MAMAS

Tomorrow 🚨 Join us Saturday March 28, at 1pm at the Green Line Performing Arts Center for a celebration of Women’s History Month! The event will include a screening of “Invisible Giants” and discussion featuring Rosemary and Denise! 🔗 Register at bit.ly/mamasgiants

MAMAS very own A’Keisha Lee recently wrote a piece about her experience protesting ICE, and the broader impact of state violence on our communities. In the article, she affirms the importance of expanding our networks of resistance and community care! motheringisradical.medium.com/first-they-cam…

ANTONIO PORTER IS COMING HOME 🎉 We wish a warm welcome to Antonio and his loved ones who have been fighting for him for over two decades, including his mother Rosemary and the whole community that stood behind him. Welcome home, Antonio! #motheringisradical #freethemall

COURT SUPPORT 🚨 After being granted a new trial this Monday, January 26th is the detention hearing for Antonio Porter. The decision may result in Antonio’s release after 23 years of incarceration! Pack the courtroom & show how much Rosemary & Antonio are loved by the community!

✉️ Mail JCAR@ilga.gov to let them know you oppose making the “emergency” IDOC mail ban a permanent policy! ❤️ Mail is a lifeline for incarcerated people, connecting them to their loved ones and community on the outside. Take action now!

🚨 URGENT CALL TO ACTION 🚨 Between now & tomorrow evening, January 8 2026, submit a comment opposing the Illinois Department of Correction’s attempt at blocking mail to incarcerated people to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) ahead of their Friday meeting.

🍂 ‘Tis the season for Radical Mothering! Our four part series recapping MAMAS and MOK throughout the seasons of 2025! Our final post of this series recaps the fall 2025 season. One filled with lively discussions, letter writing to our loved ones on the inside, and more!

☀️‘Tis the season for Radical Mothering! Our four part series recapping MAMAS and MOK throughout the seasons of 2025! Our third post of this series recaps the summer 2025 season. Swipe to check out what we got up to July through September of 2025 and stay tuned for more!

🌷 ‘Tis the season for Radical Mothering! Our four part series recapping MAMAS throughout the seasons of 2025! Swipe to check out what we got up to April through June of 2025 and stay tuned for the next edition in our series! #motheringisradical #freethemall #freethemnow

❄️ ‘Tis the season for Radical Mothering! Our four part series recapping MAMAS & MOK throughout 2025! Our first post of this series recaps the winter 2025 season filled with discussions, protests, written reflections, and intentional gathering with our movement partners.

#freethemall #freethemnow #motheringisradical

Last month, MAMAS came together with community members for a conversation around stopping Governor Pritzker & IDOC’s $900 Million new prison project. Visit bit.ly/NoNewPrisonsIL for more information and scroll to read more! 🧵

MAMAS is being honored at the James Thindwa grassroots organizing fund! This fund was organized by James Thindwa’s loved ones to disburse grants to organizers engaging in critically important issues that drove and inspired him. 🔗 Register at bit.ly/thindwa2025

❤️ Mail is a lifeline for incarcerated people, connecting them to their loved ones and community on the outside. Blocking this connection is not just an act of carceral violence, it is an act of reproductive violence! Take action now #freethemall #freethemnow #motheringisradical

🚨 CALL TO ACTION 🚨 Before November 24th, submit a written comment opposing the Illinois Department of Correction’s attempt at blocking mail to incarcerated people. ✉️ Mail DOC.ProposedRulemaking@illinois.gov and cc JCAR@ilga.gov to let them know you oppose this action!

Late last month, MAMAS and MOK sat on the Reclaiming Reproduction panel and film screening at Haymarket Books! We discussed the connections between reproductive injustice and carceral, colonial, and imperial violence! #FreeThemNow #FreeThemAll

On Sept 22, 2025, Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah walked free after 12 years behind bars. For over a decade, the Egyptianstate tore him from his his mother Laila, his son Khaled, and his community. We honor Alaa, his family, and all political prisoners still behind bars.

MAMAS mourns & honors the passing of Revolutionary Black Nationalist Assata Shakur. Her life was defined by immense revolutionary principle in the face state repression. We honor her best by continuing to fight for a better world. #radicalmothering #assata #assatashakur

But this past week, after countless years of organizing and advocating, Chris is coming home! Our community keeps us safe, our community protects and advocates for us — police and prisons don’t! Welcome home, Chris! #motheringisradical #freethemall #freethemnow

At just 16 years old, Chris was tortured and framed by CPD, an arm of the prison and military industrial complex that separates loved ones (including children) from one another and from their greater community — a clear reproductive injustice.

CHRISTOPHER NEAL IS FREE 🎉 We wish a warm welcome to Chris and his loved ones who fought for his release for nearly three decades, including his sister Valerie, his cousin Rosemary, and a whole community that stood behind him.