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write to win collective a prisoner correspondence project write to win collective a prisoner correspondence project home about getting involved tips for penpals wish list contact help write to win raise 250 by december 23 29 11 2011 dear friends allies and comrades near and far since 2009 the write to win collective has been connecting with transgender and gender non conforming prisoners in illinois through our volunteer led penpal project from cook county jail to tamms supermax prison write to win has grown in ways we never imagined for two years we have been providing gender affirming emotional support and friendship reading material and political solidarity and advocacy to trans and gender variant folks on the inside as well as to those who are returning home from prison as a collective we see individual correspondence with people on the inside as one piece of the larger struggle to abolish the prison industrial complex and to create safe sustainable and equitable communities to this end we see our work as a way to undermine the isolation dehumanization and destruction of the pic by building grassroots networks of support and solidarity between folks on the inside and folks on the outside write to win has always relied on community support to keep the project going over the years we have partnered with organizations such as critical resistance chances dances and the transformative justice law project to raise funds to help pay the cost of office rent shipping postage and other collective expenses since our inception collective members have also been paying large amounts of money out of pocket for these costs we have recently experienced a dramatic decrease in outside membership and given the current economic situation find ourselves unable to meet the costs of maintaining the project sadly we will be moving out of our beloved home of two years to cut these costs but we still need your help this holiday season please consider making a donation to write to win so we can continue the work we do help us reach our goal of raising 250 by december 23 your donation will help us pay for the last several months of our office rent and will help us gain the stability to continue operating the project out of a different free space donations are not tax deductible donations can be made via paypal com to writetowincollective gmail com the name on the account is john thompson and will appear on your transaction receipt donate 1 or donate 20 any amount helps thank you for your continued love and support in struggle write to win collective comments leave a comment categories uncategorized book drive march 19 1 03 2011 have old books that are taking up too much room on your shelf donate them to write to win collective join us on saturday march 19 2011 as we collect books to send to trans gender non conforming queer and allied prisoners several penpals on the inside have recently requested books and reading material on a variety of topics so bring whatever you can stop by our office at 2040 n milwaukee ave anytime between 11am 4pm to drop off books take a tour of our office space meet other people involved in the collective and snack on some refreshments hope to see you there comments leave a comment categories uncategorized critical resistance national day of fundraisers 28 09 2010 critical resistance and the write to win collective invite you to a national day of fundraisers join us to raise money have fun and build power to abolish the prison industrial complex this october cr is partnering with different allies in cities across the us in a national day of fundraisers and trying to raise a total of 1 000 at each event 500 for each organization we see this as a way to collaborate and build interdependence with others who are doing this important work and to explicitly practice grassroots fundraising that is cooperative the chicago event is being organized in coordination with the write to win collective and all proceeds will be split between cr and wtw info for the chicago event friday october 8 2010 6325 n lakewood 9pm 2am 5 20 no one turned away drink tickets sold at door w id music dancing bar games politics music provided by dj ang people s dj collective close to loyola and granville red line stops and clark broadway and devon buses a limited number of passes for street parking will be available at the door critical resistance is a national grassroots organization working to build a movement to abolish the prison industrial complex www criticalresistance org the write to win collective is a penpal project for transgender transsexual gender self determining and gender variant people who are living and surviving inside illinois prisons we stand firmly behind the values of transformative justice gender self determination and prison abolition and see these values as fundamental to our project writetowin wordpress com comments leave a comment categories uncategorized cruel and unusual film screening and discussion 27 03 2010 saturday april 3 2010 2pm to 4pm biblioteca popular 1921 s blue island chicago il cruel and unusual is a 2006 documentary film that tells the individual stories of five transgender women living and surviving in the us prison system the film provides a glimpse into the ways in which trans and gender non conforming people are targeted and criminalized by the prison industrial complex and reveals the many ways these individuals and their communities are directly affected by intersecting oppressions on multiple levels the film will start promptly at 2pm please join us for a discussion following the film please bring a 5 donation for the write to win collective or stamps to send letters to prisoners no one will be turned away for a lack of funds comments leave a comment categories uncategorized february 13 penpal gathering 3 02 2010 write to win penpal gathering saturday february 13th 2010 1pm 4pm 2040 n milwaukee ave chicago il 60647 come meet all of the other awesome and fierce people who are taking part in this correspondence project that promotes solidarity with transgender transsexual gender variant and gender self determining people in illinois state prisons we are so excited for your interest and involvement with write to win and we want you to all meet each other we re planning on having an informational session from 1pm 2pm to explain the basic logistics of correspondence with penpals talk about the goals of write to win and to try to answer questions that you may have those who are new to write to win are encouraged to come from 2pm 4pm we re planning on having a resource skill share a general lovefest we re aware that you all bring a whole array of skills and knowledge to write to win and we would love for you to share open to those already involved and those new to the project there s a kitchen at the location so feel free to bring snacks if you want please rsvp us at writetowincollective gmail com note the alternative media center the location where we are hold the event is not fully accessible it requires climbing stairs please let us know if you are not able to attend because of accesbility comments leave a comment categories uncategorized fundraiser save the date 18 12 2009 the nice folks at chances dances will be hosting a fundraiser for write to win collective and transformative justice law project of illinois at their monthly queer dance party in january spread the word and see you there comments leave a comment categories uncategorized 1st informational meeting 18 08 2009 we are excited to announce the first write to win collective informational meeting saturday august 22 2009 2040 n milwaukee ave chicago il 3 00 5 00 pm at this meeting we will be meeting greeting providing information and brainstorming about the penpal correspondence project which we are so excited about we want to know your thoughts and share ours about write to win strategize and solidify details about correspondence and discuss the process of being a penpal on the outside we are also really thrilled that the alternative media center located at 2040 n milwaukee ave is hosting our first meeting the alternative media center houses a collection of socialist feminist ecological queer anti racist labor movement and anarchist materials and has its office in the same building as in these times magazine you can learn more about their space at http altpress org please email us to rsvp at writetowincollective gmail com and feel free to share the information with others that might be interested in getting involved collective members will be bringing a few snacks to share and if you want to you could bring some too we at write to win would also like to recognize that the alternative media center space is not fully accessible and requires people to climb stairs we feel dedicated to finding a more well equipped space for future meetings and want to apologize for this upfront if people who are planning on attending this meeting are not able to be present due to accessibility please let us know if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to call or email us if you need directions to the alternative media center you can go here we can t wait to see your fierce and amazing faces at this meeting in solidarity write to win collective comments leave a comment categories uncategorized introducing the write to win collective 15 07 2009 the write to win collective is a new chicago based penpal project for transgender transsexual queer gender self determining and gender variant people who are living and surviving inside illinois prisons members of the write to win collective are radical trans queer and ally activists youth workers social workers writers lawyers and community organizers working in solidarity with prisoners by providing consistent support resources and dialogue to people living on the inside in our communities we stand firmly behind the values of transformative justice gender self determination and prison abolition and see these values as fundamental to our project comments leave a comment categories uncategorized search links inter national bent bars project black and pink community united against violence critical resistance free the nj4 incite women of color against violence prison legal news prisoner correspondence project sylvia rivera law project tgi justice project local chicago books to women in prison chicago coalition for the homeless chicago legal advocacy for incarcerated mothers gender just illinois institute for community law and affairs john howard association of illinois midwest books to prisoners project nia tamms year ten transformative justice law project of illinois urbana champaign books to prisoners women and prison a site for resistance reading material it s a war in here locked out resource guide safety and solidarity across gender lines trans youth and the pic create a free website or blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed write to win collective sign 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