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No Pride in Prisons name change upcoming
No Pride in Prisons name change upcoming
Prison abolitionist organisation No Pride in Prisons is preparing to change its name to People Against Prisons Aotearoa after a majority vote at its 2017 annual general meeting.
“Our work is for the universal liberation of prisoners, and so our organisation must be similarly universal,” says No Pride in Prisons spokeswoman Emilie Rākete. “We are not an organisation just for queer and trans people, but for everyone who opposes the violent prison system.”
“People Against Prisons Aotearoa, or PAPA, is a reminder that Papatūānuku underlies the struggle for mana motuhake and the nationwide liberation of Māori in Aotearoa..”
“People Against Prisons Aotearoa is a declaration that we are serious about opposing and ending incarceration itself.”
The change will be made official on 1 September.
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