Join us for the Countdown to Closing Rikers Week of Action
Monday August 25st 5:30 PM, Postcard Writing Action Night at the Urban Justice Center (40 Rector Street, 9th Floor) writing postcards to people currently detained on Rikers and watching a film by Freedom Agenda Community Organizer Edwin Santana called Closing the Last Penal Colony. For details and to RSVP, click here.
Tuesday August 26nd 9:30 AM, Testify to Commission on Community Reinvestment & Closing Rikers Join this public hearing to tell the City how you think the money saved from closing Rikers should be reinvested! For details and to RSVP, click here.
Wednesday August 27th 12:30 PM, Phone Zap to Free Our People Join us on Zoom in calling on the Mayor, DOC Commissioner and District Attorneys to free our people now as we approach two years out from the legally mandated deadline to close Rikers by August 31, 2027. For details and to RSVP, click here.
Friday August 29th 2PM, Court Watch to Free Our People to demand that judges and district attorneys stop sending people to Rikers. For details and to RSVP, click here.
Thursday August 28th 1PM, Silent March and Vigil at the Rikers Homestead and Rikers Island jails. For details and to RSVP, click here.
Sunday August 31st, 6PM, Culminating Webinar Join us on the day that marks two years from the legal deadline to Close Rikers to learn about the legacy of slavery and freedom in New York, and connections to our current movement. For details and to RSVP, click here.