Published: Nov. 5, 2020

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WGST Abolition Read

Monday, November 16th, 6 PM MST

What would a society without prisons look like??

Dr. Kwame Holmes led us in a discussion of Akwaeke听Emezi鈥檚 young adult novel听, which seeks alternate visions for justice in a utopian world without prisons.听

Kwame Holmes is Director of the Kingston Housing Lab, a Scholar-In-Residence in the Human Rights Project at Bard College, and Cohort Mentor for the Bard Baccalaureate program. He is a critical geographer, historian and cultural critic with a particular interest in the emotional politics of urban development and inequality.

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WGST Abolition Read

More Resources:

In addition to the video replay above, we welcome colleagues teaching about abolition to use this talk and the resources below in their classrooms:
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What is Abolition and why is it a feminist, queer and trans issue?
  • 听A very short overview by the organization Critical Resistance, co-founded by Black feminist scholar activists Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Angela Davis, among other activists.
  • Mariame Kaba,听.听NYT, June 12 2020.听
  • Victoria Law,听.听Jacobin听Magazine, 2014.
  • . Sylvia Rivera Law Project.
Activism on the 蜜糖直播 Boulder campus
  • . 12 June 2020.
  • "We Condemn Racist Police Violence". Statement by the Departments of听Women and Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies at 蜜糖直播 Boulder, following听the police killing of Mr. George Floyd.
  • . Video on 蜜糖直播 BIPOC students' activism.听

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