Finish the 5, Children’s Defense Fund, & TAVP are collaborating to train young people interested in using their story for advocacy! 📣 Attendees can expect to learn about the fundamentals of safe & effective storytelling with an opportunity for practice & feedback. Link in bio!

Today our Executive Director will be giving the closing plenary presentation at the #TCDL2024! He will be discussing how TAVP centers community and care in our digital preservation of records related to violence, resistance, and survival. 🫂

Your videos of #HumanRights violations could belong to the future - #Archiving is the way to get them there. Use our decision tree, created with Texas After Violence, to find out if this is the right choice for you! Download here: wit.to/Archiving-Deci… #ArchiveLife🐝

For system impacted youth who want to use their story to create change, we are hosting an online AND in person training just for you. Our virtual event is TOMORROW! 🎉 Sign up here ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Meet our amazing panelists for our collaborative event, Narrative Threads: Navigating Stories of Pain and Power! We'll see you soon! 🗓️ June 6 ⏰ 6:30-8 p.m. EST 📍 IN-PERSON @ The People's Forum in NYC and LIVE STREAMED 📮 RSVP at bit.ly/narrative-thre… (link also in bio)

The TAVP team will be out of the office from June 17-28 for our summer break. See you soon when we get back!

Know anyone interested in working with an abolitionist archive? We are hiring a Documentation and Archives Director! No college degree needed! Learn more on our website (link in bio).

📣 CALL TO ACTION! 📣 Join us at the Texas Capitol on Friday, July 12th as the #FinishThe5 Campaign brings the message to our elected representatives that we should invest in care and support for kids and communities, not prisons. Register here ⬇️ secure.everyaction.com/_qJr9pD8jk2RSy…

ONE HOUR until our monthly newsletter is sent out! 📰 You'll read about our Narrative Threads event in NYC hosted in collaboration with Rikers Public Memory Project & The Visiting Room Project. Six women shared insights on transforming personal experiences into expertise. 🗯️✨ Link in our bio!

We will be in Gatesville on Saturday, August 3rd to honor those who have lost their lives in the dangerous temperatures inside our Texas prisons. The evening is hosted by Measure Texas After Violence Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance Texas Center for Justice and Equity

Join us for Archives is a Sacred Word, an art exhibit sharing the memory work of artistic collaborators at Travis County Correctional Complex. The artwork showcased was created over the course of six workshops facilitated by TAVP staff at the county jail in the spring of 2024.

Your videos of #HumanRights violations could belong to the future - #Archiving is the way to get them there. Use our decision tree, created with Texas After Violence, to find out if this is the right choice for you! Download here: wit.to/Archiving-Deci… #ArchiveLife🐝

The Department of Justice has confirmed what we already knew: the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is harming kids on the inside. Here's what YOU can do today! #Finishthe5

Today, MON 8-26 at 2pm on Zoom, it's our next Raise Your Voice! call! We'll be diving into the issue of extreme heat in Texas prisons with Jennifer Charlene Toon of Texas After Violence and Marci Marie of Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance. Free, CC provided. More info & registration: txdisabilities.salsalabs.org/2024-ryv-sign-…

Are you filming protests? Do you want to record police misconduct? If you’re searching for tips, tools, tactics on how to film rights violations safely & ethically, look no further! 🎥 Check out our free resources 👉🏾 wit.to/FilmingProtest…

Join us for SANCTUARY 🌿 Confronting state violence is heavy work but you don’t have to carry it alone. Let’s connect over meaningful conversations, music, art, and light snacks while we recharge together. 🗓️ Friday, Sept 20 📍 TAVP office, 611 S Congress Ave # 450, ATX ⏰ 3-5pm

“The organization’s aim isn’t utopian; it’s a liberatory vision.” In this Q&A, ray uyeda spoke with Texas After Violence's executive director Gabriel Solís about the power of oral history work to challenge harmful narratives & disrupt violence. prismreports.org/2024/09/17/arc…