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Abolition
Collective Reconnection: An Interview with Sophie Lewis
Jan 23, 2024
Sophie Lewis came to speak at the BCRW Feminist Freedom School in June. She brought an extraordinarily calm and humble demeanor as she entered the classroom. Her arrival was eagerly awaited by participants of the freedom school as many were familiar with her book, Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation (Verso Press, […]
Read MoreIt’s All Policing, It’s All War: Chicago Organizers on Connecting Abolition and Demilitarization
Benji Hart, Asha Ransby-Sporn, Timmy Châu, and Dean Spade
ASL will be provided. Live transcription is available here. The prison and police abolition movement and the anti-war movement are often thought of as separate, siloed formations. However, in practice, organizers working to end racist, colonial, imperialist, patriarchial, ecocidal violence understand these to be the same fight. Join us for a conversation with Benji Hart, […]
Read MoreAbortion as Abolition
Rafa Kidvai (Repro Legal Defense Fund, founder)
The goal of this event is to bring light to activists and scholars dealing with the increased criminalization of abortion care and pregnancy outcomes, and how the police state and criminal legal system works in conflict with the principles of reproductive justice. Importantly, we want to frame self-managed abortion as an abolitionist praxis. We also […]
Read MoreAbolition on the Ground: Reporting from the Movement to #DefundthePolice
Angélica Cházaro, Erica Perry, and Andrea Ritchie, moderated by Dean Spade
Join us for a conversation with abolitionist organizers and lawyers leading this work to talk about lessons learned in #defundthepolice mobilizations, how this work fits into the larger abolitionist vision for a world without cages or borders, and the key strategic questions facing the movement now.
Read MoreBuilding Capacity for Mutual Aid Groups (Workshop 3): Skills for Abolitionist Practice
A workshop with Dean Spade on giving and receiving feedback in mutual aid groups.
Read MoreSurvival and Resistance: Mutual Aid in Disastrous Times
Naomi Klein, Dean Spade, adrienne maree brown, Klee Benally, and Chandan Reddy (moderator)
As we face cascading crises caused by the extractive systems that still determine the material conditions of our lives, mutual aid is proliferating and drawing more people into resistance work.
Read More“Prisons Make Us Safer”: And 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration
Victoria Law and Andrea J. Ritchie
What dangerous myths are driving criminalization, policing, and incarceration? What steps can we take to abolish prisons?
Read MoreTransformative Justice in the Era of #DefundPolice: Lessons from the Past, Strategizing for the Future
Shira Hassan and Mimi Kim
Shira Hassan and Mimi Kim will join us for a conversation about the history and development of transformative justice, its importance in current movements towards liberation, and everyday practices.
Read MoreCare Not Cops: Youth Safety Planning in a World Without Policing
Safety planning skill-share focusing on how to use the Bay Area Transformative Justice Pod-Mapping Tool
Read MoreIntroduction to Mutual Aid
What is "mutual aid," and how is it different from charity, philanthropy, and state social services?
Read MorePast as Prologue: Storytelling about Resistance to Incarceration
Conversation featuring Kathy Boudin, Monica Cosby, Laura McTighe, and Toussaint Losier, moderated by Mariame Kaba.
Read MoreOn the Road to Abolition: Archiving Resistance to the Carceral State
Simon Balto and Emily Thuma, moderated by Mariame Kaba
Emily Thuma and Simon Balto, in conversation with Mariame Kaba, will discuss histories of resistance to prisons and policing, offering roadmaps and lessons for contemporary struggles.
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