WHO WE ARE:
Triad Abolition Project is a grassroots organization committed to dismantling the carceral state, building communities committed to care and compassion, and dreaming of liberation together. We work in solidarity with and for incarcerated and criminalized folks, and those vulnerable to criminalization and state violence through direct action, civic engagement, political education, and healing and transformative justice initiatives. We organize to reduce and eliminate the harm and violence of the criminal punishment system, to imagine safety and care beyond the carceral state, and to support the efforts of sibling organizations doing critical work fighting against carcerality.
We know that the abolition of the carceral state is a radical practice and long-term project. We consider it our duty to share with our community what we know, and we treat abolition as a constant learning experience and experiment as we (re)imagine our communities together. We are committed to thorough research, strategic organizing, and courageous action. One of many commitments Triad Abolition Project was founded on was financial transparency. From our inception, we have tracked and shared every dollar donated by the community. In 2024, we will not be sharing our financial reports. We are still 100% grassroots with no intention of being a 501(c)3, but we have received grant funding for TAP’s sustainability. As directed by our fiscal sponsor all funds spent are recorded and reported back to them for ease and transparency. For folks interested in further financial transparency, please email us at info@triadabolitionproject.org
GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
We are committed to both the structural and internal work needed to engage in action guided by our commitments. As Mariame Kaba reminds us, “When we set out trying to transform society, we must remember that we ourselves will also need to transform.”
We are committed to the abolition of the carceral state
We are firmly rooted in the traditions of abolition feminism, Black radical feminism, and Black queer feminism
We are firmly anti-carceral
We are firmly anti-capitalist
We are firmly anti-imperialist
We are firmly committed to disability justice
We are firmly committed to environmental justice
We are firmly committed to healing justice
We are firmly committed to im/migrant rights
We are firmly committed to LGBTQIA+ liberation
We are firmly committed to reproductive justice
We are guided by practices of accountability, collectivism, mutual aid, and transformative justice. We expect white comrades to be traitors to white supremacy, cisgender and straight comrades to be traitors to homophobia and transphobia, men comrades to be traitors to patriarchy, financially privileged comrades to be traitors to class hierarchies, able-bodied comrades to be traitors to ableism, and US-born comrades to be traitors to nativism. You can read our full statement of commitments here.
