Mothers of the Kidnapped
Our collective, Mothers Of The Kidnapped (MOK), is a Chicago-based group of MAMAS who are mothering and caring for survivors of Chicago police torture and frame-ups.
We call ourselves Mothers Of The Kidnapped because our children were kidnapped and tortured by the Chicago police, wrongfully convicted by the courts, and held captive in the Illinois prison system. After decades of being in & out of court and visiting rooms, we've endured the detrimental effects of incarceration on our mental & physical health, as well as our economic well-being. As long as our kids are incarcerated, we’re locked up, too!
As mother-activists, we provide mutual aid and support for each other, healing and transforming our communities, while advocating and fighting to free ourselves and our children. Our work together includes participatory defense, storytelling, direct actions & protest, and coalitional organizing, including liberatory policy work.
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MOK Projects
Liberatory Policy Work for Systemic Change
While we organize mutual aid and protest in the streets, we also use legislative & political campaigns that chip away at state power, working with others to mobilize our communities around parenting and carceral injustices to ultimately, get our people free!
Liberatory Policy Work for Systemic Change
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