Running Down the Walls is back — nationwide and beyond — September 21st! Proceeds benefit political prisoners, many of whom will also participate in this event transcending the prison walls.

Registration for our Running Down the Walls event in Bloomington is now live on our site through September 7th! You can always show up the day of without registering, we just can’t guarantee you’ll get a t-shirt. Excited to see you there!

Details and our form can be found at Bloomingtonabc.noblogs.org/rdtw25

Catch us on Monday night for letter writing at the library!

And an update on Sean’s mail from Mongoose Distro:

Effective 21 August, snail mail sent to me will have to be directed to the ODRC Mail Processing Center rather than to OSP:

Sean Swain A243-205
Mail Processing Center
884 Coitsville Hubbard Road
Youngstown, Ohio 44505

Mail delivered to my prior address on or after that date will be forwarded to the mail processing center and scanned and uploaded onto my tablet.

This is what I am permitted to receive in each mailing:
• 10 photos (if anyone still owns an old timey camera)
• 1 Greeting card, single fold
• 10 pages of written or typed correspondence, 8.5×11″ paper This change does NOT apply to legal mail, magazines, or packages.
Questions or comments can be directed to:
ODRCMailProcessingCenter©drc.ohio.gov
(330) 333-7372

Join us in Bryan Park at 9pm for an outdoor screening of two media footage compilations by comrades in St. Louis, exploring the question, “What does abolition look like?” Rain or Shine!

Flyer PDF

Also our next letter writing night will be on July 28th, from 6:30-8pm, in room 1C of the downtown library.

Fire Ant journal for anarchist prisoners is back! We’ve got letters from Michael Kimble and Anson Chi as well as June 11th statements from Michael, Marius Mason, and Ryan Roberts.

PDF

PDF for printing

Our monthly letter writing night will commence on Monday March 31st at a new location, from 6:30-8pm. We are excited to be hosted by Close Knit, in basement suite 013, at 205 N. College Ave. It’s a comfy little spot, and centrally located, so come through!

And then there’s a meeting to develop an independent initiative to support LGBTQ+ prisoners onSunday April 6th, frm 4-6pm, at the library on Kirkwood Ave.

Imprisoned queer and trans people are some of the most vulnerable to the state’s intensifying attacks. Come join a discussion to create networks of support for queer prisoners. Learn about what people inside and out are already doing and bring your own ideas. This is not a pre-formed project – it will be shaped by everyone who joins in its creation!

The criminalization of various health care and the very recent transfer of our friend Marius Mason are all relevant to this discussion. We are stronger together so let’s start planning to look out for each other!

Our seasonal salon is coming up next Saturday, February 15th, from 1-5pm at Maple Playschool (1000 E Allendale Dr.)!

Stay tuned for the flyer for our monthly letter writing night on Monday February 24th, from 6:30-8pm. We’ll have members of the Pendleton 2 Defense Committee on hand to talk about the cases of John “Balagoon” Cole and Christopher “Naeem” Trotter: who saved a man’s life from KKK prison guards in 1985, and got sentenced to 200+ years for it. We’ll write some letters to them while learning about our regional history.

Also, did you notice those additions on our side bar? You can now sign up for our Riseup email list, and check out our Mastodon account, by clicking on the appropriate icons to the right.

December 7th
12-5pm
Harmony School gym

Started in 2017 to raise money for our Prisoner Fund, Bloomington Zinefest is now BAMF. We will be at the Harmony School gymnasium again this year with over 30 tablers, mostly local but also from around the midwest and the east coast. We will have many zines from prisoners, a how-to for writing people in prison, on-site screen printing, snacks, a raffle, and much more. Masks required, all aged welcome. Come find us at the BABC table!

More details on the website & the Instagram.

Excited to see you all this Sunday! Come through and hang out even if you didn’t register – Southside of Bryan Park, 1pm.