Intro to LGBT Prison Abolition: Workshop and Resource Mailout

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Visiting members of the Prisoner Correspondence Project invite you to come participate in this two part workshop that will give context on the current state of the prison industrial complex and seek out concrete ways of resisting from outside.

The first part of this workshop will consist of a brief (30-40 min) introduction to the topic, outlining the specific issues facing queer and trans people in prison, highlight the widespread difficulties of isolation, mailroom censorship, and sexual surveillance they face, and share strategies and experiences from inside and outside members organizing in solidarity and toward prison abolition.

The second part will be a hands on component where participants willinteract directly with our inside members by sending them requested resources that will be on hand and respond to letters and queries.

+++All are welcome – no prior knowledge of prison activism/abolition required+++ FREE (Accepting donations to cover mail and print costs)

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**The Prisoner Correspondence Project is a Montreal-based solidarity project for gay, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, gendervariant, two-spirit, intersex, bisexual and queer prisoners in Canada and the United States, linking them with people a part of these same communities outside of prison. **

This event is taking place on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

Accessibility details:
-Entrance and interior space are ground floor, no stairs
-Bathroom is not gendered
-Front door: 42″ wide, handle height 39.5″, door swings out to the street
-1st doorway into back space: 34.75″ wide, no door
-2nd doorway into further-back back space: 34.5″ wide, no door
-Bathroom door: 29″ wide, handle height 36″, door swings into bathroom
-Space between bathroom door to toilet: 42″
-Space between toilet edge and opposite wall: 35″
-Toilet height: 14″
-Sink height: 31″
-Dimensions of bathroom: 60″x59.5″

To get to Spartacus:
Take the #20 going N or S on Commercial/Victoria Dr. to the intersection of Commercial & 18th, walk a quarter block NE on Findlay St.

Or, take the SkyTrain, #99, #9 or other routes to Commercial/Broadway, walk 8-10 minutes S on Commercial Dr. to 18th, then a quarter block NE on Findlay St.