Lydon began their presentation by presenting the origin and background of Ebony & Pink.
“The work that individuals do at Ebony & Pink is predominantly focused on meeting the immediate requirements of LGBT folks people who are presently locked up in prisons and jails around the world,” he said.
Black & Pink presently reaches about 12,000 prisoners around the world every month through their monthly magazine made of “prisoner produced content, where prisoners are telling stories to every other,” he included.
Based on the Ebony & Pink site, the team actively works to abolish the “prison industrial complex” through advocacy, training, direct solution and organizing.
Lydon himself has offered amount of time in county jails in Georgia for trespassing onto a military base to create understanding towards the ramifications of U.S. international policy. He created Ebony & Pink after he got off to stay linked and l k down “for the inventors while the prison fold which had cared for me,” he said.
Next, Lydon explained the massive “prison industrial complex” and how it is really not simply just the buildings “where we’re housing peoples bodies,” however a complex system involving our justice system and “the authorities and exactly how they target communities.”
“We’re talking of a court system that forces people to simply take plea discounts and forces them to get into jail for extremely long jail sentences,” added Lydon. (more…)