Free The Dream$: Disrupting Censorship in Youth Prisons

Nikia Watkins and Bettina Johnson speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2023. This session was sponsored by Liberation Library. http://www.liberationlib.org Founded in 2015 by Project Nia, Liberation Library is a volunteer led, abolitionist organization sending books to young people in prisons and jails. With the mission to provide young people the books of their choosing, Liberation Library continuously looks for ways to honor youth choice and empower young people. Throughout the years there have been ongoing challenges to censorship and programming. In this time, Liberation Library in collaboration with Circles and Ciphers has been able to strategize ways to not only capture the voices of young people but increase programming with the creation of the Free The Dream$ magazine. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks