In the event you’re not available for our evening and weekend sessions, we will be holding a morning session this Wednesday at 10:30 AM at Byrdie’s on St. Claude. https://www.facebook.com/events/508124175932249/
If you have any questions, ask away!
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Info Session!
Just a reminder, we are holding an info session upstairs at Fair Grinds today at 4:00! 3133 Ponce de Leon! See you there!
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Come to FFLIC & NTA’s Collaborative Discussion!
Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) and Nola to Angola (NTA) are excited to host a discussion group based on excerpts from Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. Using the text as a starting point, we will explore how the prison industrial complex affects ALL our lives, across lines of race, class, and gender. Through personal storytelling combined with critical analysis, we hope to bring people together to understand each other’s experiences and work together to resist criminalization in New Orleans. Come to learn, teach, listen, grow, collaborate, and find out how you can get more involved!
Did you know…
–Louisiana incarcerates more people per capita than anywhere else in the world
–One in seven black men from New Orleans is either in prison, on parole, or on probation
–99% of youth who go through juvenile court in New Orleans are black
–Both the New Orleans Police Department and Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) are under federal consent decrees for unconstitutional practicesCome on September 9th to engage and learn more!
Monday, September 9th, 5:30-8:30pm at the Community Book Center, 2523 Bayou Rd.
SNACKS WILL BE PROVIDED.
Questions?? Call 504-522-5437 for more info or email info@nolatoangola.org
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Angola tries to doctor temperature readings on Death Row.
http://theadvocate.com/home/6711054-125/cain-testifies-he-tried-to
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George Jackson Reading Group!
Join Nola to Angola on August 8th as we host our second discussion group! This time we’ll be reading and discussing excerpts from “Soledad Brother” by George Jackson. We’ll be reading pages 3-33 which you can find online here: http://historyisaweapon.com/ defcon1/soledadbro.html ALL are welcome, regardless of prior knowledge! This is meant to be a safe, critical, friendly discussion about historic and current prison issues. New Orleans is the prison capital of the world; what does this mean for us in our lives? We especially want to reach out for folks who are new to learning about prisons or prison organizing.
Come at 5:30 to meet with NTA folks or do the reading (we’ll have extra copies there). The discussion will start promptly at 6:15! This event will take place at the Community Book Center, 2523 Bayou Road. See you there!
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Registration Is Open!
Hello!
Registration is a two-fold process. We don’t actually consider anyone registered unless they have both paid their registration fee and come to an info-session or met with an organizer in person. We only do this to be certain of an individual’s dedication to taking part in this ride. It is a fundraiser, and we do get a lot of “interest” early on which eventually wanes down to the few who have the time and drive to pursue it.
Please keep in mind that on top of the registration fee, we do ask everyone to try to raise sponsorship funds from friends, coworkers, and family members. Your registration fee covers expenses such as fuel for support vehicles and food/drinks for you over the three days. The additional money raised goes to the Cornerstone Bus Project which funds the rides to the different Louisiana prisons.
So far we have been able to surpass our goals each year. The first year’s goal was to raise enough to fund six months of bus rides. It raised enough to cover seven months of rides. Last year’s goal was to cover eight to ten months of rides. Enough was raised to cover fourteen. Rather than only use one bus per trip, this money helped to provide additional buses so that there was no waiting list for some trips. Our goal for this year is enough to fund an entire year again. If we go beyond that, so be it, but we’ll be happy if another year of joy is brought to those who can see their loved ones at no cost.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. If circumstances have changed and you would prefer to help in some other way, we are always happy to have help.
Regards
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Come to a free screening of “The Farm”!
Nola to Angola is excited to host our second free moving screening! We will be showing “The Farm,” a documentary that follows the lives of 6 Angola prison inmates. Come join us to learn more about Angola, see the film, meet new folks, and participate in a discussion about prisons today.
If you would like info about the Nola to Angola ride in October, please come at 6:30 for a brief info session before the film.
Everyone is welcome! We especially want to encourage folks who are less involved in prison related activism to attend this event. Come to share your perspective and hopefully learn more!
BYOB & snacks; there will be some beer & cold drinks available for sale.
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PIC Newsletter
Nola to Angola is excited to announce a series of educational events leading up to the October ride! We will have a film series the first week of every month and a reading discussion group the third week of every month. All topics will relate to the prison industrial complex: its history, struggles & opposition, & the current system.
Join us TUESDAY June 4th to see film and hear audio related to the 1971 Attica Prison Riot. 1327 Feliciana St, 8pm.
Join us MONDAY June 17th to read excerpts from the writings of Angela Davis and participate in a facilitated discussion. 2730 St Bernard, Upstairs. 6:30pm.
All are welcome. Come to learn and to share your knowledge!
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NOLAW in the House!!!!
New Orleans Ladies Arm Wrestling NOLA to Angola is excited to be the beneficiary of NO LAW‘s (New Orleans’ Ladies Arm Wrestling) June 1st brawl! Please come out to support us, raise awareness about the prison industrial complex, and watch some serious (& less serious) arm wrestling. Saturday, June 1st, 8PM at One Eyed Jacks!
