Weekly Digest: July 16th
Hey loves!
Our first community picnic Saturday was a success! Thank you for those who came out, and stay tuned for the next one.
Local Happenings & Events
Illuminating Sudan. This Saturday, July 20th from 5-8pm: RUMAH, the Raleigh United Mutual Aid Hub is hosting a dinner/community-building night called Illuminating Sudan. It features a film screening, community discussion and reflection, and dinner is provided. 100% of ticket proceeds are donated to support Sudan. More info on their Instagram page here.
6,142 Miles, an art exhibit by Mothers* for Ceasefire, has its opening reception this Friday! Click here to learn more.
Surround the Capitol. An expanded bus list to D.C. was just released for the July 24th action in forming a People’s Red Line against genocide around the Capitol building. MuslimsForABetterNC is also taking a bus from Greensboro, NC to D.C. Learn more here.
Opportunities & Ways to Get Involved
Books needed at FCC Butner. Prison Books Collective is currently hosting a book drive for the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, NC. They are in need of college-level educational texts, especially in subjects below. To drop off:
“If you have any PAPERBACK books that fit Butner’s needs, please come to our next book drop off events (August 3rd & September 7, 1-2pm at Carrboro Town Commons),
ship to us at
Prison Books Collective Publishing and Distribution
PO Box 625
Carrboro, NC 27510
or email at prisonbooks@gmail.com for more information or to potentially arrange alternative options. Thank you so much! 💌”
Gaza Mutual Aid as Care Work workshop. This Saturday morning is a virtual mutual aid organizing workshop, Gaza Mutual Aid as Care Work. Hosted by Queer Feminist Asian Mutual Aid for Gaza, 100% of ticket proceeds will go to families in Gaza. If you are also interested in donating directly to these families, click here.
Free Therapy for the Sudanese Diaspora. HEART is offering 6-7 individuals the chance to participate in free virtual therapy in light of the ongoing conflict in Sudan. To apply, use the link here, and to learn more about HEART visit this website.
Mutual Aid Requests
Help Soha’s family buy basic necessities! Soha Alqurean is a 17 y/o Palestinean from central Gaza, hoping to raise funds to provide food, clean water, and clothing for her and her family of 8. They are $23400 USD short of their goal.
Eviction prevention! Rah Rah, a Black trans woman and organizer in Charlotte, is facing the threat of eviction. As of yesterday, only $610 is left to meet the goal of $1000. Donate and share.
Urgent donations needed to get water trucks for Gaza! From @zanjeerpunk on instagram: “One water truck is $140 and can provide 200 families with water. Water is the most dire need right now!” Donation methods: Venmo: @fanafellahin | CashApp: $aynurfana | PayPal: fanafellahin@gmail.com
Support Mohagany, a Black trans activist from Raleigh who is currently incarcerated after being unhoused.
We have also previously compiled a list of resources related to abolition and community care; feel free to access it here if you would like to learn more.
Peace, Love, & Abolition,
CJAA Exec
CJAA (Community Justice, Abolition, & Antiracism collective) is an abolitionist, student-led movement agitating against the carceral state, prison-industrial complex, zionism, policing, white supremacy, imperialism, colonialism, and all forms of oppression — in UNC, Amerikkka, and abroad. We are dedicated to local action and community justice as tools for building a world in which carcerality is obsolete. We hold firmly that our criminal legal system is the result of a white supremacist state that is not broken but is working precisely as intended. As a community of Queer, BIPOC, and marginalized peoples, we work to actively dismantle this white supremacist system, while creating equitable systems of justice and a world based in empathy and compassion.
We hold true that awareness is most powerful when acted upon. We are committed to not only calling on people in positions of power, but on ourselves to do the work necessary to change our immediate community. We aim to cultivate a space that allows for vulnerability and growth while acknowledging the value of impact over intentions. CJAA views itself as a movement within the larger movement for liberation around the world, and we acknowledge that our work is interconnected in the fight against all forms of oppression)
