Tue, May 03
|Zoom Panel
Abolition, Activism, and the University: Practitioner Perspectives on Transformative Justice in Boston
Grassroots organizers in Greater Boston are at the forefront of statewide movements for a world without predatory policing and mass human caging. Join us for a discussion with Transformative Justice practitioners about how Abolitionist strategies inform community organizing and the university.
Time & Location
May 03, 2022, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Zoom Panel
About the event
“Abolition, Activism, and the University:
Practitioner Perspectives on Transformative Justice in Boston”
DATE: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
TIME: 2:30PM-4:00PM (EST)
EVENT REGISTRATION: RSVP Here
Grassroots organizers in Greater Boston are at the forefront of statewide movements for a world without predatory policing and mass human caging. Join us on Tuesday, May 3rd @2:30pm (EST) for a virtual panel discussion with Transformative Justice practitioners about how Abolitionist strategies inform community organizing, and how Abolitionist activism in the streets should shape Abolition studies in the university.
Andrea James (Families for Justice as Healing)
Beth Whalley (Building Up People Not Prisons Coalition)
Eli Patterson (Black and Pink MA)
Derecka Purnell (Author of Becoming Abolitionists)
This convening is organized by the Abolition Collaboratory and co-sponsored by the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship, Mahindra Humanities Center, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Royall House & Slave Quarters, Phillips Brooks House Association, Transformative Justice Initiative, and Prison Studies Project. The event is free and open to the public.
To learn more about this event, see the announcement page here and register online today.