Past Events - 2025
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01/05/2026 6:30-8pm (West Branch, Somerville Library, 40 College Ave, Somerville, MA 02144)
​Holiday card writing

• Send incarcerated people holiday and winter-themed cards
• We provide cards, stamps, snacks, and good vibes
• Please RSVP so we have enough cards
• Can't join us? Write cards from home!
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12/06 1-3pm (33 Hawley Street, Northampton, MA) 
Decarcerate Western Mass card party

• Our friends at Decar Western Mass will talk about why writing incarcerated people is important, then you can write incarcerated people, including our members!
• Please RSVP here 

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12/07 2-4pm (Panethnic Pourovers, Quincy MA)
AMP info session and solstice card writing

• Celebrate brighter days ahead by learning about writing to incarcerated people
• Hear from incarcerated people about why being a pen-pal is rewarding an meaningful
• Hybrid format! 

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​11/30 (Cambridge Community Center) 
the Bean & Barter Market

• Mutual aid market with bartering encouraged
• Trade a note to an incarcerated person for an AMP sticker

11/01 and 11/02 (Cambridge Community Center, 5 Callendar St, Cambridge)
Boston Anarchist Book Fair

• Saturday Noon-6
• Workshop Saturday 3-4pm 
  • Abolition Write Now: Human Connection, Pen-pals, and Liberation
    This workshop will offer an opportunity to hear from and make friends with incarcerated people in MA. Drawing on centuries of anarchist solidarity with incarcerated people, we will discuss the importance of direct connection to bringing about a world free from prisons and police. Incarcerated speakers will lead conversations on a topic of their choice.
• Sunday Noon-5pm (don't forget to turn your clocks back for daylight savings)

​10/20 7:30-9p (Jamaica Plain): 
Monthly JP card party

• Enjoy some community and write cards to people with birthdays in October/November

10/10 6p-8p (Brookline)
Brookline Booksmith card writing

• Register or drop by to learn about why we write cards, then send birthday and seasonal cards

09/29 7p-8p (Zoom or Google Meet TBD)
Virtual birthday card writing

• Learn briefly about why we write cards, then get to work on your own at home

09/15 7:30p-9p (Boston)
In-person birthday card writing in Jamaica Plain

• Chill monthly get-together to chat and write birthday cards

​09/01, 11:30-6p (Lawrence)
Bread and Roses Festival

• Visit our booth to learn more about AMP
• Write a birthday card to members with a September birthday
  
  

08/24/2025 (Boston): Lucy Parsons Center
End-of-Summer Book Fair

• Visit our booth to learn more about AMP
• Write a birthday card to members with a September birthday

​06/13/2025 (Boston)
Boston Dyke March

• Incarcerated callers called in for kikis and to lead the maghrib prayer
• Festival goers wrote more than 100 notes on coloring pages
• Queer members received Pride-themed pages

07/20/2025 (Northampton)
Western Mass info session and pen-pal matching

• Discussed being a pen-pal, common problems and frequently asked questions
• Active pen-pal matching

05/03/2025 (Boston)
Wake Up The Earth

• A festival celebrating a huge community a organizing in win in JP
• People wrote notes for incarcerated members

• Visit our booth to learn more about AMP
• Write a birthday card to members with a September birthday

Past events 2024

December 2024/January 2025
Winter solstice cards

• More than 50 card writers and 5+ parties wrote 750 cards to incarcerated people in MA
• Most incarcerated people on our list received 2-4 cards

12/14/2024 (Boston):
BARF letter-writing

• Pen-pal workshop for Boston-Area Recreational Freaks on pen-pal basics

12/07/2024 (Boston):
Pen-Pal info session

• Our first info session on what to expect as a pen-pal
• Browse members and sign up on the spot

09/15 7:30p-9p (Boston) : In-person birthday card writing in Jamaica Plain

• Chill monthly get-together to chat and write birthday cards