A digital print of a person in black and white on a yellow textured background. Surrounding the woman are butterflies, pink flowers, and bees. The text reads "I'm FREE like a butterfly but if you mess with my freedom I'll sting you like a bee!"

The People’s Paper Co-op (PPC) is a women-led, women-focused, women-powered art and advocacy project at the Village of Arts and Humanities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The PPC looks to women who have entered after spending time in prison as the leading criminal justice experts our society needs to hear from. They use art as a collaborative way to amplify their stories, dreams, and visions for a more just and free world.

Since 2018, the PPC has collaborated with the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund on an annual Black Mama’s Bail Out campaign. Each year, the PPC works with a cohort of women in reentry to co-create a poster series and corresponding set of exhibitions, parades, press conferences, and events to raise awareness and funds for the campaign.

“This poster features one of the PPC fellows, as the queen bee, surrounded by a thriving and interdependent ecosystem of plants and their pollinators–a landscape buzzing with nectar collecting, honey making, and flowers in bloom. Freedom and collaboration sustain life! Working together we can transform.” - Vanessa Adams