Political Prisoners and Abolition with Soffiyah Elijah
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
12:40pm to 2:00pm
Academic Center, AC 255
Kentfield Campus
Soffiyah Elijah, an accomplished advocate, attorney, scholar, and educator, will speak about the ongoing battle to free political prisoners in the U.S. and the prison abolition movement more broadly.
Soffiyah Elijah is the Executive Director and founder of the Alliance of Families for Justice (AFJ), whose mission is to support families of incarcerated people and people whose lives have been impacted by incarceration, empower them as advocates and mobilize them to marshal their collective power to achieve systemic change. Before AFJ, Ms. Elijah was the Executive Director of the Correctional Association of NY where she was the first woman and the first person of color to lead the 170 year old organization.
Ms. Elijah has represented and/or supported the release efforts of numerous political prisoners including Mumia Abu Jamal, Sundiata Acoli, Marilyn Buck, Jihad Abdul Mumit, Sekou Odinga and The San Francisco 8.
Photo by Graham Macindoe.
Sponsored by:
Umoja Equity Institute
UMOJA Learning Community
Rising Scholars
