cox on Democracy Now! to talk about CeCe’s case and the work our communities are doing to end criminalization and create trans liberation! You can stream the program…
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Prison is unsafe for LGBT people – Testimony from a PAC Member
[hr] Prince, who identifies as a gay male, introduces himself and reminds us that incarcerated people who do not conform to traditional ideas about gender and sexuality face a particularly high risk of violence and discrimination. [button link=”http://srlp.org/letters-from-inside-to-srlp/” size=”small” color=”silver”]<< Previous entry[/button] [button link=”http://www.srlp.org/category/pac” size=”small” color=”silver”]Return to blog[/button] …