Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger and local organizers for a performance, screening, and interactive conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

In efforts to creater safe(r) community spaces, this is a masked event. Please do not attend if you are experiencing any symptoms – we will be hosting many screenings in the future and would love to see you at one of those!

We will provide masks at the door if needed!

One Million Experiments is a project of Respair Production & Media, Interrupting Criminalization, & SoapBox Productions and Organizing.

Watch the trailer here.

Join local organizers from across DC for a special screening of One Million Experiments, followed by discussion of the work happening in DC.

Join us as Respair Production & Media co-founders Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger lead an interactive teach-in exploring how movement journalism and media create pathways toward liberation. Through two of their projects, the podcast and film One Million Experiments and the audio documentary series Help This Garden Grow, Damon and Daniel talk with collaborators and movement leaders about the importance and the tradition of crafting media in service of collective freedom-making.

Join Dame, Kiss, and special guest Bill Ayers for a keynote One Million Experiments screening and conversation at the 2024 Conference of the Peace & Justice Studies Association at Niagara University.

Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger and local organizers for a performance, screening, and interactive conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

In efforts to creater safe(r) community spaces, this is a masked event. Please do not attend if you are experiencing any symptoms – we will be hosting many screenings in the future and would love to see you at one of those!

We will provide masks at the door if needed!

One Million Experiments is a project of Respair Production & Media, Interrupting Criminalization, & SoapBox Productions and Organizing.

Join the McCourt School of Public Policy Innovation Lab and Justice Policy Institute (JPI)  for a special lunch screening of One Million Experiments: The Film. The powerful film explores innovative approaches to community safety and justice. Following the screening, there will be a thought-provoking panel discussion moderated by Professor and Executive Director of JPI Jasmine Tyler and featuring renowned Community Partner Discussants:

• Joel Caston - JPI Fellow 

• Courtney Stewart - National Reentry Network

• Darby Hickey - DC Justice Lab 

• David Domenici - Break Free Education

• Free Minds Poet Ambassador

Come see two powerful pieces that challenge perceptions and inspire change: Humanize My Hoodie and One Million Experiments!

Humanize My Hoodie dives deep into the impact of clothing, identity, and stereotypes. This performance invites audiences to confront the biases that shape our interactions, reminding us that behind every hoodie is a person with dreams, struggles, and humanity.

One Million Experiments takes us on a transformative journey, exploring the intersection of art, science, and social justice. This immersive experience encourages participants to rethink the systems that govern our lives and engage in experimental thinking for a more equitable society. Through collaborative art-making and dialogue, we can spark meaningful change!

Event Highlights: Each film runs for 30 minutes, followed by a 30-minute discussion led by two community activists. This is a fantastic opportunity to share your thoughts and engage with the community!

This event is organized with the Institute of Aspiring Abolitionists, Theatre Du Mississippi, Advocacy Center of Winona, Community Not Cages, and Our Voices.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger for a screening and conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us. NOTE: The event will be hybrid so you can attend in person or virtually, and Damon and Daniel will be joining virtually as well.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger and local organizers for a performance, screening, and interactive conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

In efforts to creater safe(r) community spaces, this is a masked event. Please do not attend if you are experiencing any symptoms – we will be hosting many screenings in the future and would love to see you at one of those!

We will provide masks at the door if needed!

One Million Experiments is a project of Respair Production & Media, Interrupting Criminalization, & SoapBox Productions and Organizing.

Watch the trailer here.

Come see One Million Experiments as part of Policing: Blackness and Surveillance, a symposium presented by the Department of Black Studies at the University of Rochester. RSVP by emailing FDIBlackstudiesevents@gmail.com.

Join Dame and Kiss and the National Parole Transformation Project for an exclusive screening and discussion of two culture-shifting cultural productions. One Million Experiments, an experimental documentary film that showcases and explores how we define and create safety in a world without police and prisons, produced by Respair Production and Media, Interrupting Criminalization, and SoapBox Productions and Organizing, and Calls From Home, a short documentary following a weekly radio program broadcasting familial messages of love through prisons walls in Central Appalachia, directed by Sylvia  Ryerson. The films will be screened back-to-back and followed with an exclusive discussion featuring Michelle Griffin, Sylvia Ryerson, Damon Williams, and Daniel Kisslinger.

Woman & Children First Bookstore is thrilled to host Bill Ayers for the release of When Freedom is the Question, Abolition is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation at Haymarket House! For this event, Bill will be joined in conversation by Damon A Williams, Daniel Kisslinger, and Kelly Hayes. 

Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required! By registering for this event, you agree to wear a mask, per both W&CF and Haymarket House's policy. 

Join Respair’s Damon and Daniel at Illinois Humanities’ latest public conversation series: A People’s Salon.

Each event centers on a pressing and timely theme and issue accompanied by a unique lineup of performances and a chef-forward menu provided by the culinary studio TXA TXA Club.

The series kicks off on August 28th with THE CLIMATE.

Against the backdrop of the Democratic National Convention's visit to Chicago, the unfolding 2024 national election, and the ongoing climate crisis, we invite you to join Illinois Humanities, along with an array of some of the city’s most thoughtful artists, thinkers, and organizers, to take the temperature of our communities and our city.

Come see One Million Experiments at BLACK AUGUST, BLACK MEMORY, #LetUsBreathe’s 10 Year Anniversary and Fundraisier, taking place on August 24, 2024 at Liberation Landing Campus from 1-7pm. Screening at 5pm, and the full day includes visual installations, screenings, workshops, food, performances, and more.

The #BreathingRoom Space serves as an incubator for innovative activism and liberatory and cultural work in Chicago. A gift of any amount helps us build systems beyond policing for communities, produce cultural events, and build power in communities. All donations benefit the #LetUsBreathe Collective's #BreathingRoom space — an arts, organizing, and healing hub on the South Side of Chicago.

Join us for a day of celebration, gratitude and reflection and support the #LetUsBreathe Collective in raising $10,000 to sustain our liberatory space, work and programming. Come through to honor the past and look towards the future.

Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger, guest host nikkita oliver, and local organizers for a performance, screening, and interactive conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger for a performance, screening, and interactive conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger as well as local organizers Detroir Safety Team for a performance, screening, and interactive conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger, special guest moderator Lewis Wallace, and local organizers for a performance, screening, and interactive conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

In efforts to creater safe(r) community spaces, this is a masked event. Please do not attend if you are experiencing any symptoms – we will be hosting many screenings in the future and would love to see you at one of those!

We will provide masks at the door if needed!

Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger and special guests from Relationships Evolving Possibilities for a performance, screening, and interactive conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

In efforts to creater safe(r) community spaces, this is a masked event. Please do not attend if you are experiencing any symptoms – we will be hosting many screenings in the future and would love to see you at one of those!

We will provide masks at the door if needed!

Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger for a performance, screening, and interactive conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

Join One Million Experiments co-hosts Damon Williams and Daniel Kisslinger for a performance, screening, and interactive conversation about the new liberatory possibilities already in the making all around us.

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness and reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments remixes longform interviews with movement workers across the world who have created community-based safety projects. 1ME expands our ideas about what keeps us safe, celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment, and invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free–we need one million experiments.

Come see a live screening of One Million Experiments and conversation with filmmakers Damon and Daniel! Hosted by Millions for Prisoners & ABQ Mutual Aid.

Come see One Million Experiments live, plus a conversation with Dame and Kiss and a local experiment organization! Free and open to the public.

Join us for a One Million Experiments screenings in LA with Noname Book Club!

One Million Experiments is a film exploring how we define and create wellness & reduce harm in a world without police and prisons. Built out of a podcast and curated collection of community-based safety projects created in the midst of the 2020 uprising, One Million Experiments celebrates the work already happening to build solutions that are grounded in transformation instead of punishment. It invites you to participate in the joyous work of liberation. We don’t need one answer to how we get free – we need one million experiments.

This event is free and all ages.

In order to keep our community safe, masking is required. Please do not attend if you are experiencing any symptoms – we will be hosting many screenings in the future and would love to see you at one of those!