Why Does CARA Organize Against the Prison Industrial Complex? Critical Resistance - Incite Statement on Gender Violence & the Prison Industrial Complex Critical Resistance Film Festival 2002

Saturday, Sep 6th, 2003
12 - 5:00 p.m.: Workshop Sessions
6 - 9 p.m.: BBQ and Potluck

Sunday, Sep 7th, 2003
12 - 5:00 p.m.: Workshop Sessions

Mercer Middle School
1600 Columbian Way (Beacon Hill)
Wheelchair Accessible, Buses 36,39,60
Driving directions

	Drawing by Eric Drooker

Both Sides of the Bars is a two-day event to explore how prisons are impacting our communities and how to empower our communities to resist the prison system and build better alternatives for safety and accountability.

The two-day event will be a mixture of interactive workshops, panels, films, and a community BBQ and potluck on Saturday evening.

Below is the schedule of the Both Sides of the Bars:

Saturday September 6th

12:00-1:00 Welcome and Film: LOCKDOWN U.S.A. (38 min) In three vignettes, LOCKDOWN U.S.A. makes the connection between punishment and big business; and reveals the role of the media in sensationalizing crime, promoting an atmosphere of fear that affects public policy decisions and spending.

1:00-2:30 Workshop Session One:
• History And Definition Of The Prison Industrial Complex (PIC)
• The Anti-Violence Movement and Prison Industrial Complex
• The War On Drugs' Impact On Communities Of Color

2:30-3:15 Lunch and Film: RELEASED (28 min) — A documentary that artfully merges five short videos that depict women prisoners as creative and complex individuals who make the most of the power of self-expression to draw compelling depictions of their experiences. RELEASED also makes more subtle claims about the capacity of documentary media for facilitating contemporary social activism and change.

3:15- 4:45 Workshop Session Two
• Post 9/11 Anti-Immigrant Backlash and Immigration Law Enforcement
• Disability Institutions and the Prison Industrial Complex
• Native Americans in the Prison Industrial Complex

4:45-5:00 Closing

6:00-9:00 Community BBQ with Spoken Word Performance

Sunday, September 7th

12:00-12:45 Welcome and Film: DEAR JUDGE (27 min) Award winning documentary by Laleh Soomekh. "Dear Judge, I need my mom..." writes one of Dorothy Gaines' three children to the judge about to decide her fate on a minor drug charge. Gaines received a sentence of 19 years. During her incarceration, the kids take to the streets with petitions to try to win clemency for their mom, and learn to cope without her.

12:45- 2:15 Workshop Session One
• Juvenile Justice Panel
• Queer and Trans in the PIC Panel
• Community Accountability Panel

2:15-3:15 Lunch and Break Out Groups
• Poetry Writing
• Survivors Of Sexual And Domestic Violence Break Out Group
• Complacency In Our Communities Conversation

3:15-4:45 Workshop Session Two
• Prison Abolition Work
• Prison Industrial Complex in Washington State
• Building Safe and Accountable Communities

4:45-5:00 Closing

Driving Directions to Mercer Middle School, 1600 S Columbian Way Seattle, WA 98108

1. From either Direction of I-5 take the West Seattle Bridge/Columbian Way exit-exit number 163

2. Merge onto Columbian way S.

3. Turn Slight right onto 15th Ave S.