4th Annual Symposium

Image Description: Ink textured with chairs in jagged bubbles mounted on yellow spaced on the left hand and bottom. Chairs are sketched with black ballpoint pen. The left contains a folding chair, camping chair, a leaned back camping chair, and the corner is a basic wooden chair with no arms. The bottom has a rocking chair, a school chair with 3 slits and a wheel chair with 2 large wheels and 2 smaller wheels with a foot rest. A torn gradient of blue to green square paper reads: “Room for Everyone” in red with a heart at the end. The letters r, and o in the word room feature little creatures drawn into them. For and everyone is below room and for is vertical. Above it, torn pieces of white paper read “Prison Abolition Club Presents…”, “4th Annual Transformative Action” “and Abolition Symposium”. Below “March 14th-19th” is written with blue ink on a piece of torn lined notebook paper. Under that is “prisonabolitionlc@lclark.edu” in blue ink on another torn piece of lined notebook paper. The background has an ink striped navy blue,ink striped blue and green torn paper weaved on the left side. The right has a green curved line along the right hand side till about halfway down. The rest of the right side is a faded stripe pattern with bubbles on top.

• In what ways do disabled people claim space in activism, mutual aid, and direct action? How can able-bodied people make these spaces more accessible?
• What can activists do to observe Indigenous sovereignty and support the Land Back movement through their organizing?
• How has room been designated for the construction of prisons in American history and how does our carceral system uphold the separation of “inside” and “outside”? How can we bridge this gap and build community and support for incarcerated people?
• How do borders and the deportation system harm our most vulnerable community members? What are migrant and undocumented-led grassroots organizing groups doing to combat the deportation system and how can we help?
• The location of Lewis & Clark College’s campus can make it difficult for students to reach out to organizing spaces in the Portland community. How can students build these connections and get involved in organizing off-campus?