The Attica Brothers Foundation would like to invite you to the 53rd annual Attica Memorial.
Friday, September 13 at 6pm
Trinity Church at Broadway & Wall St
We look forward to welcoming you to the official commemoration of the Attica prison uprising, presented by the Attica Brothers Foundation on September 13, 2024 at Trinity Church. This flyer offers important information for attendance.
The event will begin promptly at 6:30pm and we ask that you arrive no later than 30 minutes before to go through security screening located at the main entrance of Trinity Church, on Broadway and Wall Street.
We will be joined by survivors of the brutal retaking of Attica prison 53 years ago.
We are also excited to welcome representatives from several partner organizations, including Alliance of Families for Justice and their Shut Down Attica campaign, American Friends Service Committee, Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, and others.
Additional speakers and video presentations to be announced.
This event is open to the public.
For media inquiries please contact: atticabrothersfoundation@gmail.com
We sincerely apologize, but due to several technological issues, the livestream has been interrupted. We will do everything we can to post the recording of the event and share it widely as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding, and for all of your support.
Attica Brothers Foundation was started by survivors of the retaking of Attica prison on September 13, 1971 to care for the Brothers and their 50-year struggle for human rights.
A major component of our work is preserving the archive of Attica material that includes evidence from Attica Brothers Legal Defense and interviews with surviving Attica Brothers. It is vital that we maintain their voices for future generations.
Our Team
Our Board of Directors is made up of Attica Brothers, a radical lawyer, and longtime supporters of the Attica family. We are in daily contact with several of the Brothers and remain committed to their vision.
Our Vision
Attica Brothers Foundation has several interconnected goals in mind.
First is to support the Attica Brothers in a very literal sense by facilitating healthcare needs, providing community engagement, technical support for online and in-person speaking opportunities, and other requests.
Second is preserving, maintaining, and building the archive of Attica related material currently held by the Foundation. The archive includes both photo and video evidence of crimes committed by the State of New York, as well as first-person accounts from the Attica Brothers and their supporters.
Finally, we intend to add the voice of the Attica Brothers to the current conversation about policing, prisons, and race relations in the United States. Many of the Attica Brothers were politically active before they entered the prison system, and all of them have put their lives on the line for the cause of freedom and human dignity. Their perspective and their history lend a gravitas to the community that has been hard won by decades in this struggle.
