EDUCATION NOT INCARCERATION
Black Youth Rally
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 2pm
Queen's Park

Join hundreds of black high school, college and university students to present a black youth agenda.

More info:
rally@thenewbyta.com
www.bycav.com

On March 19th 2007 activists from various communities in Toronto came
together to learn about the proposed changes to justice legislation that the Harper government has introduced. Changes including the increased use of mandatory minimums and reductions in the use of conditional sentences would most likely lead to increased numbers of people behind bars. Communities of colour, first nations communities and low-income people, already over-represented in the "justice" system would be the hardest hit by these changes.

After learning about the proposed changes people committed to learn
more and come back together to figure out ways to confront

Films due September 14th, 2007

Toronto's Prisoners Justice Action Committee invites you to submit your film or video for possible screening in the Fourth Annual Prisoners Justice Film Festival, taking place February 2008.

About the Film Festival

The first Toronto Prisoners Justice Film Festival was held in January of 2005 at Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto. The festival drew hundreds of community members, prison abolitionists, youths, activists, students, educators, artists, ex-prisoners, family members and allies from across Ontario. The festival featured film and video made by, for, and/or about prisoners and prisoner’s justice in Canada and Internationally.

The Harper government has introduced a series of anti-crime bills similar to existing legislation in the United States where over 2.2 million people live behind bars. If these laws are passed here, it will mean dramatically more people ensnared by the prison system, much stricter sentencing, and increased criminalization of already overly policed communities.

Come out to a public meeting and strategy session hosted by the Prisoners' Justice Action Committee to find out more about the proposed bills.

We will discuss:
-The current status of the bills
-What they would mean for prisoners and criminalized communities if they become law

Thursday February 8th to Sunday February 11th, 2007
William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto
45 Wilcocks Street, New College
www.pjac.org
All screenings are Pay-What-You-Can
Event is Wheelchair Accessible and Childcare is available

prisonersjusticefilmfest@yahoo.ca

Come and join what has quickly become a central space in Toronto to discuss and learn more about issues relevant to prisons and their effects on all of us.

As always the festival will include discussion panels made up of people affected by the prison industry and opportunities to meet other people working for real justice and prison abolition.

Prisoners Justice Week
August 8th – August 13th, 2006

August 10th, 2006 marks the 31st Anniversary of Prisoners Justice Day.

PJD began in 1975 in Millhaven Penitentiary (Kingston, ON) to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Eddie Nalon, a prisoner in segregation awaiting medical assistance. Over the years, prisoners continue to recognize the day by fasting and refusing work. Community groups and family members organize solidarity events outside prisons. In Toronto, supporters gather each year at the Don Jail to light candles in memory of all those who have died while in state custody or prison. It has since become an internationally observed event.