Online/Virtual Event
Monday, March 10th from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Want to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join the club (literally!). The Prison Library Support Network is collaborating with METRO to host Abolitionist Futures: A PLSN Discussion Group, which will meet quarterly on the second Monday of the month in the evening.
In 2025, we will continue to curate a rotating calendar of media resources for discussion, including: books, podcasts, videos, zines, and more! We’re also building off of last year's renewed commitment to the “futures” part of our discussion group by intentionally building in time during each meeting to share actionable steps for practicing everyday abolition.
This calendar year we’re aiming to extend our run of special guest facilitators (artists, authors, librarians, and more) with a range of experiences relating to prison abolition. More details to come!
If you’re on our PLSN listserv, you’ll receive information throughout the year on how to join each discussion group, who our featured guest(s) will be, and which materials we’d like you to engage with before joining.
Both upcoming discussion content and past years of discussion materials can be found on this doc.
Join Abolitionist Futures for our first meeting of the year featuring special guests from the Arts Justice Safety Coalition. On March 10, we will host a screening and discussion of the film Before Time/After Time. The creative team and cast will join us to share reflections on the film and their experiences and take questions from audience members.
Before Time/After Time takes audiences on a journey through the lives of nine returned citizens who share fragments of their lives before and after incarceration. The piece is a tribute to their resilience, compassion, and generosity and an example of the kinds of communities that the arts can create at almost any age—communities where self-realization, shared goals, and transformation are made possible.
As always, our discussion materials are free to access and contain a variety of media formats. Before joining the meeting please read, listen to, and explore these materials:
- WATCH Before Time/After Time (to be screened during the discussion group - view the trailer here!)
- Additional resources to be added soon!