Weekly Digest: July 29th
Hey y’all!
We are proud to announce that our publication, The Outside Agitator: A New Radical Tradition, has officially launched! In addition to these weekly digests, The Outside Agitator will be a home for articles, mutual aid spotlights, art, poetry, public record findings, and more. Please send us an email or DM on instagram if you are interested in getting involved!
CJAA is in the process of setting up even more amazing projects and opportunities, so stay tuned! Have something you want put in the newsletter? DM us on IG @cjaacollective!
Local Happenings and Upcoming Events
Last Wednesday, UNC’s favorite sex offenders received a blood-stained shout-out from proud war criminal Netanyahu, to the delight of many in Congress. This unfaltering commitment to genocide again reinforces the great need for community building and organization against the forces of evil working tirelessly in Washington D.C. and abroad. Make your voices heard. Free Palestine.
UNC SJP posted this in response to Netanyahu’s speech.
Reminder that the Tabadul Collective is hosting Aflam al Sudan, an evening of films about Sudanese culture and revolution! They are also selling Sudan-themed shirts! RSVP is required for the event. All ticket and merch sales will go to the Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA).
Support Palestinian artists by attending an art exhibition and print/vendor sale next week! In these times of turmoil, we must continue to celebrate Palestinian creative expression.
The Beloved Community Center will hold a 10-day march on September 20-29 from Cullowhee, NC to Wilmington, NC to amplify the voices of all North Carolinians through community organizing, voting initiatives, grassroots education, and art.
The Marian Cheek Jackson Center is holding a pool party at Hargraves Community Center, the location of Chapel Hill’s first public pool for Black residents, to celebrate its history and Hargraves’s integral role as a space for Black organizing and excellence! Reserve your spot now!
Opportunities and Ways to Get Involved
UNC SJP needs our continued court support in fighting unjust charges! Show up tomorrow morning for a defendant-led press conference and courthouse appearance.
Books needed at FCC Butner. Prison Books Collective is still 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.
The Community Empowerment Fund is looking for donations for those in need of hygiene products. Donate what you can!
Join the NC Harm Reduction Coalition and Raleigh United Mutual Aid Hub (RUMAH) in making HRT kits for those in need! Gender-affirming care is life-saving care!
Mutual Aid Requests
Help fight against gentrification in our neighborhoods by supporting Stephanie, a long-time East Durham resident and community member threatened by eviction.
Support Mohagany, a Black trans activist from Raleigh, in returning from incarceration after houselessness.
Help Ikhlas and her children escape violence in Gaza by donating to their GoFundMe.
Social Media
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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.
As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, do not hesitate to reach out to us through email, groupme, and/or DM ❤
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.
