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On Saturday, August 21st, organizations, crews, and individuals across the country will participate in a call from Jailhouse Lawyers Speak, a prisoner led abolitionist formation, to take part in national ‘Shut’Em Down’ demonstrations across the so-called US. The purpose of the call is to center the 10 demands that Jailhouse Lawyers Speak and other inside formations have been pushing since the historic 2016 prison strike, encourage people to get involved in local abolitionist organizing, and also gain steam, while building towards the 2022 prison strike that JLS has just announced.
Seeing more ppl getting hyped for the #ShutEmDown2021 demo coming up 8/21!#NatTurnerDay #GeorgeJackson
Love to @JailLawSpeak for bringing attention to the prison struggle! pic.twitter.com/ZJ1uIh4SJL
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) August 15, 2021
So far, people have responded to the call by organizing everything from marches to free political prisoners, film showings, block parties, and noise demonstrations outside of ICE detention facilities, jails, and prisons.
Unknown location, Berkeley
"FIRE TO THE PRISONS
AUG 21st SEPT 9
SHUT IT DOWN"#ShutEmDown2021 pic.twitter.com/fZkDpWIMgz— Oakland Abolition & Solidarity (@OaklandAboSol) August 6, 2021
If you would like to have your event listed, email us at: info [at] itsgoingdown [dot] org. Use the hashtag #ShutEmDown2021!
Pacific Northwest
Tacoma, WA:
- August 21st: 12pm, rally at Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA. For updates, follow here.
- September 9th: Northwest Detention Center, 7pm. More info here.
Portland, OR:
- August 21st: 6pm, online event. Info here.
- September 9th: Online event. 7pm. More info here.
Jailhouse Lawyers Speak calls for National Shut ‘em Down Demonstrations, Thursday Sept 9th, 7-9PM. Register at https://t.co/NanTisKBS6 pic.twitter.com/FvRIEZZZeZ
— Willamette Action Collective (@WillametteAC) September 8, 2021
Southwest
Sacramento, CA:
- August 21st: 8pm, Sacramento Jail, I Street. Noise demo and solidarity demonstration.
Vacaville, CA:
- August 21st: 1pm, Southwood Park, rally and demonstration.
Fairfield, CA:
- September 9th: Solano County Jail, 4pm. Noise demo.
NAT’L SHUT EM DOWN DEMONSTRATIONS‼️
Join us on 9/9 at 4 PM outside of Solano County Jail in Fairfield for a daytime noise demo with ongoing jail release aid!!
Bring noisemakers and your voice!
No one is free while millions are behind bars!#ShutEmDown2021@JailLawSpeak pic.twitter.com/AQilvWU9EY— Voices of VV (@voicesofvv) September 1, 2021
San Luis Obispo, CA:
- September 9th: Throop Park, 5pm. More info here.
Santa Maria, CA:
- August 21st: 1pm, 740 Century Street, demonstration outside of ICE office.
Los Angeles, CA:
- September 4th: 12pm, rally outside of Men’s Central Jail.
Midwest
Coldwater, MI:
- August 21st: 1pm, 141 1st Street, Lakewood Correctional Facility. More info here.
Green Bay, WI:
- August 28th: 2833 Riverside Drive, Rally at Green Bay Correction Institution. More info here.
Urbana, IL:
- August 28th: 4pm, 204 E Main Street, Champaign County Sheriff’s Office. Rally and protest.
Chicago, IL:
- September 9th: Cook County Jail, 5: 30pm. Noise demonstration. More info here.
Milwaukee, WI:
Tomorrow—September 9th—we will be wrapping up our #ShutEmDown mobilization with a day of visibility at 10th & state, James Willborn Park. across from MSDF & the mke county jail.
Music, Food, Speakers, Poetry, Light Show & Noise Demo after dark!@JailLawSpeak @IGD_News pic.twitter.com/MTYgXvDUiD
— ABOLISHmke (@ABOLISHmke) September 8, 2021
- September 9th: 2pm, 1000 W State St, Milwaukee, WI. An afternoon and evening celebration to bring visibility to the thousands of prisoners held captive on this corner of so-called Milwaukee. Followed by light show and noise demo. More info here.
Southeast
Gainesville, FL:
- August 21st: 5pm at the Alachua County Jail, 3333 NE 29th Ave, Justice for Heaven and Ava.
Reidsville, GA:
- August 21st: 9am, George State Prison, 300 1st Avenue South. Rally and demonstration.
Atlanta, GA:
- September 9th: 7pm at the Atlanta City Detention Center.
— Jailhouse Lawyers Speak – #shutemdown2021 (@JailLawSpeak) September 8, 2021
Roanoke, VA:
- September 9th: Roanoke City Jail, 7pm. Noise demo.
Columbia, SC:
- August 27th: 4pm, noise demo, 4500 Broad River, Rd. More info here.
- September 9th: 4pm, 4500 Broad River Rd, speak-out and rally outside of Turbeville correctional facility.
Raleigh, NC:
- September 9th: 831 W. Morgan St., 4:30pm. More info.
Washington DC:
- August 21st: 7: 30pm, 19th Street, SE Between C and Burke Street. Noise demo and teach-in.
- August 21st: 12pm – 4pm, 950 Pennsylvania Ave. March for political prisoners.
- September 11th: Eaton Hotel, 6:30pm.
💥 THIS WEEKEND 💥
🔅Saturday, 9/11
🔅6:30pm-9pm
🔅Eaton HotelCome hear from our incarcerated Vaughn 17 comrades as we honor the 50th anniversary of Attica and its connections to the V17 movement ‼️ pic.twitter.com/sYUZ6j44pu
— dciwoc (@dciwoc) September 8, 2021
Northeast
Philadelphia, PA:
- August 21st: 8pm, more info here. Demonstration in solidarity with prisoners.
Central Falls, RI:
- August 21st: 2pm, Donald Wyatt Detention Center, 950 High Street, Central Falls. Rally and protest.
Bronx, NY:
- August 20th: 3pm, Horizon Juvenile Center, 560 Brook Ave Bronx, press conference.
- August 21st: 12pm, Hunts Point 6 train station, march and demonstration.
Brooklyn, NY:
- September 9th: MDC, 80 29th Street, 8pm. Noise demo.
New York, NY:
- August 21st: 4pm, 306 W 37th ST. Protest and rally.
- September 8th: Christopher Street Pier, 6pm. Black/red Hashana and Radical Walking Tour.
NB: There are thunderstorms forecast for tomorrow, so @outlivethemnyc's Black/Red Rosh Hashana + Radical Walking Tour in solidarity with #ShutEmDown2021 has been pushed back to Sunday 9/12. Same place. Same time. pic.twitter.com/FmI2vt19hM
— ((( MGW, PhD ))) (@mgouldwartofsky) September 8, 2021
Attica, NY:
- September 9th: Protest at Attica prison.
We'll be there. Outside the prison walls. Alongside eyewitnesses to the rebellion half a century ago.
In solidarity with @JailLawSpeak and all incarcerated people.
Free Mumia! Free Imam Jamil al-Amin! Free Ruchell Magee! Free Sundiata Acoli!
FREE THEM ALL! pic.twitter.com/r3gilWGFLb
— Prisoners Solidarity Committee (@pscwwp) August 2, 2021
Buffalo, NY:
- September 9th: 5pm, rally at monument in MLK park, Buffalo, NY.
#ShutEmDown2021 Action Roundup:
- May 1st: May Day motorcade to spread work of #ShutEmDown2021 in Brooklyn, NY.
RAM-NYC celebrated May Day with a motorcade through Sunset Park and Flatbush in Brooklyn. The motorcade brought attention to the #ShutEmDown2021 demonstrations called for by @JailLawSpeak
#AbolishPrisons #SmashTheState #ChingaLaMigra pic.twitter.com/qEod2D6wr3— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) May 3, 2021
- June: Call for graffiti to spread call for #ShutEmDown2021.
This June, redecorate the streets with #shutemdown2021 in solidarity with the @JailLawSpeak abolitionist call + tag us in your photos. Burn the prisons! Free them all! pic.twitter.com/pnlD70UgE9
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) June 8, 2021
- June 12th: Shut’Em Down graffiti, New York, NY area.
Tags sent through to us for #ShutEmDown2021 #BurnDownTheAmericanPlantation #AbolishThePolice pic.twitter.com/FfQE5yuDFr
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) June 12, 2021
- July 10th: Grocery mutual aid distro and outreach in New York, NY area.
We just did a Riker's grocery distro for people getting out to support @JailLawSpeak #shutemdown2021 abolitionist call. #burntheprisons Free them all! pic.twitter.com/LbN8I3nhI1
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) July 10, 2021
- July 12th: Mass mailing into Riker’s Island event.
Last week did a mass mailing to ppl locked up inside Riker's.We sent out the @JailLawSpeak #shutemdown2021 abolitionist call, solidarity letter from RAM, and a radical zine catalogue. Tear down the walls! #burntheprisons pic.twitter.com/nudZuAlDs1
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) July 12, 2021
- July 16th: Livestream benefit show for Jailhouse Lawyers Speak. More info here.
- July 16th: Mass mailing into Riker’s Island.
We did another weekly mass mailing to ppl locked up at Riker's in solidarity with @JailLawSpeak abolitionist call #burntheprisons #shutemdown2021! pic.twitter.com/NEskO48qGc
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) July 16, 2021
- July 23rd: Mass mailing into Riker’s Island.
We did another mass mailing to ppl locked up at Riker's in solidarity with @JailLawSpeak abolitionist call! #burntheprisons #shutemdown2021 pic.twitter.com/HkYGsFZQbU
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) July 23, 2021
- August 6th: Shut’Em Down graffiti in Berkeley, CA.
Unknown location, Berkeley
"FIRE TO THE PRISONS
AUG 21st SEPT 9
SHUT IT DOWN"#ShutEmDown2021 pic.twitter.com/fZkDpWIMgz— Oakland Abolition & Solidarity (@OaklandAboSol) August 6, 2021
- August 6th: Prison strike graffiti, Oakland, CA.
Oakland today
"PRISON STRIKE" sprayed 20 ft tall.
Visible from BART trains#ShutEmDown2021 !!! pic.twitter.com/o1hvU7tRui— Oakland Abolition & Solidarity (@OaklandAboSol) August 6, 2021
- August 9th: Tabling with info and mutual aid supplies, Brooklyn, NY.
We set up a table with free abolitionist zines, masks, and stickers! #shutemdown2021 #burntheprisons ! pic.twitter.com/PYvaQ4x1bW
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) August 9, 2021
- August 11th: Posters wheat-pasted in New York, NY area.
Seeing people getting hyped for the #ShutEmDown2021 demo coming up 8/21!#NatTurnerDay #GeorgeJackson
Love to @JailLawSpeak for bringing attention to the prison struggle! pic.twitter.com/eBADhd90zI
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) August 11, 2021
- August 13th: Shut’Em Down graffiti, New York, NY.
#ShutEmDown2021 on walls across the country! Mad support for @JailLawSpeak abolitionist call. Fire to the prisons! Free them all! pic.twitter.com/jX1898baO9
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) August 13, 2021
- August 14th, abolitionist block parties held in Milwaukee and Brooklyn. More info here.
.@JailLawSpeak #ShutEmDown2021 pic.twitter.com/AT0yfnxTvf
— ABOLISHmke (@ABOLISHmke) August 14, 2021
- August 15th: Black August film showing at the Landing Strip in Minneapolis, MN.
- August 15th: Stickering and wheat pasted posters in New York, NY.
Seeing more ppl getting hyped for the #ShutEmDown2021 demo coming up 8/21!#NatTurnerDay #GeorgeJackson
Love to @JailLawSpeak for bringing attention to the prison struggle! pic.twitter.com/ZJ1uIh4SJL
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) August 15, 2021
- August 17th: Posters wheat pasted in New York, NY area.
Word about the #ShutEmDown2021 8/21 demo is getting spread in the streets!#NatTurnerDay #GeorgeJackson
Love to @JailLawSpeak for bringing attention to the prison struggle! pic.twitter.com/27m3aacVuu
— RevAbolitionNYC (@RevAbolitionNYC) August 17, 2021
- August 20th: Anti-prison banner drops, San Francisco, CA.
Bay Bridge banner drop!!!
"PRISON ABOLITION 8/21 – 9/9"
This morning over I-80 W at the Yerba Buena island tunnel.#ShutEmDown2021 !!!@JailLawSpeak @IGD_News @ABOLISHmke @MAKCapitalism pic.twitter.com/iehxXwXexG— Oakland Abolition & Solidarity (@OaklandAboSol) August 20, 2021
- August 21st: See roundup of #ShutEmDown2021 actions here.