Prison abolition is our goal, and our strategy for action. Any advocacy, services, organizing, and direct action we take will remove bricks from the system, not put up more walls.

Our work towards the abolition of the prison industrial complex is rooted in the experiences and wisdom of currently and formerly incarcerated people. We are outraged by the violence of the prison industrial complex against LGBTQ people, and respond through advocacy, education, direct action, and community building.

Our letterwriting & penpal program resists the violent isolation of the prison system by connecting queer and trans prisoners to community members outside of prison. We always welcome new participants, ideas and leadership. If you would like to get involved, please email flyingoverwalls [at] gmail.com or join us at an upcoming event.

We acknowledge how economic resources, political access, and histories of assimilation have impacted our movements and our solidarity work. We want to support everyone’s desire to deepen their understanding of the PIC and systems of white supremacy while being intentional about creating a safer space for QTPOC and formerly incarcerated individuals who want to participate in this work towards collective liberation.

To be transparent, a majority of the outside folks who have been involved with our group are white and not formerly incarcerated. We recognize this partially as a result of the founding members of Flying Over Walls being white, which will always affect who we reach and who responds. Beyond this, however, we recognize the ways that privileged identities tend to dominate solidarity work (we have spent time discussing this on both a local and national level).

We always welcome new folks to join our events and invite QTPOC & formerly incarcerated individuals who would like to join in our local and national leadership teams!