Unicorn Riot | West Philly: 8th Annual Prisoners' Families Brunch Honors Russell Maroon Shoatz, Anthony 'Ant' Smith @UnicornRiot | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
West Philadelphia, PA - Over 100 people came out early Sunday afternoon for a banquet celebrating political prisoners and their loved ones and other supporters.

The 8th annual 'Prisoners' Families Brunch' was held at the OneArt Community Center on 52nd Street, with this year's event honoring the late Russell Maroon Shoatz (whose autobiography 'I Am Maroon' was just released) and Anthony 'Ant' Smith, a Philly community organizer and teacher who recently got out of prison after being locked up on federal charges stemming from George Floyd protests in Philadelphia in 2020. Speeches included a few readings from the book and remarks from people Shoatz inspired over the years including other former prisoners incarcerated alongside him.

Organizations endorsing the event included The Care Space Project, Philly Anarchist Black Cross, The Abolitionist Law Center, Ubuntu Freedom, Building Fearless Futures, Landing Freedom and Black Lives Matter Philly.

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