Upcoming Events - 2026
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April-July 2026 reading groups
June 29 ​from 6:30-7:30p at Somerville Public Library West Branch, Community Room - wheelchair accessible
June card party - RSVP here
  • Enjoy some tea and snacks and hang out with Abolitionist Mail Project to write cards and letters sending care over prison walls!
  • We will be sending birthday cards to our members with birthdays in June.
  • People with incarcerated penpals can enjoy the time and space to write to their penpals in community
  • Masks required when not actively snacking and we'll have some if needed
  • All supplies will be provided, but we won't say no to Forever stamps!
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July 10, 2026 6-8pm at Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA
Birthday cards at Brookline Booksmith
  • Send birthday cards to incarcerated people
  • Please RSVP so we have enough cards
  • ​We will introduce the project and provide and overview at 6pm and 7pm, but feel free to come and go
  • We will hear from an incarcerated organizer about the importance of writing across walls
  • We have had a huge response when we team up with Brookline Booksmith, and they have donated hundreds of cards and stamps. We appreciate their hospitality and generosity so much
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2026 events

June 5 6-9pm (Boston Common) Dyke Fest
  • We wrote 140+ thoughtful and uplifting notes to queer AMP members
  • Stop by our table to chat, and maybe find a pen-pal​
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May 2, 2026 12-6pm (Southwest Corridor Park in Jamaica Plain at Stonybrook T station)
Wake Up The Earth! community festival
  • Celebrate community organizing in the JP area!
  • Stop by our table to chat, and maybe find a pen-pal​
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May 1, 2026 6-9pm (Old South Church, Boston)
Boots 4 Bail tabling
  • We'll be spreading the word about AMP at this line dancing event benefiting the Mass Bail Fund
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April 10, 2026 6-8pm at Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA
Birthday cards at Brookline Booksmith
  • Send birthday cards to incarcerated people
  • Please RSVP so we have enough cards
  • ​We will introduce the project and provide and overview at 6pm and 7pm, but feel free to come and go
  • We will hear from an incarcerated organizer about the importance of writing across walls
  • We have had a huge response when we team up with Brookline Booksmith, and they have donated hundreds of cards and stamps. We appreciate their hospitality and generosity so much
  • We have had a huge response we teamed up with Brookline Booksmith! Shout out to them for donating hundreds of cards and stamps!
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March 16 ​from 6-7p at Somerville Public Library West Branch, Community Room - wheelchair accessible
March card party - RSVP here
  • Hang out with Abolitionist Mail Project to write cards and letters sending care over prison walls!
  • We will be sending birthday cards to our members with birthdays next month.
  • People with incarcerated penpals can enjoy the time and space to write to their penpals in community.
  • Masks welcome and encouraged.
  • All supplies will be provided.
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March 5, 2026 6-8p, in Dorchester (RSVP for address)
Letters of support to incarcerated people in South Bay
  • 19 people have died in Suffolk County (Boston) jails since 2020
  • Shacoby "Coby" Kenny was murdered in December 2025 by seven guards who piled on him and beat him to death in front of the unit. These guards are still employed and still working in the jail
  • We are writing notes to incarcerated people to let them know that we care what is happening to them
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