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ANNOUNCEMENT: Hello community, this July I am trying to help raise $1000 for Belal in Gaza! All funds raised will be directed toward feeding his family as well as medical costs. For downloads this month, please direct sliding scale donations of $10-$40 to my Paypal. I will then send all funds raised over to Belal. Thank you so much <3

I am joyfully making images on this page available to the public. You are welcome to use these in your classrooms, for your mutual-aid websites, in the streets, in your zines, for your heart, etc. These pieces are being made available to support the movement for abolition, to challenge the culture of white supremacy and to help imagine a world beyond capitalism. For all of you out there working to build our healed future, thank you for your commitment to this world.

I’m requesting folks donate $10-$40 per download to one of the Abolitionist organizations listed at the bottom of this page or to one of your choosing. 

If you are a for-profit business looking to work with me, please email me for licensing information. 

*Please read below for a few regulations about how to use my work.

It is a privilege and a honor to get to share my work in this format! I do also make my income off of sales of my work. If you would like to support my creative practice, consider visiting my webshop.

 
 

 Organizations I Recommend:

  • Dissenters - leading a new generation of young people to reclaim our resources from the war industry.

  • Interrupting Criminalization- develops containers, weave cross-movement networks, building capacity for & w/ orgs and advocates working to end the growing criminalization and incarceration of women, LGBTQ, trans, and gender non-conforming people of color.

  • Assata’s Daughters - Black woman-led, young person-directed organization rooted in the Black Radical Tradition.

  • Brave Space Alliance - the first Black-led, trans-led LGBTQ Center located on the South Side of Chicago.

  • Chicago Freedom School - provides training and education for young people and adult allies to create a just world.

  • Stick Talk - Stick Talk advances Firearm Harm Reduction, a community safety strategy co-created by young Black and Brown people who are on both sides of the gun.

  • Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO)

  • Pushing Envelopes Chicago -Grounded in prison abolition, Pushing Envelopes Chicago builds lgbtq+ community across bars through penpal relationships, legal aid, and re-entry support.

  • Circles & Ciphers- hip-hop infused restorative justice organization led by and for young people impacted by violence.

  • Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration -organizes mutual support and participatory defense in solidarity with mothers who've suffered criminalization and separation from their kids.

  • JUST PRACTICE- for activists, movement builders, community members, and non-profit workers who want to deepen their harm reduction skills and transformative justice practices.

  • Organized Communities Against Deportations - a movement against deportations and the criminalization of our people. Undocumented. Unapologetic. Unafraid. Unidxs.

  • Lifted Voices - is an action-oriented organization aimed at defending the lives and rights of marginalized people.

  • Love & Protect- Supporting criminalized survivors of violence.

* Please do not edit any of my illustrations without my permission. Please always credit me when sharing my work. Only images on this "Art for Community" page are being made available to public. Use of my other images without a licensing contract are subject to copyright infringement. These images are being offered for non-revenue generating purposes. If you are looking to print this work in some format and utilize it for a fundraiser, please contact me. Thank you!