Register Now For Beyond the Bars 2021

April 26, 2021

This year's conference will take place virtually. The theme is Towards Freedom: Violence, Safety, and Abolition 2021. 

Beyond the Bars was previously postponed in solidarity with the the Graduate Workers of Columbia Union strike to fight for a fair contract. The Union has reached a tentative agreement which you can read more about here: https://columbiagradunion.org/

Therefore, we are excited to announce that Beyond the Bars: Towards Freedom: Violence, Safety, and Abolition in 2021 will air throughout several dates during the month of May! The new dates for Beyond the Bars are the evenings of May 6th, 7th, 13th, 20th, and 27th. 

If you are already registered for the conference, you do not need to re-register. If you are registered for any of the events, you will receive an email and link for all of the events throughout May.

This year marks the 11th annual Beyond the Bars Conference, coming one year after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in which multiple crises have unfolded, and the growth of social movements struggling for a more just and safe world have increased significantly.  Given this, we hope to create deep and thoughtful conversations about the many forms of violence that our society has experienced; to surface and examine the ways in which movements are pushing for community and public safety in ways that do not reenforce the carceral state; and to explore why abolition has become so prevalent in the conversations, strategies and demands in the work of transforming approaches to justice and safety. In addition, we will take time to honor and celebrate the leadership of women impacted by incarceration, and the leadership of Black women, and all that we have and can learn from their work.  And we will spend time building and amplifying the work of grassroots organizing.

This year's conference will be virtual and we are delighted to partner with Haymarket Books to bring the conference to you in this virtual world.

Register for the conference here

Beyond The Bars Towards Freedom: Violence, Safety, and Abolition in 2021. May 2021. 11th Annual Conference: Virtual Edition.