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Transformative Justice in the Era of #DefundPolice: Lessons from the Past, Strategizing for the Future

Featuring Shira Hassan and Mimi Kim.

Live captions are available here: https://otter.ai/s/fPlYPfIfTLCbSak44jdJfQ
First part of live captions available at: https://otter.ai/s/n79pMOmsT1egRElZdFOX7Q
Word-for-word captioning is in production and will be available shortly.

RESOURCES
We’ll be adding a list of the resources mentioned during the event here over the next couple weeks.
Creative Interventions Toolkit
Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators

As the ongoing worldwide protests against police violence so vividly demonstrate, there is an increasing demand to end policing and develop real strategies for keeping each other safe.

On October 21, 2020 longtime anti-violence organizers and transformative justice practitioners Shira Hassan and Mimi Kim joined us for a conversation about the history and development of transformative justice, its importance in current movements towards liberation, and everyday practices. This conversation is part of the Building Accountable Communities series developed in collaboration with Project NIA and BCRW Researcher in Residence Mariame Kaba. Three short videos from the series available here on the event page were the starting point for the conversation.

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