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Matthew Garcia

33 years old
Currently at SCI Chester

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Matthew Garcia has published 1 commentary. Latest commentary:
Title	Duration	Date
How Much Does It Take?	05:24	04/03/23

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Mumia Abu-Jamal
Sundiata Acoli
Delbert Africa
Mike Africa Jr.
Hakim Kikongo Akbar
Lexter Almagro
Asar Imhotep Amen
Stacey Anderson
Bryant Arroyo
Safir Chuma Asafo
Omar Askia Ali
Michael Paul Astorga

B

Khalil Bennet
DeAngelo Betts
Sheik Bilal Abdul Salaam-Bey
Faluch Bigsby
Bria Blackmon
Desarae Bodnovich
Joseph Bowen
Torrey Braxton
Dallas Britt
Cecil Brookins
Antrell Brown
Donald Brown
Joseph Brown
Amy Buckley
Marsha Byrd
Melaney Byrd

C

Kelvin Casey Canada
Charles Carpenter
Tori Chisholm
Krystal Clark
Shelton Coleman
Kenjuan Congo Jr.
Taylor Conley
Kevin Cooper
Prettyattie Cooper
Harold Cunningham
Willie Curtis

D

Charles Karim Diggs
Quincy Dion Jones
Jane Dorotik
Mutope Duguma
Bill Dunne

E

Dave Easley
William “Willie” Edwards
Shontil Estes

F

Valentino Facey
United Black Family Scholarship Foundation

G

Matthew Garcia
Derrick Gibson
Ronald Gibson
Willie Godbolt
Jason Goudlock
Marcia Graham
Damaine Griffin

H

Terri Harper
Kenneth Hartman
Siddique Abdullah Hasan
Asar Akili Kamau Heru
Naykima Hill
Robert T. Hinds
Sharon Hinojosa
Ra Atem Hotep
Sergio Hyland

I

Roummel Ingram
Yafeu Iyapo

J

Auroniece Jackson
Fred Jackson
Spoon Jackson
Heather Jarvis
Raymond Eugene Jenkins
Antwann Johnson
Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
Lorenzo Cat Johnson
Ronald Earnest Jones

K

Burnell Kelly
Khalfani Malik Khaldun
Ivan Kilgore
Bambi Nicole King
Gregory Kinnard
Eric Scott Knutson
April Kurtz
Joseph Kwaha

L

Jaan Laaman
Mondo We Langa
Quiana Lovett

M

Bobby Main
Keith Malik Washington
Earl Martin
Melvin Martin Thomas
Andraus McCloud
Dennis “Solo” McKeithan
Gerald McNabb
Dontie Mitchell
Bilal Muhammad
Peter “Pitt” Mukuria
Jalil Muntaqim
Mansa Musa

N

Marvin “Shaka” Walker
Robert Neibler
Travis Nettles (Seven)
Tievon Nichols
Steven Nicholson
William A. Noguera

O

Brandi Lynn Oligney
Joadanus Olivas

P

Zohnpierre D Perkins
Edward Pinkney
Jamil Pirant
India Porter

R

Bennu Hannibal Ra-Sun
Izell Robinson
Prentiss Robinson
Paul Rodgers
Keith Rogers
Uhuru Rowe

S

Kojo Bomani Sababu
Wilbert Sanders
Anastazia Schmid
Aquiles Serpa
Kerry “Shakaboona” Marshall
Bomani Shakur (Keith LaMar)
Mutulu Shakur
Shawn Sharp
Reginald Sinclair Lewis
Jy’Aire Smith-Pennick
Ashleigh Smith
Chad Smith
Hedi Smith
Darren Stanley (KnowledgeBorn GodAllah)
Dana Stevens
Stevie Stevenson
Keontae Stuart
Lisa Strawn
Maximillian (Ian) Streisel

T

Kenneth Lee Taylor
Eddie Treadwell
Christopher “Naeem” Trotter

V

Richard A. Valdez
Cesar Francisco Villa

W

Jason Renard Walker
Herman Wallace
James Ward
Christian Weaver
Raymond White
Julia Wigley
Dortell Williams
Joseph Willis
Albert Woodfox
Verlie Word
Ozzie Mannwright

Z

Kenneth Zamarron
Shaka Zulu

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#freethemall #abolition

Birthday of Resistance, here and around the world!

Birthday of Resistance, here and around the world!

While we are certainly excited to celebrate Mumia's 70th year of life, we are also aware that this is a vital opportunity to take a hard look at what it means that this brilliant political activist, journalist, and thinker has been incarcerated for more than 40 years. Read our email about this moment for our movement HERE: https://conta.cc/4aCPAyv

AFTERNOON RALLY IN PHILADELPHIA

RALLY AND MARCH FOR MUMIA ABU-JAMAL

WED APRIL 24, 2024
2 – 4 PM

PHILADELPHIA CITY HALL (south side)
Octavius Catto Statue
1400 John F Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19107

The French movement for Mumia's freedom has gathered thousands of petitions in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal. These will be presented to District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office during a rally and march in the City Hall area.

A charter bus will bring people from New York City and Boston to Philadelphia for the afternoon rally and evening program. Get more info by following the Linktree link in the post!

Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of

Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.

Benner Township, PA.-

On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.

By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.

The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...

As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.

Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.

In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.

Read the full article at i
https://conta.cc/4ayDxlB

Check out Bilal's four-part series, "Captivities"

Check out Bilal's four-part series, "Captivities" on our website. Bilal is a regular correspondent with Prison Radio, and we hope his analytical and critical audio essays inspire you, too! Reach out by mail and let him know what you think ~

https://conta.cc/3UdRyzw

“Those on the outside are all being held captive by inflation, job layoffs, medical fees, and education for your children. Let's unite and stand up against captivity. Thank you all for your time, efforts, and energy.” -Sheik Bilal Adbul Salaam-Bey

#captivities #freethemall #abolition

I love getting calls from Bilal, a regular corresp

I love getting calls from Bilal, a regular correspondent with Prison Radio. He consistently records moving, incisive pieces on the state of the American carceral system, reflecting his study, observations, and criticism from inside prison.

He recently wrapped up his four-part series entitled Captivities, which he based on a course he took through the College Guild, which offers free courses for incarcerated people.

Listening to and watching the progression of this series over the last few months has given me a unique opportunity to witness the consciousness-raising power of political education. I am grateful to learn from Sheik Bilal in this process and I wanted to share that experience with all of you.

In his commentaries, Sheik Bilal unpacks the trauma of juvenile detention and analyzes its effects on the “revolving door” of the prison system and the dynamics of recidivism. His audio essays provide a space for him to imagine and experiment with solutions to these thorny problems:

“A lot of adult prisoners were held captive as juveniles….The best way to reach juveniles who are being held captive in the numerous detention centers and facilities across the United States, is by having someone who has been through the same struggle and understands their pain, speak to them in a clear and concise way, and become their mentors.”
https://conta.cc/3UdRyzw

Since January, Prison Radio has aired over 65 comm

Since January, Prison Radio has aired over 65 commentaries from people in prison. These voices are soaring over the prison walls because of our work - and I do mean OUR work. We could not have done this without you.

Here is what you have made possible this year!

The Mumia Abu-Jamal Emergency Medical Defense Fund (Official 2024) was launched to support the critical health needs of our lead correspondent. Mumia’s cardiac health is precarious and requires appropriate dietary and exercise opportunities. This campaign, your calls have moved the prison authorities and actually shifted what food he has to eat (more salad and whole wheat bread). They gave him access to an elliptical machine. You made calls and wrote letters, and over 352 of your gave us life sustaining gifts.

The state of PA would be happy to let him die, and we will not allow that to happen. It was our collective vigilance that kept him alive under the 1995 & 1997 death warrants, through his treatment for chronic Hep C, and now post-double bypass heart surgery. We know that only our ongoing vigilance will bring him home. We need to keep the pressure on.
https://conta.cc/49jyV1w

CALL TO ACTION: Mumia's health is still vulnerable

CALL TO ACTION: Mumia's health is still vulnerable and we need your voice! Click the link in bio for more information on how you can donate and support Mumia.

Tell the PA DOC what you think about the medical n

Tell the PA DOC what you think about the medical neglect of their aging prison population. Mumia is one of many elders trapped in PA prisons without proper care and medical attention.

#freemumia #MumiaAbuJamal #freethemall #abolitionistapproach #abolitionnow

Let me share some welcome news from the visit: Mum

Let me share some welcome news from the visit: Mumia looked the best I have seen him since August 2023. He is stable, his health is slowly improving. And the advocacy that you have engaged in for a healthy diet is making an impact. Your calls and letters have made a difference.

He is vibrant, alert, and solid. This is in sharp contrast to all of my visits since September, when I have wanted to wheel him to the ER.

Thank you for making a connection with him, to his smile, his resilience, his intellectual leadership and unfaltering integrity. Every single word Mumia puts to paper, he writes in response to your efforts to reach across the prison walls.

Click the link in our bio for more information and to continue supporting Mumia!
https://conta.cc/43y4L9D

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