Projects
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8 to Abolition
To counter the viral reformist “8 Can’t Wait” demands of 2020, “8 to Abolition” explores more transformative possibilities. *Not affiliated with creators*
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Power Blossoms - May 2022
Powe Blossoms’ monthly birthday card campaign builds power between TGNC and queer people inside and outside of prisons.
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Prison Abolition Collective - Logo
The Claremont Colleges Prison Abolition Collective engages consortium students & community members with abolition through public education, direct action, speaker series, & fundraising.
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Racial Justice Act (AB 256)
RJA was passed into law September 2022, allowing those with prior, racially biased convictions to seek justice. Created for the Ella Baker Center.
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How to Fix California’s Youth Prison Problem
Created for an article by Zach Norris and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights on investing in the future of California’s youth population instead of opening more juvenile detention centers.
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Abolish Bondage Collectively
Developed a logo for Abolish Bondage Collectively, a national campaign to end involuntary servitude and the vestiges of slavery.
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Defund Fear Book Launch
Soros Fellow & former EBC director Zachary Norris’ newest book, contains new vision for public safety overturns discrimination, othering, & punishment
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Release Riverside
Created for a 2020 campaign to free people in prisons, who cannot social distance or access PPE and are thus extremely vulnerable to contracting COVID.
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Power Blossoms - August 2021
August 2021 Birthday Campaign
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COVID-19 Safe Car Rally
Created for a 2020 rally to #FreeThemAll. Created with Loyola Project for the Innocent.
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Power Blossoms Anniversary
Special two year anniversary graphic for Power Blossoms’ birthday!
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Black Alliance for Peace
Illustration selected as a winner of the Black Alliance for Peace’s Principles of Unity Illustration art project - Right to Self Defense. Artwork pictured: Emory Douglas.
Practicing Abolition, Creating Community
This zine serves as an introduction to abolition and a new vision of public safety, as well as the material steps we can take to get there. We imagine a world where we care for our neighbors, communities, and ourselves without relying on policing and carceral violence.
Created in collaboration with Benji Hart for Project NIA, January 2022.
Demilitarization, Abolition, Liberation Everywhere all At Once!
A short essay illustrated and written by myself on the intersections of anti-imperialism/militarism, PIC abolition, & Asian American feminism, submitted for a special issue of Frontiers. 2022
Night Out for Safety and Liberation 2022
Night Out for Safety and Liberation (NOSL) was created to counter the National Night Out and aims to break down conceptions of safety as policing and incarceration. NOSL events, held nationwide in various cities, instead celebrate community care, healing, and resilience. This summer, it’s happening on August 6th! Visit www.nosl.us to find an event near you or to get involved.
Commissioned by Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.
Reimagining Youth Justice
Reimagining Youth Justice: A Blueprint for Alameda County examines the existing youth incarceration system in Alameda County. It lays out a roadmap of alternative responses centered in racial equity, healing and empowerment. An excerpt is shown below.
Created in collaboration with Amisha Kambath and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, September 2020.
Time Happens, All of it, Simultaneously
Celebrating the Ella Baker Center’s 25th anniversary in 2021. Poetry by Sarah Sanders-Messmann.
Jil Dever Luxury Slow Fashion
Created for Jil Dever’s Fall 2020 scarf and accessory collection.
Reimagining Justice Symposium
In collaboration with Loyola Project for the Innocent, Loyola Marymount University Law School, and the District Attorney Accountability Coalition. More info here.
