Early April 2021:
A Black trans woman named Jaida Peterson is found murdered in a hotel room in Charlotte, NC. Her friends and family ask the community to help them with funeral arrangements. HOK organizers step up alongside CLT based groups,help raise enough funds to see Jaida buried with dignity. Organizers are also able to help Jaida's CLT family get down to SC to attend her funeral.
A Black trans woman named Jaida Peterson is found murdered in a hotel room in Charlotte, NC. Her friends and family ask the community to help them with funeral arrangements. HOK organizers step up alongside CLT based groups,help raise enough funds to see Jaida buried with dignity. Organizers are also able to help Jaida's CLT family get down to SC to attend her funeral.
March 2021:
Black trans abolitionist + beloved House of Kanautica organizer Ash Williams has been targeted and violently arrested by CMPD. Fellow HOK organizers work alongside Charlotte Uprising to furnish bail $ and get Ash released from jail as quickly as possible. This is HOK's first bail bond campaign as a collective.
Black trans abolitionist + beloved House of Kanautica organizer Ash Williams has been targeted and violently arrested by CMPD. Fellow HOK organizers work alongside Charlotte Uprising to furnish bail $ and get Ash released from jail as quickly as possible. This is HOK's first bail bond campaign as a collective.
February 2021:
House Of Kanautica has received it's first referral from our House Mother. We were tasked with supporting Misha, who Kanautica met at Anson CL, in accessing basic necessities after 7 long + awful years in incarceration. We were able to fundraise enough to give Misha a bed, dresser, mattress, bed frame, and night stand as well as a small amount of survival funds to help her while she transitions home.
House Of Kanautica has received it's first referral from our House Mother. We were tasked with supporting Misha, who Kanautica met at Anson CL, in accessing basic necessities after 7 long + awful years in incarceration. We were able to fundraise enough to give Misha a bed, dresser, mattress, bed frame, and night stand as well as a small amount of survival funds to help her while she transitions home.
January 2021:
The good folks at The Pansy Collective and Tranzmission Prison Project hold a letter writing station, fundraiser, and info session for Kanautica. They also offer beautiful screenprinted T-shirts for free to Black trans organizers.
The good folks at The Pansy Collective and Tranzmission Prison Project hold a letter writing station, fundraiser, and info session for Kanautica. They also offer beautiful screenprinted T-shirts for free to Black trans organizers.
December 2020:
In 2019, after months of organizing, we got Kanautica transferred from a men’s facility to Anson CI, the state's newest women’s facility. However, since her transfer to Anson CI, Kanautica has been experiencing daily transphobic comments and harrassment over her gender identity. Anson CI is not equipped to support Kanautica at this time, and we are asking for her immediate transfer to N.C. Correctional Institution for Women. Please support Kanautica’s transfer by making calls to the NC DPS on her behalf:
In 2019, after months of organizing, we got Kanautica transferred from a men’s facility to Anson CI, the state's newest women’s facility. However, since her transfer to Anson CI, Kanautica has been experiencing daily transphobic comments and harrassment over her gender identity. Anson CI is not equipped to support Kanautica at this time, and we are asking for her immediate transfer to N.C. Correctional Institution for Women. Please support Kanautica’s transfer by making calls to the NC DPS on her behalf:
August 2019:
VICTORY! Kanautica Zayre-Brown was transferred to a women’s facility on August 15th, 2019!
Thank you to everyone who called the Department of Public Safety and Governor Cooper’s office demanding that Kanautica be transferred to a facility for women.
Thank you for writing letters, donating, and spreading the word about #TransferKanauticaNow!
We encourage you to read the full statement that Kanautica made about her transfer,here's an excerpt: "The physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual anguish can never be restored, but my courage and boldness stands above all and allows me to have an empowering and thunderous voice with unstoppable bravery."
Full Statement here: https://tinyurl.com/Kzbstatement
May 2019:
The state of North Carolina has guaranteed Kanautica's transfer to a woman's facility by August 22nd, 2019, almost 90 days from now.
Join us on June 10th as we remind Governor Cooper and Director of Prisons Kenneth Lassiter that KANAUTICA HAS LIVED IN FEAR LONG ENOUGH.
She can't afford to wait! We demand they #TransferKanauticaNOW!
Call in details: www.tinyurl.com/callin10
VICTORY! Kanautica Zayre-Brown was transferred to a women’s facility on August 15th, 2019!
Thank you to everyone who called the Department of Public Safety and Governor Cooper’s office demanding that Kanautica be transferred to a facility for women.
Thank you for writing letters, donating, and spreading the word about #TransferKanauticaNow!
We encourage you to read the full statement that Kanautica made about her transfer,here's an excerpt: "The physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual anguish can never be restored, but my courage and boldness stands above all and allows me to have an empowering and thunderous voice with unstoppable bravery."
Full Statement here: https://tinyurl.com/Kzbstatement
May 2019:
The state of North Carolina has guaranteed Kanautica's transfer to a woman's facility by August 22nd, 2019, almost 90 days from now.
Join us on June 10th as we remind Governor Cooper and Director of Prisons Kenneth Lassiter that KANAUTICA HAS LIVED IN FEAR LONG ENOUGH.
She can't afford to wait! We demand they #TransferKanauticaNOW!
Call in details: www.tinyurl.com/callin10
PDF of Transfer Letter here | |
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Join us in Raleigh June 1st!
Event details: tinyurl.com/HOKSlims
Event details: tinyurl.com/HOKSlims
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