Grantee Database

Application ID

GEN-22-16482

Application Type

Arts and Cultural Organizations General Operating Relief

Approved Grant Amount

28500

Project Description

A.B.O. Comix is a collective of creators and activists who work to amplify the voices of LGBTQ2S+ people experiencing incarceration through art. By working closely with prison abolitionist and LGBTQ2S+ advocacy organizations, we aim to keep queer people experiencing incarceration connected to outside community and support them in the fight toward liberation. The profits we generate go back to artists experiencing incarceration, especially those with little to no resources. Using the DIY ideology of “punk-zine” culture, A.B.O. was formed with the philosophy of mutual support, community, and friendship. ​

Our collective is working towards compassionate accountability without relying on the state or its sycophants. A.B.O. believes our interpersonal and societal issues can be solved without locking people in cages. Our mission is to combat the culture that treats humans as disposable and disproportionately criminalizes the most marginalized amongst us. Through artistic activism, we hope to proliferate the idea that a better world means redefining our concepts of justice.

Organization Summary

A.B.O. Comix is a collective of creators and activists who work to amplify the voices of LGBTQ2S+ people experiencing incarceration through art. By working closely with prison abolitionist and LGBTQ2S+ advocacy organizations, we aim to keep queer people experiencing incarceration connected to outside community and support them in the fight toward liberation. The profits we generate go back to artists experiencing incarceration, especially those with little to no resources. Using the DIY ideology of “punk-zine” culture, A.B.O. was formed with the philosophy of mutual support, community, and friendship. ​

Our collective is working towards compassionate accountability without relying on the state or its sycophants. A.B.O. believes our interpersonal and societal issues can be solved without locking people in cages. Our mission is to combat the culture that treats humans as disposable and disproportionately criminalizes the most marginalized amongst us. Through artistic activism, we hope to proliferate the idea that a better world means redefining our concepts of justice.

Organization

ABO Comix

Address

PO Box 11584

Oakland

Phone

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