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Whether you have been with us for decades or are just joining us now, know you are part of a tiny but mighty team. We are careful with every penny. Our San Francisco office is a glorified hallway, stuffed with staff and volunteers where we answer the phones and broadcast voices from across the country. It is a launchpad for voices that would otherwise be isolated.
Prairieland defendants are reaching out and we are reaching in.
Last year a group of 22 community activists in Texas were charged and convicted of domestic terrorism after a noise demonstration outside of an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas. Now they face decades of time in federal prison and a second trial for terrorism, at the state level.
Just as they were being swallowed by the carceral monster, they called us. Because of your support, we were ready. Champagne
Song, Rowan Gibson, Maricela Rueda, Autumn Hill, and Meagan Morris are now Prison Radio correspondents.
Mumia Abu-Jamal: scholar, colleague and grandfather to the movement. Prison Radio launched onto a national stage when we gave Mumia back his microphone in 1992. Since then we have published over 3,000 radio essays with him and edited and published many of his books. Our co-founder Noel Hanrahan, Esq. has joined his legal team! The vibrant community we are all part of is now battling death by incarceration as he enters his 45th year inside prison.
Mumia is an elder statesman, a great grandfather to kids, and the inspiration for the movement for abolition. Prison Radio is honored to be his broadcast partner.
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