Abolition, Activism, and the University: Practitioner Perspectives on Transformative Justice in Boston
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Speakers: Andrea James, Beth Whalley, Eli Patterson, and Derecka Purnell
Grassroots organizers in Greater Boston are at the forefront of ongoing statewide movements for a world without predatory policing and mass human caging. Join us for a virtual panel discussion with Transformative Justice practitioners in Boston and beyond.
Special guest speakers, Andrea James (Families for Justice as Healing), Beth Whalley (Building Up People Not Prisons Coalition), Eli Patterson (Black and Pink MA), and Derecka Purnell (Author of Becoming Abolitionists) will discuss how Abolitionist ideas and political visions inform community organizing, and how Abolitionist activism in the streets should shape Abolition studies in the university.
Moderated by DeAnza Cook, Ph.D. candidate in History at Harvard University.
About the Organizers
This convening is organized by the Abolition Collaboratory and co-sponsored by the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship, the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Royall House & Slave Quarters, Phillips Brooks House Association, Transformative Justice Initiative, Prison Studies Project, and the Mahindra Humanities Center. The event is free and open to the public.