


THE PRISON ABOLITION INITIATIVE (PAI) ALIGNS THE FAR REACH OF TODAY'S ARTISTS WITH THE URGENCY AND SCALE OF AMERICA'S MASS INCARCERATION EPIDEMIC. THE INITIATIVE EXAMINES THE FUNDAMENTAL INEQUITY OF CASH BAIL, RACIAL DISPARITIES, AND LACK OF REENTRY SERVICES, AS WELL AS STRATEGIZING WAYS THAT ARTISTS AND OTHERS CAN BETTER " DISTURB THE PEACE."
Our Team

Rahsaan Thomas
Writer

Emile DeWeaver
Advisor

Samuel Brown
Advisor

Demetrius Buckley
Writer

Michael J. Moore
Writer

Wesley Williams
Writer

Richard Cabral
Executive Producer

Madison O'Leary
Founder | Director
Who to support

“All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up. Artists are here to disturb the peace.”
- James Baldwin, The Harlem Ghetto



Continuing the conversation
with Patrisse Cullors and others at the 2020 SXSW
A series set to expose the inhumanity of mass incarceration through intimate portraiture pieces of artists and activists behind bars
Bringing experts, activists, artists and like-minded organizations together to create a coalition of abolitionists
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ACTION STEPS
Outreach and engagement