In this workshop, we aim to discuss and develop around the forms of coexistence with Justices and their punishment practices:

How do we create other ways of coexisting? What other justices can we create? How do we create spaces of resistance to the micro-punitivisms that inhabit our societies?

We will work from different concepts, linked to our practices: “Seconding”, Narratives, and Collective Imaginaries.

Images courtesy of YoNoFui

Maria Medrano (poet, editor, and activist) and Alejandra Rodríguez (educator, researcher, and activist) are members of YoNoFui, a transfeminist, grassroots, and anti-prison collective made up of LGBTQNBA+ individuals and cis women, some of whom have been or are currently incarcerated. In their 22 years of activism, they established a School of Arts, Crafts, and Political Experimentation, both inside and outside prison facilities. Additionally, they formed a Workers' Cooperative with various productive units, including a beauty shop (body care), textile design, screen printing, and a collective publishing house: Tinta Revuelta. They’ve created “seconding spaces” to support each other in affective and material community networks of mutual aid, addressing everyday life management, mental health, and legal issues. They conduct workshops on Alternative Justice and Penal Abolition, write books, and initiate discussions to critically examine the role of prisons and punitive measures in our social structure. They've also established a collective house that hosts all these activities.