Event Calendar
A calendar of events focused on reimagining public safety, developing alternatives to police, anti-racism, and social justice.
These events are compiled from publicly available information and submissions, and are not associated with dontcallthepolice.com.
Please note! All events are listed at the time local to the organizer – please check time zones.
Meeting every other Sunday (2nd and 4th Sunday in a month starting 11/29), join Sunrise Movement Providence to read and discuss writings on race, social economics, and what it means to be anti-racist and anti-bias. “These conversations will cultivate insight both individually and as a community so that we can organize in a more equitable…
Meeting every other Sunday (2nd and 4th Sunday in a month starting 11/29), join Sunrise Movement Providence to read and discuss writings on race, social economics, and what it means to be anti-racist and anti-bias. “These conversations will cultivate insight both individually and as a community so that we can organize in a more equitable…
For the next Visualizing Abolition event, Joanne Barker, Maria Gaspar, and Kelly Lytle Hernández join us to discuss the histories and present struggles that disappear within the labyrinthian network of prisons, jails, and detention centers in the United States. Together, these influential artist and historians will talk about what is made visible when the settler…
Beth Richie, University of Illinois, Chicago, Erica Meiners, Northeastern Illinois University, and Soyna Clark, Amherst College, Western Massachusetts, join us for a conversation on feminist―queer, anti-capitalist, grassroots, and women of color— organizing and abolition for the next Visualizing Abolition event. Abolitionist Feminisms w/ Beth Ritchie, Erica Meiners, and Sonya Clark February 23, 2021, 4-5:30 p.m. Online…
Free to attend; registration required to receive Zoom webinar attendance link While more people are incarcerated in the United States than in any other nation in the history of the western world, the prison is but one (comparatively) small part of a vast carceral landscape. The 600,000 people released each year join nearly 5 million…
Educators from the Chicago Public School system who are working to build safer and stronger classrooms and communities without policing. About this Event We invite you to participate in a zoom discussion on Thursday, January 28th 4:30 - 6:00 PM: Educators Reimagining School Safety Beyond Police. This event is being coordinated by the Chicago Teachers…
How has intergenerational trauma contributed to the mass incarceration of Black and Non-Black People of Color? About this Event This is the first of a three part series on the experiences of incarcerated folks and their families. Part 2 here and Part 3 here. How has intergenerational trauma contributed to the mass incarceration of Black and Non-Black People…
Why are Black people nearly 3 times less likely to be granted parole on average? About this Event This is the second of a three part series on the experiences of incarcerated folks and their families. Part 1 here and Part 3 here. Why are Black people nearly 3 times less likely to be granted parole on average?…
An online reading group for learning and thinking about prison abolition About this Event Not sure what prison abolition is? Wondering if it’s a good idea? Or how it connects to ideas of social justice? Recently, there are been a huge uptake in interest in abolitionist ideas. More and more people are questioning whether prisons…
Visualizing Abolition, the year-long program featuring artists, activists, scholars, and others united by their commitment to the vital struggle for prison abolition, concludes with a conversation on strategies, activism, and liberatory futures with Sora Han, adrienne maree brown and Savannah Shange. Futures w/ Sora Han, adrienne maree brown and Savannah Shange May 11, 2021, 4-5:30 p.m. Online…
Why should folks convicted of violent crimes come home? About this Event This is the third of a three part series on the experiences of incarcerated folks and their families.. Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Why should folks convicted of violent crimes come home? 76% of people incarcerated in California were convicted of violent crimes, and…
Join the International Wrongful Conviction Day Committee for an interactive discussion of police accountability and wrongful convictions. About this event Who Are We? October 2nd is an internationally observed day to celebrate and raise awareness for innocent individuals who have been wrongfully convicted. Recognizing the hardship of those who are exonerated and of those who…
To submit your event, please send the event name, description, instructions for registration and/or attendance, the organizer’s name, and organizer’s website to: calendar@dontcallthepolice.com
