Survivor Chronicles: Free Them All
Welcome to Survivor Chronicles: Free Them All, a podcast by Survived & Punished NY. We are a collective by and for survivors, organizing for the abolition of prisons and policing with the understanding these systems do not protect survivors, but further endanger them. Since 2017, we’ve been organizing with criminalized survivors in NY State prisons.
This podcast is part of our mass clemency campaign. Survivors who were criminalized for their acts of survival are now banding together to demand clemency from Governor Kathy Hochul, who can free anyone she wants with the stroke of a pen. Despite proclaiming herself pro-survivor, she refuses to grant them clemency, offering survivors nothing but policing and cages.
Together, we're saying: enough. These are the stories of survivors and their loved ones who have been abandoned and betrayed by the state of New York. These are also stories of resistance, resilience, connection across prison walls, and of refusing the logic of disposability underlying the US prison system.
Throughout the season, we’ll put calls to action in our show notes as episodes come out. We want you to learn about the harms of the carceral system and the re-victimization survivors are subject to, but we also want you to join us in the fight. Please look out for ways to get involved and follow our campaign on Instagram and Twitter at survivepunishny, or visit www.survivedandpunishedny.org/. Survivor Chronicles was made possible by the support of NYC Connect and Focus for Health. Writing and producing by Jade Abdul-Malik. Podcast art by Mon M.
Survivor Chronicles: Free Them All
Survivor Chronicles: A Conversation with Mariame Kaba
In this bonus episode, co-founder of Survived and Punished Mariame Kaba speaks to two S&P NY organizers, Senora (Nori) and Sojourner. This conversation was held virtually, so you may hear some audio glitches. There is mention of domestic and sexual violence. Mariame talks about how S&P was formed to center survivor politics and the abolition of policing and prisons, the carceral feminism of politicians like Governor Kathy Hochul, white feminist respectability in pro-survivor spaces, what this current administration represents and how to orient ourselves within it to win.
Mariame Kaba is an organizer, educator, archivist and curator. Her work focuses on ending violence, dismantling the prison-industrial complex and supporting youth leadership development. She is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization with a vision to end youth incarceration. She is the author of We Do This 'Til We Free Us, Let This Radicalize You (with Kelly Hayes), and several other books and zines.
Senora L. Rudolph is a Survived & Punished NY organizer with a Master of Administration in Justice-Involved Care; a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology - Marymount Manhattan College; and an A.A.S. in Paralegal Studies, an American Bar Association approved curriculum. Her research interests include global education and the social determinants of health relating involvement in the legal system.
Sojourner Rivers is a Black feminist and abolitionist who organizes with survivors of patriarchal and state violence.
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Writing and producing by Jade Abdul-Malik. Episode artwork by Mon M.