Interrupting Criminalization

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Offering research, connection, learning, and practice for organizers and movements working to end criminalization, policing, and punishment. Founded and led by Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba. Learn more at http://interruptingcriminalization.com/

A cozy spot for reading by a window while it's raining out. Text overlay reads This and reading a bunch of IC zines bit.ly/ICzines
Queer resistance summer reading group
Read our toolkit bit.ly/ICblockit
Join DWN's Communities Not Cages campaign bit.ly/communitiesnotcages
Read about one red town's fight against a detention camp bit.ly/threatofICE
Organize your union & other unions; check out labor eyes on ICE bit.ly/laboreyesonICE
Watch How to Close a Camp bit.ly/howtocloseacamp
Fight back against the crimmigration complex here's how
Health warning Palestinian Doctor At Risk #FreeAbuSafiya
New This Month in Criminalization
Queer resistance reading group
Queer resistance summer reading group 3 online sessions Starts June 30 Register today! bit.ly/IC-QIJ A picture of the book Queer (In)Justice, subtitled The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Resisting Criminalization Help Desk
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Announcing the 2026 Stevie Wilson DIY Young Artists Residency Recipients
Fragmented Encounters: Reconstructing Black Women’s Lives from the Archive ft. Mariame Kaba Searching for Joan Bird July 11 • NYC
A rendering of the monument to come, lit up at night, with the words "Congratulations Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation" over it
Abolition media office hours
July is International Zine Month!
Fragmented Encounters: Reconstructing Black Women’s Lives from the Archive ft. Mariame Kaba Searching for Joan Bird July 11 • NYC
In the land of the "free" nearly 6 in 1,000 are incarcerated—more people per capita than any other independent democracy on the planet
Fragmented Encounters: Reconstructing Black Women’s Lives from the Archive ft. Mariame Kaba Searching for Joan Bird July 11 • NYC
First slide says Pride is Resistance, followed by a number of photos from Pride marches, of people holding signs and banners that say things like the time is queer fuck ice, no pride in occupation, trans liberation now in solidarity with Palestine, no cops at pride, queer as in free Palestine, no deportations no database no detentions, butch dykes for trans rights, no pride in genocide, dykes against detention, pinkwashing is colonial violence, Stonewall was a riot against cops, liberation for all
Check out This Month in Criminalization Hunger strikes at ICE detention camps, Corporate & surveillance tech updates, Federal charges against organizers, Denial of care for trans youth, Ramp-up in “crimmigation”, ICE & the World Cup, Attacks on abortion
Don't Be a Copagandist! Health Care Workers Edition Join us on Zoom July 1 to discuss how to avoid reinforcing police, ICE, & border patrol propaganda in stories & interviews about health care
SUPPORT TRANS YOUTH see our guide! [with trans flag banner and drawing of happy young trans people]
Radical Unlearning Summer Study Group Thursdays, July 9, 16, 23, 30 10-11:30AM ET virtual! apply by June 29 a four-part discussion group with Lewis Raven Wallace & special guests who are featured in the book
Chicago Torture Justice Memorials logo
Abolitionist map of NYC [not legible at this size] with "Check this out" written on it
A book cover reading: Queer (In)Justice The criminalization of LGBT people in the United States Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie, and Kay Whitlock
Interrupting Criminalization is a movement resource hub offering information, cross-movement networks, learning, and practice for organizers, practitioners, and advocates on the cutting edge of efforts to build a world free of criminalization, policing, punishment, and violence. The Warehouse Community Fair Sat, Jun 27 11am-4pm
Community fair a celebration to close out The Warehouse Exhibition Brooklyn Public Library Bedford Branch June 27, 2026 11am-4pm
Don't Be a Copagandist! Health Care Workers Edition Join us on Zoom July 1 to discuss how to avoid reinforcing police, ICE, & border patrol propaganda in stories & interviews about health care
Don't Be a Copagandist! Health Care Workers Edition Join us on Zoom July 1 to discuss how to avoid reinforcing police, ICE, & border patrol propaganda in stories & interviews about health care
Queer resistance summer reading group 3 online sessions Starts June 30 Register today! bit.ly/IC-QIJ A picture of the book Queer (In)Justice, subtitled The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Juneteenth a celebration of freedom. Graphic of fists and a broken chain
FREE WORKSHOP • NYC • June 20 2:30pm Black Study the Influence of David Walker's Appeal Mariame Kaba bit.ly/blackstudycara
Freedom is intersectional Black, queer, migrant & still fighting. Black, migrant & LGBTQ+ communities have always been at the forefront of movements for justice and liberation. This webinar explores how these intersecting identities shape our experiences, our organizing, and our collective power. Join us as we examine the role of civic engagement, coalition building, and community leadership in advancing freedom for all. Black Alliance for Just Immigration 6.18.2026 6-7pm ET register bit.ly/BEYONDTHESYSTEM
SUPPORT TRANS YOUTH with trans flag banner and drawing of happy young trans people
Queer resistance summer reading group 3 online sessions Starts June 30 Register today! bit.ly/IC-QIJ A picture of the book Queer (In)Justice, subtitled The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Resistance Lab: Making & Distributing Media Under Surveillance Register at bit.ly/JournalistsMeetupReg Thursday, June 18th 3PM-5PM ET Online
Queer resistance summer reading group 3 online sessions Starts June 30 Register today! bit.ly/IC-QIJ A picture of the book Queer (In)Justice, subtitled The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States
Fragmented Encounters: Reconstructing Black Women’s Lives from the Archive ft. Mariame Kaba Searching for Joan Bird July 11 • NYC
Healthcare worker resistance training June 7th 10:30am-12pm Sunday, June 7th Ridgewood Commons 5-85 Woodward Ave, Queens NY Join fellow care workers and Minneapolis organizers to learn about immigrant rights & best practices to keep our patients, colleagues, & community safe. Healthcare badge required upon entry for security purposes
Free workshop NYC June 20 2:30pm Black Study The Influence of David Walker's Appeal Mariame Kaba bit.ly/blackstudycara
Healthcare worker resistance training June 7th 10:30am-12pm Sunday, June 7th Ridgewood Commons 5-85 Woodward Ave, Queens NY Join fellow care workers and Minneapolis organizers to learn about immigrant rights & best practices to keep our patients, colleagues, & community safe. Healthcare badge required upon entry for security purposes
Free them all Delaney Hall: updates from the ground Wed June 3rd, 8pm ET / 5pm PT Hear the latest from immigrant rights activists on the ground, and what you can do to support. Join the fight to #FreeThemAll Register at: bit.ly/June3DH
Text reads "Big win for public hospitals in LA County!" There are photographs of people protesting on the steps of a hospital, many people are in lab coats or scrubs. Text at the end reads "Read the caption for more info!"
This month in criminalization IC's newsletter! Learn how to...• Support the Spokane 3 • Join efforts to melt ICE • Take action for abortion rights • Support trans rights organizing • Get involved to fight data centers • Organize against warfare & militarization in 🇱🇧 🇵🇸 🇨🇺 🇵🇭
IC Canada newsletter NEW! Fighting state repression on both sides of the border Say #NOPE to ramped-up criminalization everywhere Policiing Indigenous activism, criminalizing dissent Canadian policing, Israeli genocide, & criminalizing solidarity
Don't be a copagandist! Trans criminalization edition. A resource for media on covering anti-trans rhetoric & the criminalization of trans people.
"We must fight for everybody, which requires us to stop believing that some people are not worth fighting for." - Andrea J. Ritchie
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A soccer player kicking a soccer ball into the head of an ICE agent
transformative justice HELP DESK available by appointment to offer help to groups & individuals working on projects to end violence without using the police & other carceral systems
Happy 11th Anniversary Chicago Torture Justice Memorials Foundation
May 4th • 6pm-8pm We Know It Well Red Scare at CUNY and the Archival Politics of Dissent Join us for a conversation with Mariame Kaba educator, organizer, librarian; Dr. Jeanne Theoharris political science, Brooklyn College; Marianne Labatto associate archivist, Brooklyn College; Ted Schmiedeler Columbia University, 89.9FM. Hosted by Dr. Shana L. Redmond, professor the Center for the Study of Ethnicity & Race at Columbia University. New York City