#SURVIVEDANDPUNISHED: Building Radical Coalitions to End The Criminalization Of Survivors
10.24.2015 | 3:00 – 7:00 PM | 10 Evans Hall
In 2006, a group of seven young Black lesbians were violently attacked in Greenwich Village by a man who shouted threats to sexually assault them, spat on one of the women, got on top of her and choked her. The women defended themselves and managed to get away, but they were stopped by local police, arrested, prosecuted, and four of the women were sent to prison, forever changing the course of their lives. The case sparked a grassroots movement to free the New Jersey 4.
Join us for a screening of the award-winning film documenting their experience, Out in the Night(link is external), and a discussion with Renata Hill, one of the New Jersey 4.
Afterwards, participate in a community strategy session with local organizers to plan the end of criminalizing domestic and sexual violence survivors. The survival actions of so many survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence have been criminalized by the state. Some survivors are still in prison or on parole, some are languishing in immigration detention, some are confined to their homes, and some live with the threat of incarceration or deportation at any moment. Some did not make it out of prison alive. Join us for a powerful film, powerful speakers, and strategic conversations to map out where we go from here.
3:00 – 5:00 PM
Out in the Night(link is external) film screening + Q& A with Renata Hill, New Jersey 4
5:00 – 6:15 PM
Radical Coalitions Panel with
- Alisa Bierria (Free Marissa Now, Center for Race Gender)
- Hyejin Shim (Stand With Nan-Hui)
- Isa Noyola (Transgender Law Center)
- Janetta Johnson (TGI Justice)
- Kelly Savage (California Coalition for Women Prisoners)
- Windy Click (California Coalition for Women Prisoners)
6:15 – 7:00 PM
Strategy Session
#survivedandpunished #wheredowego
http://www.survivedandpunished.org/(link is external)
Organized by the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Free Marissa Now, Stand with Nan-Hui, and the Center for Race & Gender. Co-sponsored by: LGBTQ Cluster of HIFIS, UC Berkeley Confidential CARE Advocates, Communities United Against Violence, Asian Women's Shelter, Riley Center - Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence.