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Incarcerated: Stories, Poetry and Perspectives
10/29/2019 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Information Wants to Be Free & So Do We
A Pop Up Library on Communication, Control & Mass Incarceration
In collaboration with Read/Write Library, the Guild Complex brings the stories from the formerly incarcerated.
“Information Wants to Be Free & So Do We” asks audiences to question the idea that social, emotional, and intellectual control are necessary for public safety, rehabilitation, and justice.
The event will explore several different perspectives on the subject of incarceration with the following participants:
A black, female former corrections officer from Wisconsin, Velvet Rose Moore-Owen, will be reading an excerpt from her upcoming book, Incarcerated: A Memoir.
In addition, we will have representatives from the group, Black and Pink. Black and Pink: Chicago is an open family of GLBTQ prisoners and “free world” allies who support each other. Our work toward the abolition of the prison industrial complex is rooted in the experience of currently and formerly incarcerated people. We are outraged by the specific violence of the prison industrial complex against GLBTQ people, and respond through advocacy, education, direct service, and organizing.