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SUMMARY:Reno\, NV: Teach-In with the JTJ Bus at the Radical Cat!
DESCRIPTION:The Journey to Justice Bus Tour is making a stop in Reno at the Radical Cat Bookstore! This traveling museum and advocacy hub\, led by people who have survived solitary confinement and other forms of incarceration\, is part of a nationwide campaign to end the use of solitary confinement and reimagine justice. \nInside the bus\, visitors can experience immersive exhibits—including a model solitary cell\, VR\, and powerful storytelling—that reveal the human cost of isolation. Outside\, the tour creates space for reflection\, conversation\, and connection around broader issues of prison reform\, restorative justice\, and the humanization of people behind bars. In the parking lot\, alongside the bus\, local social justice and community resource organizations will be tabling to share their work and connect with attendees. \nJoin us on Friday\, September 19th from 11 AM to 6 PM (the bus will be posted up in the parking lot all day!) to learn\, connect\, and take action for a future rooted in dignity and humanity. 
URL:https://journeytojusticetour.com/event/reno-nv-all-day-workshop-rally/
LOCATION:Radical Cat\, 1500 S. Virginia St\, Reno\, NV\, 89502\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Return Strong NV":MAILTO:jane@theozeffect.com
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SUMMARY:Seattle\, WA: Faith Event at Rainer Avenue Church
DESCRIPTION:Get your tickets here\nFor updates\, follow Look2Justice and Chris Blackwell on socials \n\n\nLook2Justice\n\nIG: @look2justice\nX: @look2justice\nFacebook: @look2justice\n\n\nChris Blackwell Personal\n\nIG: @christopherwblackwell\nX: @ChrisWBlackwell\nBluesky: @chriswblackwell.bsky.social‬\n\n\n\n\nJoin Look2Justice\, Rainier Avenue Church\, and Journey to Justice for an immersive bus experience on the impacts of solitary confinement!
URL:https://journeytojusticetour.com/event/seattle-wa-faith-event/
LOCATION:Rainier Avenue Church\, 5900 Rainier Avenue South\, Seattle\, WA\, 98118\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seattle WA: Storytelling/Panel Event
DESCRIPTION:Doors and Bus Experience Open At 5pm\nEvent Starts At 6pm\nGet your tickets here\nFor updates\, follow Look2Justice and Chris Blackwell on socials \n\n\nLook2Justice\n\nIG: @look2justice\nX: @look2justice\nFacebook: @look2justice\n\n\nChris Blackwell Personal\n\nIG: @christopherwblackwell\nX: @ChrisWBlackwell\nBluesky: @chriswblackwell.bsky.social‬\n\n\n\n\n  \nJoin Look2Justice and Unlock The Box Campaign in partnership for the Journey to Justice Bus Tour for a special event focused on gaining a strong understanding on how solitary confinment is causing serious harm to our fellow citizens\, help humanize those who’ve experienced solitary\, and aid in the fight to end this horrific practice in Washington state. \n——————————————————————————————- \nOnce judged by the United States Supreme Court to be an impermissible form of torture\, solitary confinement has grown to become a “solution” to the overcrowding and violence that define life on the inside. Every day in American jails and prisons\, 122\,000 people are confined to a cell the size of a parking space; some have been there for months\, years\, and in some cases\, decades. While the devastating physical and psychological effects of solitary are well documented\, black-and-white statistics can never fully capture the toll it takes on the people who endure it. \n——————————————————————————————- \nThe event will provide testimony from four individuals who’ve been forced to spend years inside those small\, isolated concrete cells. You’ll hear the effects it had on them individually\, and the harms they witnessed being inflicted upon other incarcerated people. After these testimonies there will be a Q and A session to allow space and time for the audience to learn and interact with our speakers. \nPanelists: \nChristopher Blackwell: Christopher Blackwell is an award-winning journalist currently incarcerated in Washington state. He is the co-founder and current Executive Director of Look2Justice. His writing has been featured in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and many more. \nAnthony Covert: Anthony Covery at 18 was sentenced to 36 years in prison. After serving over 16 years\, he was granted clemency and released 10 months ago by the Governor of Washington State. More than a survivor of my circumstance\, he is a painter\, writer\, and podcaster. Since released\, he’s been on a journey of transformation and enlightenment—reclaiming his story\, redefining identity\, and using his voice and creativity to inspire change\, spark dialogue\, and build bridges of understanding \nDavid Heppard: David Heppard was sentenced to life at 16 and released after serving 24 years. David co-founded the Black Rose Collective to continue dismantling systems of oppression and supporting healing in impacted communities. As former Executive Director of Freedom Project\, he helped grow it into a national model for reentry and anti-oppression. David believes\, “People don’t change\, they heal.” \nJessica Phoenix Sylvia: Jessica Sylvia is a formerly incarcerated trans woman currently living on Squaxin Island ancestral land in the State of Washington. She is a core member of Study and Struggle and co-founder of the campaign to Free the Mississippi 5. Jessica is a published essayist and enrolled citizen of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. \n  \nBonus Panelist: \nHouse Representative Strom Peterson (D): Strom Peterson has fought for years with concerned citizens and impacted people to end the use of solitary confinement. He will be sharing the hurdles/struggles we face to pass meaningful legislation in protecting our incarcerated population from enduring by torture chambers. \n——————————————————————————————- \nLook2Justice is a grassroots organization of system-impacted organizers cultivating justice\, fairness\, and accountability in Washington’s criminal legal system through civic education\, narrative change and restorative justice practices. We operate an inside-out model\, led by currently incarcerated individuals collaborating with formerly incarcerated organizers\, impacted community organizers\, academics\, and policy/legal experts. \nThe Journey to Justice Bus Tour is a cross country bus tour focused on blending artivism\, public education\, and immersive experiences to fuel this crucial movement against the use of solitary confinement throughout U.S. prisons\, jails\, detention centers and carceral facilities nationwide. \nUnlock the Box Campaign is a national advocacy campaign aimed at ending solitary confinement in all U.S. prisons\, jails\, detention facilities\, and juvenile facilities\, and bringing the United States into full compliance with the UN’s Mandela Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners within 10 years. \n  \nAdditional Presenting Organization Partners: \n\nDisability Rights Washington\nEnd Solitary WA\nElliott Bay Books\nSocial Documentary Network\nWashington Prison History Project
URL:https://journeytojusticetour.com/event/seattle-wa-storytelling-panel-event/
LOCATION:Town Hall Seattle\, 1119 8th Ave.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98101\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tacoma\, WA: The Strike Screening
DESCRIPTION:Before the screening\, come experience our mobile\, interactive museum built inside our Journey to Justice Bus.  Bus experience opens at 4:30pm\nScreening begins at 6:00pm\nGet Your Tickets Here\nFor updates\, follow Look2Justice and Chris Blackwell on socials \n\n\nLook2Justice\n\nIG: @look2justice\nX: @look2justice\nFacebook: @look2justice\n\n\nChris Blackwell Personal\n\nIG: @christopherwblackwell\nX: @ChrisWBlackwell\nBluesky: @chriswblackwell.bsky.social‬\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLook2Justice is partnering with the Represent Justice to hos a local film screening of the documentary film “The Strike”! Don’t miss this gripping documentary on the historic Pelican Bay hunger strike\, featuring an intimate panel with the film’s subjects Jack Morris (formerly incarcerated at Pelican Bay) and activist Delores Canales. \nPresented with Elliott Bay Books and sponsored by Disability Rights WA\, Unlock the Box Campaign\, Represent Justice\, End Solitary WA\, Social Documentary Network\, and WA Prison History Project. \n—————————————————————————————————— \nSynopsis: \nAmidst the redwood trees on the California-Oregon border sits one of the most infamous prisons in US history. Pelican Bay is a labyrinthine construction of solid cement blocks – a supermax prison – opened in 1989 and designed specifically for mass-scale solitary confinement. For decades\, it held men alone in tiny cells indefinitely. Then one day in 2013\, 30\,000 prisoners went on hunger strike. \nTHE STRIKE weaves together\, thread-by-thread\, a half century of personal and criminal justice history into a single\, compelling narrative around the drama of the 2013 hunger strike to end indefinite isolation. Grounded in testimonies from the hunger strikers themselves\, the film details how the protest was conceived from a whisper inside the halls of Pelican Bay to a colossal feat across California prisons. With unprecedented access to state prison officials and never-before-seen footage from inside Pelican Bay\, THE STRIKE reveals the panic that gripped the highest echelons of state government. \nTold through the stories of the men who bore the brunt of this practice\, THE STRIKE goes
beyond making a case against solitary confinement; it illuminates the power of organizing and prisoner-led resistance\, and in doing so\, flips the true-crime genre on its head. \nWatch the trailer here. \nFollow the film on Instagram here. \nFind out more at thestrikefilm.com and https://www.representjustice.org/the-strike
URL:https://journeytojusticetour.com/event/tacoma-wa-the-strike-screening/
LOCATION:Grand Cinema\, 606 Fawcett Avenue\, Tacoma\, WA\, 98402\, United States
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SUMMARY:El Sobrante\, CA: Launch Party at Planting Justice
DESCRIPTION:Join the CA Mandela Campaign and Planting Justice as they partner to send off the Journey to Justice National Bus Tour with a Launch Party at Planting Justice’s El Sobrante Farmer’s Market and brand new “pay-what-you-can” cafe\, nursery\, and gathering place\, called The Good Table. Journey to Justice is bringing a mobile advocacy hub designed to make the realities of solitary confinement impossible to ignore. When you arrive\, you will be able to step inside a life-sized replica of a solitary cell. You can witness the stories of survivors through a powerful photo exhibit and immersive experiences. There will be food\, DJ’s\, speakers and more\, with the interactive bus in the spotlight.  This event is about celebrating the movement and sending the bus off with fanfare and love.
URL:https://journeytojusticetour.com/event/jtj-lauch-party-planting-justice/
LOCATION:Planting Justice\, 5166 Sobrante Ave\, El Sobrante\, 94803\, United States
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SUMMARY:KPFA Presents “Ending Isolation” — A Raw Public Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Get Your Tickets Here\nEnding Solitary Confinement\nJoin KPFA for a powerful evening of resistance and reflection:Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary ConfinementThursday\, September 4 | St. John’s Presbyterian Church\, Berkeley | 6–9 PM\nA public conversation and official launch of the national book tour for Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement (Pluto Press\, 2025)\, featuring the book’s authors: Dr. Terry Kupers\, Deborah Zalesne\, and Chris Blackwell (joining by phone from prison). The event will be hosted by Cat Brooks\, activist and host of KPFA’s Law & Disorder. \nWith a special remote appearance by Angela Y. Davis\, this gathering brings together leading voices in the fight to abolish solitary confinement and exposes the psychological\, physical\, and systemic harms of isolation in U.S. prisons and detention centers. \nArrive early to experience the Journey to Justice bus\, including a model solitary cell\, immersive VR experiences\, and a powerful photo and storytelling space. \nAdmission: $20 (sliding scale available)Tickets available here. \nSponsored by KPFA\, Unlock the Box\, and Look2Justice.
URL:https://journeytojusticetour.com/event/kpfa-presents-ending-isolation-a-raw-public-conversation/
LOCATION:St. John’s Presbyterian Church\, 2727 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
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