The Houston Anarchist Black Cross has some dire news, in brief;

1. We need volunteer support to keep our projects alive - we’re having a meeting next Sunday 10/5/08 at Taft St Coffee
2. We need $175 to mail out our prisoner published zine Captive Voices

For close to 10 years, Houston ABC has been doing anti-prison and prisoner support work. In October we are losing 2 of our 3 collective members, due to unanticipated life changes. In order to continue the present projects that Houston ABC has undertaken, we will need a significant amount of community support. Without new committed members, Houston ABC will have to stop serving the hundreds of prisoners we send information too each year. We are asking that interested volunteers attend a meeting on Sunday, October 5th to learn more about our work and how to help. Even as our membership is moving on to other things, we know these projects are important and would like to see them survive, in Houston if possible.

For several years now, our collective has been responsible for the printing and distribution of a prisoner-edited zine, “Captive Voices”, which is received by over 200 people free of charge twice a year. Issue number 17 came out this summer, and we are in need of approximately $175 to finish copying and mailing the remaining copies. In addition to the distribution of Captive Voices, we also launched a pamphlets to prisoners project earlier this year. We have more than two dozen literature requests on hand right now, with more arriving weekly. We would REALLY like to keep these project alive.

If you are interested in prisoner abolition, prisoner support or mutual aid in general, please join us on Sunday, October 5th at 3 p.m. at Taft St Coffee (2115 Taft St.) If you would like to offer support and are not able to attend this meeting, please contact us:

houstonabc@riseup.net or call Ashley 713-259-2266

Checks or money orders can be sent to:

Houston ABC
P.O. Box 667614
Houston, TX 77266

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