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www.certaindays.org The calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside orga Learn more about them at certaindays.org.

The Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar is a joint fundraising and educational project between outside organizers in Montreal, Hamilton, New York and Baltimore, with Xinachtli (s/n Alvaro Luna Hernandez), a political prisoner being held in Texas. Founding members Herman Bell, Robert Seth Hayes (Rest in Power) and David Gilbert were welcomed home from prison in 2018 and 2021.

06/01/2026

What a treat to flip your Certain Days calendar and find beautiful artwork by recently released trans and environmental political prisoner Marius Mason. Welcome home Marius, after 17 years.

The essay for June is by Lorette Pierre, a member of the Mississippi Five who was recently denied parole yet again.

Learn more, get yourself a calendar, and join in the struggle to abolish prisons and bring our loved ones home now.

05/01/2026

It's , which means it's time to flip your Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar! In May, we're featuring the amazing artwork of Mica along with a brief written statement by political prisoner Casey Goonan.

Also, submissions for the 2027 calendar are due by the end of this month. Learn more and submit at the link below.

https://www.certaindays.org/contact/callout/

04/24/2026

⛓️‍💥 ❤️‍🔥 Call for 2027 Art and Article Submissions ❤️‍🔥⛓️‍💥

Seeking submissions to our 2027 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar. The theme for 2027 is “Our Duty to Win” and all submissions should seek to address what this phrase means in the context of today’s struggle and the timeliness of Assata’s words to us 40 years after they were written.

💌 Please submit your abolition-related art and articles for consideration for the calendar, which hangs in more than 6,000 homes, workplaces, prison cells, and community spaces around the world. We encourage contributors to submit new work whenever possible.

💌 We especially seek submissions from people in prison or jail, so please forward this call to any prison-based artists and writers.

💌 Who do you want to see in this next year’s calendar? Tag your favorite abolitionist illustrators and writers!

https://www.certaindays.org/contact/callout/

04/01/2026

It's time to flip your calendar to April already! Check out the amazing artwork by Krime and the powerful essay by former prisoner Georges Abdallah.

Submit your art &/or writing for possible inclusion in the 2027 Certain Days calendar!

03/01/2026

It's time to flip your to March already! The beautiful art for the month was created by Emily Thiessen.

Instead of an essay for the month you'll find our call out for submissions for the 2027 calendar, with the theme of "Our Duty to Win". Share the call out and submit your artwork and writings by the end of May to be considered.

https://www.certaindays.org/contact/callout/

02/24/2026

Just a few more days to join in the Oso Blanco birthday raffle. Get your tickets today for the chance to win some of these rad raffle items!!

On February 26, political prisoner Oso Blanco turns 59 years old. He’s been imprisoned since 1999 for bank expropriations to support the Zapatistas. now it’s our turn to support him. this surprise birthday raffle will raise funds to help bring him home!

Enter to win rad art, books, patches, stickers, and more to support! Tickets are $5 each or 15 for $50, and can be purchased via Venmo (venmo.com/) and CashApp (cash.app/$pushingdownthewalls).

Raffle starts on Friday, Feb. 20 and ends on Friday, Feb. 27.

02/02/2026

Today is not only the anniversary of the 1960 Greensboro sit-in and the 2017 Vaughn prisoner uprising, it's also the start of a new month. For February, check out the rad art by Olly Costello and an essay on Palestine by the incomparable Jamila Levasseur.

If you haven't gotten a 2026 Certain Days calendar then do so now, before they're sold out.

01/28/2026

Our Certain Days collective member Xinachtli needs to be free. He's 73 and he's been imprisoned for almost 30 years (over 20 of which have been in solitary). His medical conditions have worsened due to years of state medical abuse and the state just doesn't want to let him go. He needs as much support as he can get, now more than ever.

Write Xinacthli at the address below, call the TDCJ and demand his release, and spread the word before it's too late.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Alvaro Hernández (Xinachtli), #255735
PO Box 660400
Dallas, TX 75266-0400

Learn more in the article below.

https://prismreports.org/2025/12/18/xinachtli-political-prisoner-protest/
https://freealvaro.net/

01/07/2026

Certain Days expresses our solidarity with communities of resistance, including those in Minneapolis currently experiencing grief, stress, frustration, anger... We honor the bravery of those resisting authoritarianism in these rather difficult times and we must not forget those who face any resulting repression.

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12/17/2025

Canadian friends, today is the last day to order calendars in time for the holidays. Order today and don't miss the opportunity to share this rad inside-outside project with your friends, family, and loved ones both inside and outside of prison. Get 1 or 10 or 100 calendars today at the link below.

https://www.certaindays.org/order/

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