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Jacob Leidolf is the Founder, Chief Designer / Creative Director of the Pen and Sword Political Pirates. He also serves as the Director of Art and Communications for Scope Urban Apparel, the Graphic / Arts Editor for Blackstonian.com and Collective Coordinator for the Grassroots Grind Group. Meet Our Team »

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JP Open Studios: No Human Being Is Illegal

[Via Haymarket People’s Fund] The Weekend of JP Open Studios Haymarket People’s Fund hosted an exhibition called ‘No Human Being Is Illegal’ which brought together 17 artists from Boston and Beyond to share their stories and bring awareness to the critical issues impacting our communities, specifically the criminalization of human life via current and existing immigration policies and the system of mass incarceration that feeds off of documented and undocumented citizens alike. There was a closing reception on Sunday Night where members of the community were invited to join in a celebration of the art, the weekend and community. A potluck fundraiser generated donations of cash and canned / dry goods which have been directed to survivors of Hurricane Maria via The Dream Defenders and Sociadad Latina who are sponsoring relief efforts. This beautiful community event would not have been possible without many people. Thank you to the artists: Lilin Wang, Rohan Nijhawan, Sebastian Tabares, Kwest, Imagine, GieRodz, Thaer Abdallah, Ankana, Pathetic Pixels, Aphrosyche, Life’s Good, Gabriela Cartagena, Tobelliot, Hewett, Wayland “X” Coleman, FrancLo and Jacob Leidolf. Thank you to Casa Verde, Grass Fed / Ten Tables and Fiore’s Bakery and all of our guests for contributing to our potluck. Thank you HiFadility and Rah Zen for the music. Thank you to Haymarket for hosting the event. Thank you to Voices of Liberation, Scope Apparel, Organize the Hood Boston / Feed the Hood, Pen and Sword Political Pirates and The BRIDGES Foundation for making it all happen. Photos Via Ankana

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Blog, Events

Call for Submissions: No Human Being Is Illegal

Voices of Liberation, Pen & Sword Political Pirates and Scope Apparel present: ‘No Human Being is Illegal‘ a group art show at Haymarket People’s fund. Part of Jamaica Plain Open Studios 2017. This is an open call for entries of visual, multimedia and other work reflecting on Borders, Migration, Criminilaztion of Human Life and the Strength of Community. Submissions Deadline: September 15th Selected work must be ready to hang and delivered prior to Friday September 22. Submit Work  

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Info Graphics, Portfolio, Web

Police Reform Websites

In the past weeks we have launched 3 new websites which will continue to be developed in collaboration with Blackstonian.com. These websites all focus on tracking police misconduct and instituting reforms to prevent discipline it. MassPoliceReform.org Mass Police Reform works to reform police practices to improve respect for basic human and civil rights, reforms should address concerns about policing, racial discrimination/profiling, diversity, excessive/deadly force and corruption. This site was a complete rebuild and rebrand and is part of a larger local campaign to unify efforts for police reform. ShotByPolice.Blackstonian.org Shot By Police Boston & Beyond seeks to provide as comprehensive as possible a database of people who have been Shot and Killed by Police in Boston and some surrounding communities. This site was a complete rebuild and rebrand completely representing the available data in a format consistent with and inspired by leading data collection projects like “The Counted”. PoliceDecirtification.us Police Decirtification (US) addresses the issue of police decertificaion at a national level. There are currently only 6 States without the authority to revoke a police officer’s license: California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. This site is still under development but seeks to provide a central resource for decertification advocates across the country.  

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Events

Art Auction Benefit For Standing Rock

RSVP Via Facebook BOSTON MA- Dec. 3 2016, Distillery Gallery is hosting an art auction benefitting the frontline, indigenous led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Boston based curators Olivia Ives-Flores, Oliver Mak, and Silvi Naci are selecting a wide array of works from local and national artists to be auctioned at the event. An after party event will also be hosted at Firebrand Saints with DJs Big Bear and Yvng Pavl CLLCTV Boston. All sales of Notch Beer will be donated to #NODAPL Resources. The art auction is Dec. 3rd 6-9pm at the Distillery (516 E2nd St. South Boston). This event is free, 21 plus. Featured Artists include Matt Zaremba, Raul Gonzalez, Heather McGrath, Alex Sewell, Ana Karina DaCosta, Sarah Cronin, Autumn Ahn, Ellen Murphy, Thomas Chung, Shane Butler, Elaine Bay, Nick Zaremba, Josh Falk, Maria Molteni, Greg Burdett, Kevin Redstar, Henry Kunkel, Erin Shaw, Damion Silver, Loretta Park, Zachary Naylor, Brian Hart, Pat Falco, Scott Chasse, Andrew Jacob, Farrell Mason, Cyrille Conan, Marka27, Jesse Hernandez, Marisa Malik, Jay Lacouture, Ryan Lombardi, Kristin Texeria, TJ Kelley III, Percy Fortini-Wright and more. DJ Emerson (White Animal Sound) and Creaturos will perform. Antidesigns will be live silkscreening at the event. Preview images of the works are being updated daily at the following url: http://solidaritywithstandingrock.tumblr.com/ Native American Rights, ecology and human rights violations against protestors have united artists and curators to take action in solidarity with Standing Rock. As winter descends upon Standing Rock, weather appropriate supplies are needed for continued resistance against the North Dakota Access Pipeline. The Dec. 3rd Art Auction directly supports Red Warrior Camp and the Camp of Sacred Stones via NODAPLSOLIDARITY.ORG ABOUT NODAPLSOLIDARITY.ORG #NoDAPL Solidary is dedicated in supporting the frontline, indigenous led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. The organization unites allies from around the world to take action against the institutions that are attempting to construct the pipeline by joining in sustained action in solidarity with the Red Warrior Camp and the Camp of the Sacred Stones.

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