BK/NY – Tuesday, September 27th – Countering Prison Strike Retaliation

WHAT: Political Prisoner Letter Writing Dinner
WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
WHERE: The Base – 1302 Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11221 (directions below)
NOTE: The Base is on the ground floor, is wheelchair accessible, and has a gender neutral toilet.
COST: Free

Let us never become desensitized to the violence perpetuated by the State in their effort to maintain white supremacy in this country. It is trying given the frequency at which Black folks are gunned down by police for the whole world to see. Turning on the news, one may think that those folks, like the recently murdered Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, leave us with just their memory and a hashtag, but if you have seen the streets in Charlotte, then you have seen there is a groundswell of revolt brewing.

Revolt is also spreading behind prison walls as the largest prison strike in United States history continues. And as is to be expected, prison rebels are being targeted as “ringleaders” and “organizers,” often only for their political beliefs. To show these prisoners, as well as their captors, that the struggle for liberation has support on this side of the walls, NYC ABC will be sending cards and letters to folks who have been subjected to repression as a result of their perceived connection to the ongoing strike.
The deal, as always, is that you come bringing only yourself (and your friends and comrades), and we provide you with a delicious vegan meal, information about the prisoners as well as all of the letter-writing materials and prisoner-letter-writing info you could ever want to use in one evening. In return, you write a thoughtful letter to a political prisoner or prisoner of war of your choosing or, better yet, keep up a long-term correspondence. We’ll also provide some brief updates and pass around birthday cards for the PP/POWs whose birthdays fall in the next two weeks thanks to the PP/POW Birthday Calendar.

Directions:
Getting to The Base is simple:
From the M Train:
Central Avenue Stop: Walk east on Myrtle Avenue (away from Hart Street, toward Cedar Street). We’re about two blocks down on the south side of the street.

Knickerbocker Avenue Stop: Walk west on Myrtle Avenue (away from Harman Street, toward Himrod Street). We’re about three blocks down on the south side of the street.

From the L Train:
DeKalb Avenue Stop: Walk south on Stockholm Street (away from Wyckoff Avenue, toward Irving Avenue). We’re about four blocks down, at the intersection of Stockholm Street and Myrtle Avenue.

From the J Train:
Myrtle Avenue Stop: Transfer to the M train and follow the above directions.