Get Involved!

Speak Out:
Organize a rally, a march, a forum, a sit in, or a speak out to bring attention to Marissa’s case. Attend other events that focus on ending violence to build support for the movement to free Marissa Alexander.  Sell stickers at your event to raise money for 
Marissa’s legal defense fund.  Contact us at 
freemarissanow@gmail.com to order stickers and find more  
resources for your event at freemarissanow.org.

Connect:
Send cards & letters to Marissa and other survivors of 
violence who are isolated.  The court tightened the conditions of Marissa’s house arrest, further isolating her and extending some conditions of prison to her home.  Let’s send Marissa love so she knows she’s not alone as she preps for her trial.  More info at freemarissanow.org 

Create:
Make art to help spread the word about Marissa’s case, domestic & sexual violence, and prison & police  violence.  We need graphic art, poetry, music, and performance!

Free Marissa DJ:
Dedicate a song to the mission of freeing Marissa, supporting survivors, and ending domestic violence & mass incarceration.  Post a link to the song on facebook.com/FreeMarissaNow and back up your dedication and your likes/shares of others’ dedications with a donation to the Marissa Alexander legal defense fund at  http://igg.me/at/freemarissa2. See http://www.freemarissanow.org/free-marissa-dj for details.

Feb 8th Tweet In: 
Join us on twitter on Feb 8th for a discussion about the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence.  Use hashtag: #FreeMarissa and #SaturdaySchool and find us on twitter @freemarissanow.

Click Here for Organizing Resources!

Events!

(E-mail us at freemarissanow@gmail.com if you want us to promote your event!)

• February 7-8, 2014, Miami, FL
  CONVERGE! Re-Imagining the Movement to End Gender Violence
  University of Miami School of Law
  This conference will bring together survivors, activists, and academics to reconsider the dominant U.S. responses to gender violence, to build capacity for political mobilization and reform, to share innovative approaches to gender violence, and to promote cross-fertilization and collaboration between researchers, practitioners, and activists. Members of Free Marissa Now will be presenting about Marissa Alexander at this conference. 
  More info: http://www.law.miami.edu/academics/converge/
  
  
• February 8, 2014, TWITTER
  Join us on twitter on Feb 8th for a discussion about the criminalization of survivors of domestic and sexual violence.  
  Use hashtags: #FreeMarissa and #SaturdaySchool and find us on twitter @freemarissanow.
  
  
• February 10, 2014, FACEBOOK
  Free Marissa DJ
  Starting February 10th, the third anniversary of Marissa Alexander’s incarceration, dedicate songs to Marissa Alexander and all people who have been targeted by domestic violence or prison violence. With each dedication, send a much needed donation to Marissa’s legal defense fund to help her win a full acquittal in the new trial!
  More info: 
  https://www.facebook.com/events/508994225879855/
  
  

• February 12, 2014, Seattle
  Valentine's Week Film Screening to Benefit Marissa Alexander
  CRIME AFTER CRIME: The Battle to Free Debbie Peagler
  6:30pm, LEMS Life Enrichment Bookstore,
  5023 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98118
  
  Show the love to Marissa and other criminalized survivors of domestic violence!
  This award-winning documentary tells the story of the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of domestic violence. She was wrongly convicted of the murder of her abusive boyfriend, and sentenced to a minimum of 25 years. After two decades in prison, her case was taken up by attorneys who brought global attention to imprisoned domestic violence survivors and finally won her parole.
  Film donation $5 minimum • Snacks available for donation
  Proceeds benefit the Marissa Alexander Freedom Fundraiser, a campaign of Marissa's family and the national Free Marissa Now mobilization. To donate online, go to http://igg.me/at/freemarissa2
  Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Alliance to Free Marissa Alexander
  More info: 
  https://www.facebook.com/events/1403710703212039
  
  
• February 14, 2014, Pittsburgh
  One Billion Been Rising: New Voices Pittsburgh
  Noon, Market Square Rally To End Gender-Based Violence
  Kicking off in Market Square on Friday, February 14th, at noon, New Voices Pittsburgh: Women of Color for Reproductive Justice and friends are excited to join 207 countries around the world in participating in this global day of action. We will gather in Market Square at Noon then March to the District Attorney’s office at 1 pm. where we will be delivering a letter to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala calling upon him to re­open the case of Charmaine Pfender and to drop the charges against her. Charmaine Pfender was 19 years old when she was sentenced to life without parole for defending herself against rape. She has been in prison for 30 years.  Charmaine is one of many survivors in prison for defending herself against sexual assault. We will also rise for Marissa Alexander who in 2012, was sentenced to twenty years in the Florida criminal correctional system for defending herself from her abusive estranged husband. Marissa successfully appealed the trial, overturning the guilty verdict on 9/26/13.  On 11/26/13, Marissa was finally released on bond and is currently under house arrest.  Her new trial is scheduled for 7/28/14. This event will continue to be held in the memory of Ka’Sandra Wade who was murdered on January 2, 2013 by her boyfriend and father of her child as a final act of intimate partner violence.
  More info: http://onebillionrisingpgh.wordpress.com/schedule-of-events/
  Also, One Billion Been Rising has published a response to critiques of the global project, One Billion Rising
  
  
• February 16, 2014, Chicago
  Marissa Alexander Art Party
  12pm - 5pm, 729 W. Maxwell Street, Chicago IL, 60607
  To ensure Marissa Alexander has an excellent defense for her upcoming trial, an art party will be hosted at the UIC Social Justice Initiative's Pop Up JUST Art (PUJA) space on February 16, 2014.
  More info: 
  https://www.facebook.com/events/1413334815579769/