The Ethnic Studies Department colloquium presentation, "Unbroken Spirit: The Rise of the Pelican Bay Short Corridor and California SHU Prison Hunger Strikes," will be delivered by Angélica Camacho, Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice Studies at San Francisco State University. The 2011 and 2013 Pelican Bay and California SHU prison hunger strikes marked the beginning of a contemporary prisoner-led movement that would expose the brutality and corruption of the California Department of Corrections. This historical prisoner and family-led movement provides valuable insights for anti-prison organizing. Even after years of being submitted to one of the most repressive sites in the world, incarcerated people adamantly refused to collaborate with their captors. Instead, they chose camaraderie across racial and geographical lines, reclaiming their bodies, and weaponizing their words to craft new possibilities for the future.