Feedback on Previous timetables¶
- There are no breaks – breaks are really important to help people learn/recover/re-charge from lots of information, and also for relationship building/networking
- There are lots of talks with lots of information, but we really need space for discussions about tactics and next steps, I’ve tried to integrate these into each session
- Most speakers are actually more informative when they have less time to talk – most people can generally listen for about 20mins tops before switching off
- The below is obviously a draft/totally open to full re-design/rejection!
Overview¶
Each Session:
- Speakers have 20-30mins max focusing on their area (who, what, where, when, why, how)
- Reflect on critical questions: What have we learnt from our organising? What support do we need? What are our short and long term goals?
- Session 4 detailed go-round, who is here, input on questions feedback from groups
- Session 7 totally facilitated/no speakers
Saturday¶
10 – 10.30 Registrations
10.30 – 11 Introduction (5mins), Safer Spaces agreement (5mins), Brief Go round (20mins)
11 – 12.30 Session 1 – Growth of the P.I.C & Intro to Prison Abolition
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 3 Session 2 – Policing & Community Self Defense
3 – 3.30 Break
3.30 – 5 Session 3 – Countering Injustice
5 – 6 Session 4 Plenary
Dinner
Sunday
10 – 11.30 Session 5 – Gender and Incarceration
11.30 – 12 Break
12 – 1 Session 6 – Borders as tools of incarceration
1 – 2 Lunch
2 – 4 Session 7 – Towards a national network against Prisons, strategies and tactics
Detailed Overview¶
Saturday¶
10 – 10.30 Registrations
- Welcomes/late arrivals
- Share safer spaces agreement with folks
10.30 – 11 Introduction
- Brief welcome to conference, health & safety stuff etc
- Re-cap safer spaces agreement
- Brief go-round of names, where you’re from, if connected to a group
11 – 12.30 Session 1 – Growth of the P.I.C & Intro to Prison Abolition
- Empty Cages Collective – Map out current P.I.C, intro to white paper, plans for near future, prison expansion latest (20 mins)
- No Prisons Manchester – talk about expansion and how we’ve fought the expansion (20mins)
- IWOC – prison labour – about the strikes in US, plans for UK, prison labour plans in white paper (20mins)
- Bent Bars (Sarah Lamble) – prison abolition – 30mins
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch
1.30 – 3 Session 2 – Policing & Community Self Defense
- Black Lives Matter MCR – policing and counterstrategies – 30mins
- World Without Police – talk 30mins & then hold space for remainder of session, speak with BLM about how to design workshop for participation
3 – 3.30 Break
3.30 – 5 Session 3 – Countering Injustice
- JENGBA – jengba as a campaign, joint enterprise – 20 mins
- Paddy Hill from Miscarriage of Justice – 20mins
- Smash IPP – 20mins
- Remaining 30 minutes: Q&As, group facilitation about how to better support these campaigns, practical announcements about days of action etc
5 – 5.15 Mini break
5.15 – 6 Session 4 Plenary
- Go-round in room: detailed go-round, who is here, input on questions feedback from groups sent in advance, key things we’d like to discuss on Sunday (post it notes?)
Dinner
Sunday¶
10 – 11.30 Session 5 – Gender and Incarceration
- Sisters Uncut – DV and the carceral system (30mins)
- Action for Trans Health – Trans prisoners (30mins)
- Q&As, group facilitation about how to better support these campaigns etc (30mins)
11.30 – 12 Break
12 – 1 Session 6 – Borders as tools of incarceration
- Movement For Justice – against Yarls Wood and incarceration of migrants (30mins)
- Q&As, group facilitation about how to better support these campaigns etc (30mins)
1 – 2 Lunch
2 – 4 Session 7 – Towards a national network against Prisons, strategies and tactics
- Facilitated next steps session
- Closing of conference and evaluation
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