With support from the California Arts Council, A.B.O. Comix will increase staff capacity and administrative resources in order to meet the needs of our new permanent in-person space for the next two years, allowing us to increase marketing, event production, and better meet the needs of our contributors and the communities we serve.
*Maintain a physical space for the advancement of our programs and services, providing a safer community gathering space and the ability to reach more neighbors, new volunteers, and members of aligned organizations through our street presence
*Provide a platform to marginalized community members inside prison to express themselves artistically
*Work closely with LGBTQ2S+ members experiencing incarceration to develop artwork & provide feedback so that artists can hone their skills
*Introduce the general public to the plight of LGBTQ2S+ people experiencing incarceration
*Fundraise for and provide financial assistance to our contributors and other LGBTQ2S+ people experiencing incarceration in need
*Create and maintain LGBTQ2S+ community contact and friendship across prison walls
*Support LGBTQ2S+ people experiencing incarceration to gain knowledge and experience in the publishing/artistic industry
*Provide artists with credentials for a portfolio and letters of recommendation (for parole boards, etc.)
*Introduce LGBTQ2S+ people experiencing incarceration to other organizations that may assist them with needs or publish their work
*Engage with the local community at events (workshops, book and zine fests)
*Collaborate and work in solidarity with other prisoner advocacy/abolitionist groups
*Produce annual comic anthology featuring dozens of artists, many of whom will be published/recognized for the first time
*Produce Solo works (autobiographies/memoirs, omnibus collections, multiple series/volumes of comics)
*Produce a Podcast featuring long form interviews with currently and formerly incarcerated contributors and those working on behalf of people experiencing incarceration within the prison system
*Self-produce events that bring local and allied artists in adjacently/to collaborate with our contributors
*Provide parole support work for LGBTQ2S+ people that become eligible for homecoming

