UPCOMING EVENTS

Involved with a local abolitionist event that you’d like us to share? Email decarceratewmassfundraising@gmail.com with the name, date, and time of your event with a short description and contact information.

Jan
29

Jail & Detention Support Workshop

Hosted by the Decarcerate Western MA Bailout Project and the Western MA Asylum Support Network, this workshop will provide practical ways for community members to support people who are held pretrial in jails or are being detained for reasons related to immigration.

There is a lot we can do to make sure people inside feel supported and to push back against the state's desire to criminalize and disappear people.

Masks are required and will be provided.

RSVP below!

Please use the message box to let us know about any accessibility needs.

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Dec
6

Holiday Card Party

  • 33 Hawley Street Northampton, MA, 01060 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join the Decarcerate Western Mass Bailout Project and the Abolitionist Mail Project to write holiday cards to people incarcerated in MA state prisons, to send them some love!

The winter holidays, with their emphasis on family and togetherness, can be very difficult and painful for people who are locked away from their loved ones.

Let’s send messages of hope to our incarcerated community members and tell them we’re thinking of them this holiday season.

Supplies and snacks provided.

Masks are required—and will be provided—when not actively eating or drinking.

RSVP below!

Please use the message box to let us know about any dietary restrictions or accessibility needs.

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Re-Entry Kit Packing + CORI Sealing Training
Apr
13

Re-Entry Kit Packing + CORI Sealing Training

Join us on Sunday, April 13, at 3:00pm at the Finders Collective in Turners Falls, to help pack re-entry kits and learn about CORI sealing!

We would love your help with packing re-entry kits for the people whom we bail out. Each kit comes with a backpack, snacks, personal hygiene products, writing materials, and more! We would also be very grateful for donations of these supplies. If you’d like to make a donation, please add your information to this spreadsheet.

We’re also pairing packing with a know-your-rights training about CORI background check sealing, facilitated by Community Legal Aid.

Masks are required and provided. 😷 We ask that you please stay home if you're feeling unwell (and we hope you feel better soon!).

RSVP (helpful but not required) here ↓

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Dec
14
to Dec 15
political-education

Participatory Defense Training

  • Northampton Center for the Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A two day training facilitated by Silicon Valley De-Bug on participatory defense, a community organizing model for people facing charges, their families, and communities to impact the outcome of cases and transform the landscape of power in the court system.

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May Bail Fund Book Club: “Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World” by Dorothy Roberts
May
29
book-club

May Bail Fund Book Club: “Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World” by Dorothy Roberts

Join the Decarcerate Western Mass Bailout Project in reading and discussing “Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World” by Dorothy Roberts

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