#  Abolition, Activism, and the University: Practitioner Perspectives on Transformative Justice in Boston 

 



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 **May 3, 2022** 

 02:30PM - 02:30PM EDT 

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 **Zoom Webinar**  



 

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##  Speakers: Andrea James, Beth Whalley, Eli Patterson, and Derecka Purnell

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 Grassroots organizers in Greater Boston are at the forefront of[ ongoing statewide movements](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.justiceashealing.org_nonewwomensprison&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=4js6Kkz9TURY4sQ397I4aTP70aRAswHxLZVOu6XsD84&m=0NJxkRh-HD1Pc30K4Ca90_iN8dy-DdaspsAsJr-fAUmnsTsl3cBbZ072O_eiP0ll&s=uRXmRHsVSGBs-mb3NhaY5MwOJIBW1vsMsVDuE4iX_aw&e=) 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](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.justiceashealing.org_about-2Dus&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=4js6Kkz9TURY4sQ397I4aTP70aRAswHxLZVOu6XsD84&m=0NJxkRh-HD1Pc30K4Ca90_iN8dy-DdaspsAsJr-fAUmnsTsl3cBbZ072O_eiP0ll&s=MyEdC92cgQCc1eOhMztH-8ifgKxiGM9f6FrcY7BcxqU&e=)), Beth Whalley ([Building Up People Not Prisons Coalition](https://www.justiceashealing.org/building-up-people-not-prisons)), Eli Patterson ([Black and Pink MA](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.blackandpinkma.org_about_who-2Dwe-2Dare&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=4js6Kkz9TURY4sQ397I4aTP70aRAswHxLZVOu6XsD84&m=0NJxkRh-HD1Pc30K4Ca90_iN8dy-DdaspsAsJr-fAUmnsTsl3cBbZ072O_eiP0ll&s=KWQORkEper-zuGxkgOte5z0O95vqDQ5xWZdLYHO-5S0&e=)), and Derecka Purnell (Author of [Becoming Abolitionists](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.derecka.com_book&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=4js6Kkz9TURY4sQ397I4aTP70aRAswHxLZVOu6XsD84&m=0NJxkRh-HD1Pc30K4Ca90_iN8dy-DdaspsAsJr-fAUmnsTsl3cBbZ072O_eiP0ll&s=HGST_dRjAHWGkGNHEWXdNVZqScXsqLgwNwrLKm8yFTQ&e=)) 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](https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/deanza-cook), Ph.D. candidate in History at Harvard University.

###  About the Organizers

 *This convening is organized by the [Abolition Collaboratory](https://abcollab.wixsite.com/harvard) and co-sponsored by the [Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship](https://publicservice.fas.harvard.edu/mpes), the [Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History](https://warrencenter.fas.harvard.edu/), [Royall House & Slave Quarters](https://royallhouse.org), [Phillips Brooks House Association](https://www.pbha.org), [Transformative Justice Initiative](https://prisonstudiesproject.org/transformative-justice/), [Prison Studies Project](https://prisonstudiesproject.org), and the [Mahindra Humanities Center](/). The event is free and open to the public.*



 

 



 

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