Letters for Liberation

National jail & prison ministry supporting incarcerated folks with letters, money, visits, advocacy, & re-entry.

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🧵Letters for Liberation will no longer be posting to this account. We encourage you to find us across other platforms, where we will continue sharing our ongoing work in Black liberation and anti-capitalism.

Follow @letters4liberation on our other socials. (3/3)

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🧵In early 2022, our org began its transition from Abolition Apostles to Letters for Liberation. Now, 3+ years later, our mission to spark & support meaningful connections between people inside and outside prison in a way that transforms us all is going strong. (1/3)

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🧵The work we do is rooted in our abolitionist belief that no one is disposable, and that relationships and community can help us imagine and move toward our goal of abolition. (2/3)

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Join the next New Pen Pal Orientation: https://t.co/DXw2Edpou6

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Thanks to everyone who attended tonight's New #PenPal Orientation!

Couldn't make it? No problem! Mark your calendar for another of our orientations happening this month.

Registration not required
🔗 to join is in the first comment ⤵️

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Read the #LettersForLiberation August newsletter: https://t.co/5i7oSxWeLE

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Take a look at the full pen pal spotlight in our August newsletter! Substack 🔗 is in the first comment ⤵️

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Join us at our June 24th All Hands Meeting and learn how you can get more involved with the next chapter of our collective! https://t.co/BVz3YKLnrO

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A new group of volunteers has been responding to 40-50 monthly letters from inmates, providing more information about our group and waitlist.

In order to reimburse the cost of stamps, we need to earn $45/month in donations.
Every dollar helps! https://t.co/59RVgbGMmG

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Big news! We have our new name and lots to discuss. Join us at our June 24th All Hands Meeting and learn how you can get more involved with our next chapter! https://t.co/BVz3YKLnrO

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Start your summer off with new friends! Join us for one of our New Pen Pal Orientations this month. https://t.co/BVz3YKLnrO

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Penpals Backend Working Group meets to coordinate all the logistics related to supporting pen pals.

Join us June 4 at 9:00 ET Find the link: https://t.co/BVz3YKLnrO

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Good news happening in California: after Senate Bill 731 passed, criminal records for most convictions are automatically cleared after four years when no new charges have occurred. This is giving people the opportunity to have a new start.

https://t.co/vTuYdicBd0

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Outside Pen Pal Alessandra and her husband recently participated in a two-day event with the Arizona Department of Corrections.

She says it was a life-changing event, and shared this YouTube video of their experience. https://t.co/voZBlfU1wT

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Check out our latest newsletter, by Outside Pen Pal Alessandra!

https://t.co/PL0Z4Pi66W

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"Nationwide...prisoners are seriously injured or killed after being given dangerous jobs with little or no training, @AP found" https://t.co/rZ2w3o2s7N

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Texas Prison Mail Organizing Group meets to organize against a recent change to Texas mail policy that negatively impacts our pen pals.

Join us tonight, Tuesday, May 21st 8:30 PM to reflect and discuss potential next steps. https://t.co/BVz3YKLnrO

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TONIGHT! Support Squad is for anyone who would like a space to share and support one another in processing how penpaling is going. Join us at 7:00 PM Central (8:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific). https://t.co/BVz3YKLnrO

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"Hundreds of counties around the country have ended in-person jail visits, replacing them with video calls and earning a cut of the profits."

The cruelty is the point.

https://t.co/WIZWYO5DG1

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Inside pen pal Auner put together instructions to help other inside pen pals apply for social security and shared them with us via his outside pen pal, Renee. Please feel free to share with your own inside friends if they need it! https://t.co/vsetuTWVUc