MLA - Prison Libraries Committee

Thanks to everyone who donated books to our book drive! Here are some happy volunteers sorting them to get ready for the Book & Bake Sale on June 13th at 922 Notre Dame. See you there!

There is one week left in our book drive! Drop your donated books off at any of these locations around Winnipeg.

It's time for the PLC and Prison Visiting Rideshare - Manitoba annual book drive! If you're doing some spring cleaning, consider dropping off your old (but still clean and fresh😉) books with us!

Two weeks left in our book drive! Drop off your gently-used books at one of the several locations around Winnipeg to support incarcerated Manitobans.

It's time for the PLC and Prison Visiting Rideshare - Manitoba annual book drive! If you're doing some spring cleaning, consider dropping off your old (but still clean and fresh😉) books with us!

Thank you to Thyme Cafe and Books for collecting books for our book drive! This cozy cafe and bookstore is one of our favourite places in St. Boniface. If you're dropping off donations there, make sure to try their southern-friend tofu.

Thank you to Whodunit Bookshop for collecting books for our book drive! You can stop by Western Canada's only crime fiction book store at 163 Lilac St. to drop off your donations and pick up your next mystery.

It’s New Release Tuesday! Come and get em’!

Have you been to ravensendbooks? They're Winnipeg's premier horror book shop, and they're collecting books for our book drive! Drop by with your donations, check out one of their in-store events, and pick up a new read... if you dare.

Thank you to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights for collecting books for our book drive! They are kindly offering a buy-one-get-one ticket code to anyone who drops off books there. Drop your donations at the coat check and ask for the code. We're grateful for their support of our drive. Access to information is a human right, and that includes for incarcerated people.

Thank you to St. Vital Library and Henderson Library for collecting books for our book drive for PLC and Prison Visiting Rideshare - Manitoba! Winnipeg Public Library has been our book drive partner since the very beginning. Stop by one of these locations to donate books in May.

Last week Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations wrote a column in the Winnipeg Free Press reflecting on the 10th anniversary of the release of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada:

"We still believe in reconciliation. But belief alone is not enough. This 10th anniversary is a time to commit to action — real, timely, justice-driven action."

In our final post of this "We Stand for Justice" series, we look at the latest direct action facing community members: the passing of Bill 48 and the creation of the 72 hour detox centre.

Is it a prison?
Is it a human rights violation?

Is it following that path to the top of the mountain as shown to us by the TRC final report?