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The session will also introduce practices and principles from transformative justice frameworks to better equip both adults and children in navigating conflict and harm.
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Participants will explore foundational questions, tools and exercises to challenge police propaganda (copaganda) and narratives that frame policing and prisons as safety-making.
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In Our Own Hands is for family members, caregivers, educators, guardians, organizers and all those interested in equipping little ones in our communities to better understand the role of prisons and policing in our society, and to imagine more just alternatives.
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dark purple background with titles in black text on bright purple and lime green banners. In blue-toned circles below is a photo of Rania, a Black woman with straight, long brown hair wearing a pink top and crown of white and pink roses. She is looking at the camera standing in front of windows. Diagonally left in a large green circle is her bio and the green, purple, and white bubbles on the right have the event information.
Join Rania El Mugammar on March 19th at 6 PM on Zoom for In Our Own Hands: Tools for Talking Transformative Justice and Abolition with Little Ones.
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Elene Lam is an activist, community organizer, educator, and human rights defender. She has devoted herself to defending the rights of and empowering marginalized communities: particularly sex workers, migrants, and precarious workers for over 20 years.
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She will share about the stigma, issues, and risks faced by migrant sex workers (e.g. targeting by police, conflation of sex work with human trafficking) and how folx transition from "we can't call the police" to "we don't have to call the police" to keep each other safe.
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dark purple background with titles in black text on bright purple and lime green banners. In blue-toned circles below is a photo of Elene, an Asian woman smiling at the camera wearing a knitted light blue hat and black coat in front of a snowy forest. Diagonally left in a large green circle is her biography and the green, purple, and white bubbles on the right have the event information.
Join us on Thursday, March 12th with Elene Lam of Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network) on Zoom at 6 PM.
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facilitator committed to healing and justice. Learn more at www.bloomworld.org ubuntuearth.org
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Join us on Thursday, March 5th on Zoom with Dr. Moyo Mutamba for a participatory workshop to build both the mindsets and skill sets needed to navigate interpersonal conflict with greater awareness, confidence, and care. Moyo is a therapist, mediator, and equity and conflict transformation
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The goal is to reflect the real, lived struggles facing different communities, in your own words and from your own work.
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Alt text: A poster with a light green to blue gradient background. Text reads, “Hamilton orgs! We want your 2025 literature!” There are illustrations of books beneath the text. Additional text reads, “please inform us of our community's struggles. We want to create a report about the state of Hamilton, sharing the unique challenges faced by different communities in our city. Send all of your 2025 literature to david@djno.ca.”
Our placement student, David, is gathering reports, zines, flyers, toolkits, statements, and research from community groups across Hamilton to help create a 2025 State of the City report.
Please share and send literature to david@djno.ca
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the first and only 2S IndigiQueer led organization in Waterloo Region. Amy is an instructor at the University of Waterloo in the BSW and MSW programs, where they teach about decolonization in social work. Amy is Istah to Skye and Jaci, and kin to many cuzzins and niblings.
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Amy Smoke (they/them) is Kanienkeha'ka, Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan, of the Six Nations of the Grand River. They are an Indigiqueer parent and one of the co-founders of Land Back Camp and are one of the co-directors of Willow River Centre,
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funding, and culture, and with grassroots folks to organize rallies, protests, social justice events, NIPD, MMIWG2S, and defunding the police. Amy will share in circle why they do the work, what brought them to this point, and what they see for Indigenous futurism.
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Amy brings a lived experience lens to the classroom, board rooms, and local governance structures where they work to advocate for restorative justice, communal care, and mutual aid. They stand in solidarity with the communities who have less access to space,
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Join us on Zoom on Thursday, February 26th at 6 PM to 8 PM with Amy Smoke! Registration link in bio. Amy speaks of police-free, helping spaces for Indigenous, Black, Racialized and Queer (GNC) community. Drawing from their own experiences in carceral and colonial systems,
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dark purple background with titles in black text on bright purple and lime green banners. In blue-toned circles below is a photo of Thaila, a mixed Black queer person with face and neck tattoos wearing a KN-95 mask and a long sleeved button-up. Their hair slicked back into a short curly ponytail and they are speaking into a microphone. Diagonally left in a large green circle is their bio and the green, purple, and white bubbles on the right have the event information.
Join Thaila Dixon of the Collective of Child Welfare Survivors on Friday, February 20th at 6 PM to 8 PM for a workshop on child welfare and family policing. Register via Linktree
@CollectiveOfCWS
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dark purple background with titles in black text on bright purple and lime green banners. In blue-toned circles below is a photo of Thalia, a mixed Black queer person with face and neck tattoos wearing a KN-95 mask and a long sleeved button-up. Their hair slicked back into a short curly ponytail and they are speaking into a microphone. Diagonally left in a large green circle is the event summary and the green, purple, and white bubbles on the right have the event information: This workshop examines child welfare and family policing through an abolitionist and survivor-centered lens, with a particular focus on the language used to name those impacted by these systems. The session explores the emergence and political significance of identifying as a “child welfare survivor,” and how this naming challenges dominant narratives of protection.
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dark purple background with titles in black text on bright purple and lime green banners. In blue-toned circles below is a photo of Thalia, a mixed Black queer person with face and neck tattoos wearing a KN-95 mask and a long sleeved button-up. Their hair slicked back into a short curly ponytail and they are speaking into a microphone. Diagonally left in a large green circle is their bio and the green, purple, and white bubbles on the right have the event information: a mixed Black queer multidisciplinary artist, educator, and child welfare survivor. They are a founding member and Executive Lead of the Collective of Child Welfare Survivors (CCWS), focusing on survivor-led, trauma-informed community building rooted in transformative justice and abolition. With over a decade of experience in systemic advocacy, research, and grassroots organizing, Thaila is committed to strengthening networks of care, belonging, and storytelling for child welfare survivors.
Join Thalia Dixon of the Collective of Child Welfare Survivors on Friday, February 20th at 6 PM to 8 PM for a workshop on child welfare and family policing. Register via Linktree
@CollectiveOfCWS
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dark purple background with "ABOLITION" in black capital letters on a bright purple banner and "Workshop Series" in black text on a lime green banner are on the top left corner. In blue-toned circles is “RENFORD” in black capital letters on a light purple banner and “Ferrier” in black text on a lime green banner. In the same circle but underneath is "EL" in black capital letters on a light purple banner and “Jones in black text on a lime green banner. Below is a photo of El, a light skinned Black woman with long, wavy brown hair looking at the camera with her left hand on her chest. To the right is a photo of Renford, a dark skinned Black man with short braids and a goatee, wearing a black ball cap, sunglasses, and long sleeve shirt smiling at the camera. A green circle diagonally left has the event summary and the green, purple, and white bubbles on the right have the event information.
dark purple background with "ABOLITION" in black capital letters on a bright purple banner and "Workshop Series" in black text on a lime green banner are on the top left corner. In blue-toned circles is “RENFORD” in black capital letters on a light purple banner and “Ferrier” in black text on a lime green banner. Below is a photo of Renford, a dark skinned Black man with short braids and a goatee, wearing a black ball cap, sunglasses, and long sleeve shirt smiling at the camera. A green circle diagonally left has his bio and the green, purple, and white bubbles on the right have the event information. HIs bio reads "Renford is Co-Chair of East Coast Prison Justice Society’s (ECPJS) & Transitional Support Worker for JHS. He has spent over 30 years incarcerated-- mostly in maximum security. He is dedicated to promoting awareness of & institutional accountability for racism, discrimination, & human rights abuses in the prison system, & to supporting others on their pathways to wellness.
dark purple background with "ABOLITION" in black capital letters on a bright purple banner and "Workshop Series" in black text on a lime green banner are on the top left corner. In blue-toned circles is “EL” in black capital letters on a light purple banner and “Jones” in black text on a lime green banner. Below is a photo of El, a light skinned Black woman with long, wavy brown hair looking at the camera; with her left hand on her chest. A green circle diagonally left has her bio and the green, purple, and white bubbles on the right have the event information. Her bio reads El is a poet, professor and activist. She is a two time National Spoken Word champion & was Halifax's Poet Laureate from 2013 to 2015. Her work focuses on social justice issues including feminism, prison abolition, anti-racism, & decolonization. She is an Assistant Professor at Mount Saint Vincent University & was named the 15th Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies in 2017 at Mount Saint Vincent University
Join El Jones and Renford Farrier on February 12th 6-8 PM EST/ 7-9 PM AST for a discussion on Zoom on the costs and realities of prisons in so-called “canada." Register via our Linktree
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dark purple background with "ABOLITION" in black capital letters on a bright purple banner and "Workshop Series" in black text on a lime green banner are on the top left corner. In blue-toned circles is “TAYLOR” in black capital letters on a light purple banner and “McNallie” in black text on a lime green banner. Below is a photo of Taylor, a Black woman with long, dark locs looking and smiling at the camera; there is a tall green plant behind her. A green circle diagonally left has Taylor's bio and the green, purple, and white bubbles on the right have the event information.
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Join Taylor McNallie on January 29th 6-8PM EST/4-6PM MST for a discussion on Zoom about Walls Down Collective's Community Care and Crisis Phone Line and the various efforts made to support it. Register via LinkTree
@AbolishCopsCA
@WallsDownCollective
@MutualAidCanada
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Join us on January 22nd at 6-8 PM EST for a brief,-non-exhaustive history of policing and prisons in "canada", the need for abolition, and some ways forward. Free registration via DJNO's Linktree
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If you have a resource to share or are interested in facilitating, please email prisonprojectlead@djno.ca
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