Podcasts about transforming justice

 REWIND EPISODE FROM THE LF&F ARCHIVES (Synopsis)-  Under the view of the iconic Hollywood Sign, a struggle is being waged over the future of policing and incarceration. Los Angeles is ground zero for fights over the job of District Attorney, Police Chief, and the size of prisons and jails. Corporations that have profited from prison communications are now profiting on electronic monitoring. Can today's Los Angeles change the script?Stay informed and engaged! Don't miss out on our captivating weekly episodes that dive deep into the heart of our economy, culture, and politics from the past to the present. Please hit the podcast subscribe button if you've yet to subscribe.[The following Special Report from Los Angeles was originally released July 2024]Description: Over the past weekend, Los Angeles was rocked by reports of intensified ICE raids across Southern California, heightening fear and anxiety in immigrant communities. Families were detained in early morning operations, and community advocates quickly mobilized to provide legal support and rapid response. These raids are a stark reminder that, in California—a so-called sanctuary state—immigration enforcement continues to be deeply entangled with local policing and incarceration systems.This episode of Laura Flanders & Friends takes on renewed relevance as it explores LA's central role in shaping and challenging carceral policy. Under the shadow of the Hollywood Sign, Laura speaks with activists and officials confronting the legacy and present reality of policing in a state where SWAT teams were born, Reagan and Nixon launched punitive platforms, and the prison construction boom took root.At a moment when ICE raids reveal the persistent overlap between federal enforcement and local law, and corporate interests profit from alternatives like electronic monitoring, the episode asks: Can Los Angeles write a new story—one rooted in decarceration and community power? With criminal justice reform at the heart of election-year debates (2024), this conversation spotlights the people resisting criminalization from inside and outside the system. “When we talk about closing Men's Central Jail, yes, we're trying to close that particular building, but what it requires is every jail in our county to reduce its population . . . We're trying to decarcerate globally across the jail system, that will then allow us to close this monument of essentially torture in our communities.” - Mark-Anthony Clayton-Johnson“What if something went off and said that I wasn't where I was supposed to be, and all these cops showed up? . . . At [the age of] 15 thinking the cops are going to show up . . . that is one thing that I will always say that shamed me in my life. I felt unworthy. I felt like I was a bad person.” - Sheila Natt“. . . 94% of the people that are terminated from the electronic monitoring program pre-trial are terminated on technical violations . . . If the point is to use this electronic monitoring to help people stay out of jail and come to court, why are the technical violations leading you right back into jail?” - Anthony RoblesGuests:•. Melina Abdullah: Co-Founder, Black Lives Matter, Los Angeles•  Mark-Anthony Clayton-Johnson: Co-Executive Director, Dignity & Power Now•. Eunisses Hernandez: Los Angeles City Councilmember, District 1•. Sheila Natt: Former Teen Ankle Monitor User•. Anthony Robles: Youth & Community Organizer, Dignity & Power Now This show is made possible by you!  To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate Music Credits: Music spotlight, “Ain't Nothing” by Brooklyn Funk Essentials from their album Stay Good.  "Alone" by Emmet Fenn, "San Takao" by Isaac Joel, Soundstripe Production, and original sound design by Jeannie Hopper.RESOURCES:*Recommended book:“We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice” by Mariame Kaba: *Learn More(*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.) Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes:• The Defund Movement in 2024: Frontline Reporters Separate Myth from Reality, Watch /  Listen-Download Podcast• Police Reform After 2020: Andrea J. Ritchie's Deep Dive into Emergent Strategies, Watch /  Listen-Download Podcast• Rikers Island: The Bad, The Inhumane, & Why Is It So Hard to Close a Jail? Watch / Listen-Download Podcast Related Articles and Resources:• 5 People Describe the Emotional and Financial Tolls of House Arrest by Reina Sultan, VICE, Read Here• New York Dedicates $75 Million to Police, Expanding Surveillance of University Protesters, by Tatiana Cozzarelli and Olivia Wood, Left Voice, Read Here•  New Report Says Electronic Monitoring For Youth Sets Kids Up For Failure, by Celeste Fremon, Witness L.A., Read Here   Laura Flanders and Friends Crew: Laura Flanders, along with Sabrina Artel, Jeremiah Cothren, Veronica Delgado, Janet Hernandez, Jeannie Hopper, Gina Kim, Sarah Miller, Nat Needham, David Neuman, and Rory O'Conner. 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This episode of Justice Speaks highlights how North Dakota treatment courts thrive through cross-agency collaboration. Jess Throlson and John Gorde share how statewide training, legislative support, and strategic planning are advancing justice reform. Learn how rural challenges are being addressed and what's next for the state's specialty courts.  This episode is sponsored by Reconnect. 

Don't miss this informative and inspiring episode featuring a tour of the National Center for State Courts Innovation Lab.  Head over to our YouTube channel to see the video.Contact us at contact@avispl.com for more information. Welcome!Join us for this episode as we explore the changing world of court technology and its potential to revolutionize the legal system. Tune in and discover how to transform your local court system with the power of collaboration technology from AVI-SPL and Logitech.Your HostNancy Lussier, AVI-SPLSpecial GuestsKevin Schornhorst, AVI-SPLRoseanne Cohen, LogitechShay Cleary, National Center for State Courts (NCSC)In this episode, we'll discuss:How video collaboration tools are playing a crucial role in reimagining justice.The benefits of remote and hybrid hearings, including increased efficiency, convenience, and accessibility.The positive outcomes of AV collaboration in courts, such as increased access to justice, improved efficiency, and enhanced constituent services.The NCSC Innovation Lab: a collaborative space for exploring new technologies and solutions for court systems.Current video conferencing platforms and virtual courtroom technologies.Real-world examples of courts successfully implementing video collaboration solutions.Challenges and considerations for transforming court systems, including infrastructure, security, training, and legal procedures.How AVI-SPL and Logitech work together to provide innovative solutions for courtrooms.Resources:AVI-SPL and Logitech: https://avispl.com/logitech/ NCSC: https://www.ncsc.org/ Contact us at contact@avispl.com to get started with AVI-SPL and Logitech courtroom solutions.From the courtroom to the conference room, AVI-SPL and Logitech offer comprehensive solutions to support the evolving needs of court systems. Their expertise in design, integration, and technology can help your court navigate the future of justice.Get AV and unified communications news delivered to your inbox.Follow AVI-SPL: Linkedin X YouTube

Exploring Racial Trauma and Transforming Justice with Robert Seymour Wright. Join Myrna McCallum, a Métis Cree lawyer and passionate advocate for trauma-informed lawyering, in this compelling episode of The Trauma-Informed Lawyer podcast. Myrna sits down with Robert Seymour Wright, a queer, African Nova Scotian social worker and sociologist, to discuss the profound impact of racial trauma and the importance of integrating trauma-informed practices within the legal profession.Robert shares his remarkable journey and insights, shedding light on the systemic challenges faced by Black and Indigenous communities. He delves into the significance of Impact of Race and Culture Assessments (IRCAs) in the justice system, highlighting their role in addressing systemic racism and promoting fair sentencing. Robert's candid reflections on his personal experiences and professional mission provide a powerful narrative on resilience, advocacy, and the transformative potential of trauma-informed approaches.Listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the intersectionality of racial trauma, the importance of community, and the need for holistic support systems. Robert's engaging storytelling, combined with his profound knowledge and humor, makes this episode a must-listen for anyone committed to fostering a more equitable and compassionate legal system.

 Former Missouri State Senator Jeff Smith joins Megan Lynch and Tom Ackerman to discuss the transformation of the St. Louis County Justice Center. Reflecting on his five-year tenure as the chair of the Justice Services Advisory Board, Smith highlights the toxic culture, changes in leadership, and the implementation of rehabilitative programs that turned the facility around. Drawing attention to the importance of transparency, Smith contrasts the county's approach with ongoing issues at the city Justice Center, emphasizing the need for civilian oversight in these critical institutions.  Credit: © Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK  

In this episode, Prof Anne-Marie McAlinden (Queen's University Belfast), Dr Marie Keenan (University College Dublin), and Dr James Gallen (Dublin City University) discuss their ongoing research project, Transforming Justice: An All-Island Examination of Justice Responses to Historical/Non-recent Institutional Abuses. They speak to interviewer Dr Lauren Dempster (Queen's University Belfast) about the background to this project and their methods and share their reflections on conducting research in this area. Prof McAlinden, Dr Keenan and Dr Gallen explore the justice responses that we have seen so far in the context of historical/non-recent institutional abuse on the island of Ireland, North and South, and provide an update on what is currently happening in terms of responding to institutional abuse. You can learn more about the project at https://transformingjusticeproject.org/ and read the team's 2023 report, Non-recent Institutional Abuses and Inquiries: Truth, Acknowledgement, Accountability and Procedural Justice here: https://transformingjusticeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Non-recent_Institutional_Abuses_And_Inquiries-1.pdf

In this episode, Fiona Martinez, from the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center, provides a reportback of a celebration hosted by the WPJC for the International Day of Peace. You will hear about the events of the day, speeches from two award recipients, as well as a poem that Fiona wrote and recited at the event that encapsulated this year's theme of Transforming Justice. Music from the episode:Boca Llena by Y La Bamba Cumbia Sobre el Mar by Quantic Ventana Especial by Filip y WoppeSupport the show

Speaker: Ganzi // Date: Sunday 18 June 2023 // Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Grace Anderson is a dreamer, a builder, and a Black queer feminist who writes and imagines futures where choice is a human right. In this conversation we discuss why she loves to giggle and fly downhills on her bike, solo adventures in the outdoors, the importance of journaling, and learning that it's important to build what you're for and not what you're against. Faith and Grace also talk a lot about their identity as Black women, their journeys to develop and exude a strong pride specifically in that identity, and why it feels so important to them to continue to center Black women in so much of the work. This episode includes a pretty incredible reading list too by the end, so make sure to check out the related links. Connect with Grace via Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/amaze_me_grace/ ALL THE LINKS: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors by Dr. Carolyn Finney The Rise of the American Conservation Movement: Power, Privilege, and Environmental Protection by Dorceta E. Taylor How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariama Kaba The Nap MinistryMapping Our Social Change roles in Times of Crisis by Deepa IyerMORE LINKS FROM THE DEBRIEF, COMING SOON! Billie Holiday sings Strange Fruithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHGAMjwr_j8 The Tragic Story Behind Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"https://www.biography.com/musicians/billie-holiday-strange-fruit How white Americans used lynchings to terrorize and control black people, The Guardian (trigger warning: graphic images and stories)https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/26/lynchings-memorial-us-south-montgomery-alabama Jim Crow Lawshttps://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws Harriet Tubman, an Unsung Naturalist, Used Owl Calls as a Signal on the Underground Railroadhttps://www.audubon.org/news/harriet-tubman-unsung-naturalist-used-owl-calls-signal-underground-railroad 1921 Tulsa Race Massacrehttps://www.tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/ Emmett Tillhttps://www.history.com/topics/black-history/emmett-till-1 Historical Database of Sundown Townshttps://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-towns/using-the-sundown-towns-database/state-map/ Sundown Town research specific to Oregon, where Faith liveshttps://blogs.oregonstate.edu/oregonmulticulturalarchives/2019/06/05/sundown-towns-2019/ The Jim Crow Roots of Loitering Lawshttps://the-ard.com/2022/05/31/the-jim-crow-roots-of-loitering-laws/ A Visual History of Loitering Lawshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-21/what-is-loitering-really AMERICA RECKONS WITH RACIAL INJUSTICELaw Professor On Misdemeanor Offenses And Racism In The Criminal SystemHeard on All Things Considered, 2020https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/12/876221163/law-professor-on-how-misdemeanors-sweep-blacks-into-the-criminal-system Sharecropping: Slavery By Another Namehttps://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/sharecropping/

In this episode we talked with Marchaé Grair, who is the Communications Director for Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism and a Senior Partner at Still Harbor, an organization that trains spiritual directors and spiritually grounded facilitators.  ​Our conversation with Marchaé focused on the topic of what does it mean to be an abolitionist. Marchaé shared their own journey, the connection between being an abolitionist and spirituality, and several resources that you can find below. - We Do This Til We Free US: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba- No More Police, A Case for Abolition by Mariame Kaba & Andrea J. Ritchie - The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale - The Movement for Black Lives  Follow us on IG @faithfromthemargins to continue the conversation!

Tamara Nopper is a sociologist, writer, and editor. She is the editor of We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice… a book of Mariame Kaba's writings and interviews 

We continue with our series, Transforming Justice with a rare glimpse into seven decades dedicated to rebuilding society. Three titans of the civil rights movement, Angela Davis, her sister Fania Davis and Margaret Burnham, come together to discuss transforming racial justice, as part of an event organized by the Restorative Lab at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law and the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.

IDEAS offers a rare glimpse into seven decades dedicated to rebuilding society. Three titans of the civil rights movement, Angela Davis, her sister Fania Davis and Margaret Burnham, come together to discuss transforming racial justice, as part of an event organized by the Restorative Lab at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law and the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.

Judge Victoria Pratt joins us today to talk about the healing power of hearing and seeing others. She'll talk with Lynsie about her passion for seeing a person's humanity and actively listening AND how that leads to positive outcomes. Judge Pratt recalls different encounters where she has seen the power of offering dignity to another. Her stories will inspire you to offer the same to everyone you encounter as well. As always, you can find our host, Lynsie McKeown on her website: https://www.lynsiemckeown.com. Find Judge Pratt online at https://judgevictoriapratt.com. Join the community of Women Thriving, Unapologetically at https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenthrivingunapologetically - it's a place where you can watch behind the scenes as we record, ask questions and interact with all our WTU guests. If you are a women seeking to discover how to create space and time to restore an exhausted mind & body, tap into your fierceness, sensuality & creativity, and awaken a powerful connection to spirit that energizes & deeply nourishes you, then join Lynsie and women like you on the journey to Awaken the Divine Feminine. Find her at: https://www.lynsie.tv/goddess.

Judge Victoria Pratt joins us today to talk about the healing power of hearing and seeing others. She'll talk with Lynsie about her passion for seeing a person's humanity and actively listening AND how that leads to positive outcomes. Judge Pratt recalls different encounters where she has seen the power of offering dignity to another. Her stories will inspire you to offer the same to everyone you encounter as well. As always, you can find our host, Lynsie McKeown on her website: https://www.lynsiemckeown.com. Find Judge Pratt online at https://judgevictoriapratt.com. Join the community of Women Thriving, Unapologetically at https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenthrivingunapologetically - it's a place where you can watch behind the scenes as we record, ask questions and interact with all our WTU guests. If you are a women seeking to discover how to create space and time to restore an exhausted mind & body, tap into your fierceness, sensuality & creativity, and awaken a powerful connection to spirit that energizes & deeply nourishes you, then join Lynsie and women like you on the journey to Awaken the Divine Feminine. Find her at: https://www.lynsie.tv/goddess.

Today we welcome Mariame Kaba - activist and author of the book We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, and her latest, No More Police: A Case for Abolition, which she cowrote with Andrea J. Ritchie. In discussing her lifelong devotion to anti-violence, we learn why Mariame doesn't center herself in the work toward abolition, and why she does not consider herself a writer. She also explains the difference between punishment and consequences and shares some incredible book recommendations.The Stacks Book Club selection for November is Prison By Any Other Name by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law. We will discuss the book on November 30th with Mariame Kaba.You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/11/02/ep-239-mariame-kabaConnect with Mariame: Twitter | WebsiteConnect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | SubscribeSUPPORT THE STACKSJoin The Stacks Pack on PatreonTo support The Stacks and find out more from this week's sponsors, click here.Purchasing books through Bookshop.org or Amazon earns The Stacks a small commission.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“No longer is justice sought, it is made.” Justice is being made in India, outside of formal institutions such as courts and police, through community driven initiatives for justice delivery. With the advent of alternative forms of dispute resolution, young innovators are building creative tools using technology for making the experience of justice trustworthy and seamless. They complement the judicial system of justice administration.In this episode, Sowmya Nandan and Shrikrishna Upadhyaya host Supriya Sankaran, co-founder of Agami India, engage in a wide-ranging conversation on justice-makers, legal-tech start-ups, digital transformation in courts, and legal education in India, and how these different threads are converging towards reimagining justice for Indians.Also check out:Reimagining justice delivery in India ft. SAMA featuring Pranjal Srivastava and Akshetha AshokCivic Technology featuring Antara VasudevYou can follow Sowmya Nandan on twitter: https://twitter.com/sowmyanandanYou can follow Shrikrishna Upadhyaya on twitter: https://twitter.com/shrikrishna5You can follow Supriya Sankaran on twitter: https://twitter.com/supriyasankaranCheck out Takshashila's courses: https://school.takshashila.org.in/ You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featured Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media. We are @IVMPodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts/ Follow the show across platforms: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Gaana, Amazon Music Do share the word with your folks! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Judge Victoria Pratt joins us today to talk about the healing power of hearing and seeing others. She'll talk with Lynsie about her passion for seeing a person's humanity and actively listening AND how that leads to positive outcomes. Judge Pratt recalls different encounters where she has seen the power of offering dignity to another. Her stories will inspire you to offer the same to everyone you encounter as well. As always, you can find our host, Lynsie McKeown on her website: https://www.lynsiemckeown.com. Find Judge Pratt online at https://judgevictoriapratt.com. Join the community of Women Thriving, Unapologetically at https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenthrivingunapologetically - it's a place where you can watch behind the scenes as we record, ask questions and interact with all our WTU guests. If you are a women seeking to discover how to create space and time to restore an exhausted mind & body, tap into your fierceness, sensuality & creativity, and awaken a powerful connection to spirit that energizes & deeply nourishes you, then join Lynsie and women like you on the journey to Awaken the Divine Feminine. Find her at: https://www.lynsie.tv/goddess.

Judge Victoria Pratt joins us today to talk about the healing power of hearing and seeing others. She'll talk with Lynsie about her passion for seeing a person's humanity and actively listening AND how that leads to positive outcomes. Judge Pratt recalls different encounters where she has seen the power of offering dignity to another. Her stories will inspire you to offer the same to everyone you encounter as well. As always, you can find our host, Lynsie McKeown on her website: https://www.lynsiemckeown.com. Find Judge Pratt online at https://judgevictoriapratt.com. Join the community of Women Thriving, Unapologetically at https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenthrivingunapologetically - it's a place where you can watch behind the scenes as we record, ask questions and interact with all our WTU guests. If you are a women seeking to discover how to create space and time to restore an exhausted mind & body, tap into your fierceness, sensuality & creativity, and awaken a powerful connection to spirit that energizes & deeply nourishes you, then join Lynsie and women like you on the journey to Awaken the Divine Feminine. Find her at: https://www.lynsie.tv/goddess.

Judge Victoria Pratt joins us today to talk about the healing power of hearing and seeing others. She'll talk with Lynsie about her passion for seeing a person's humanity and actively listening AND how that leads to positive outcomes. Judge Pratt recalls different encounters where she has seen the power of offering dignity to another. Her stories will inspire you to offer the same to everyone you encounter as well. As always, you can find our host, Lynsie McKeown on her website: https://www.lynsiemckeown.com. Find Judge Pratt online at https://judgevictoriapratt.com. Join the community of Women Thriving, Unapologetically at https://www.facebook.com/groups/womenthrivingunapologetically - it's a place where you can watch behind the scenes as we record, ask questions and interact with all our WTU guests. If you are a women seeking to discover how to create space and time to restore an exhausted mind & body, tap into your fierceness, sensuality & creativity, and awaken a powerful connection to spirit that energizes & deeply nourishes you, then join Lynsie and women like you on the journey to Awaken the Divine Feminine. Find her at: https://www.lynsie.tv/goddess.

Every Thursday in August, you'll hear Even Better on Vox Conversations, a special series focused on helping people live better lives individually and collectively. In this first episode, host Julia Furlan talks with activist, writer, and organizer Brea Baker. Brea's career has included student activism at Yale University, national organizing for the Women's March, and continues today through action-oriented work on behalf of progressive causes. Brea talks about how her work is informed by radical love, how she confronts obstacles in the movement on both personal and organizational scales, and how we can push back against despair and dread, and come into our power — no matter where we're at. Host: Julia Furlan (@juliastmi) Guests: Brea Baker (@Brea_Baker), activist; writer; Chief Equity Officer, Inspire Justice References:  "bell hooks Taught Us To Both Practice and Preach Radical Love" by Brea Baker (Elle; Dec. 20, 2021) The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (New Press; 2010) "Yale Announces a New Center for Race Studies. A Yale Senior Asks, Now What?" by Brea Baker (Elle; Feb. 23, 2016) "Why I Became an Abolitionist" by Brea Baker (Harper's Bazaar; Dec. 10, 2020) We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba (Haymarket; 2021) Even Better is here to offer deeply sourced, actionable advice for helping you live a better life. Follow Even Better at vox.com/even-better. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by:  Producer: Erikk Geannikis Editor: Amy Drozdowska Engineer: Patrick Boyd Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our returning guest Rebecca Kotz points to specific moments of our history (e.g. the de-funding of social welfare systems) which have resulted in a system that relies heavily on the prison industrial complex and prostitution industrial complex systems. Rebecca asserts that the only way forward is dismantling these systems and uprooting harmful ideologies that inflict sexual violence on one group to protect another dominant group. She instead hopes we can all work together to challenge these beliefs and instead create a system based on transformative justice, an approach that seeks safety and accountability without relying on alienation and punishment or systemic violence. Rebecca's Cited Sources Below: 8:00 | A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey 9:05 | Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California by Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Disposable Futures by Henry Giroux & Brad Evans 11:50 | Critical Resistance A World Without Walls abolition toolkit http://criticalresistance.org/resources/the-abolitionist-toolkit 15:40 | "Towards the Horizon of Abolition" an interview with Mariame Kaba  https://thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/towards-horizon-abolition-conversation-mariame-kaba and We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba  22:50 | Creative Interventions Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Stop Interpersonal Violence https://www.creative-interventions.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CI-Toolkit-Final-ENTIRE-Aug-2020-new-cover.pdf 23:00 | Generation FIVE Toward transformative justice: A liberatory approach to child sexual abuse and other forms of intimate and community violence http://www.generationfive.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/G5_Toward_Transformative_Justice-Document.pdf  30:30 | INCITE! & Critical Resistance's Statement on Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex: https://incite-national.org/incite-critical-resistance-statement/    For other sources and recommended reading, check out Rebecca's resource page, http://www.rebeccakotz.com/resources.html 

Leading up to Mayday, the nationwide Day of Refusal, and Abolition May, Saronik talks with Sean Gordon about abolition as an historical movement to end the transatlantic slave trade and a transformative justice movement to abolish prisons and defund the police. The episode focuses on the relationship between absence and presence, destruction and reconstruction, in abolitionist narratives and thought, and makes reference to Angela Davis's Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (2005), Mariame Kaba's We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (2021), Tiffany Lethabo King's The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies (2019), and works by W. E. B. Du Bois, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Frank Wilderson, and Jared Sexton. There is no doubt that abolition will save the world. Sean recently finished his PhD in English and American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research and teaching focus on nineteenth-century American literature, abolition, and the environmental humanities. You can visit the We Do This ‘Til We Free Us publisher's website to donate copies of the book to people who are incarcerated. Image: “A is for Abolition”, one in the series titled Collidescopes by Julia Bernier Music used in promotional material: “Heartbeat” by ykymr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Leading up to Mayday, the nationwide Day of Refusal, and Abolition May, Saronik talks with Sean Gordon about abolition as an historical movement to end the transatlantic slave trade and a transformative justice movement to abolish prisons and defund the police. The episode focuses on the relationship between absence and presence, destruction and reconstruction, in abolitionist narratives and thought, and makes reference to Angela Davis's Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (2005), Mariame Kaba's We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (2021), Tiffany Lethabo King's The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies (2019), and works by W. E. B. Du Bois, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Frank Wilderson, and Jared Sexton. There is no doubt that abolition will save the world. Sean recently finished his PhD in English and American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research and teaching focus on nineteenth-century American literature, abolition, and the environmental humanities. You can visit the We Do This ‘Til We Free Us publisher's website to donate copies of the book to people who are incarcerated. Image: “A is for Abolition”, one in the series titled Collidescopes by Julia Bernier Music used in promotional material: “Heartbeat” by ykymr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leading up to Mayday, the nationwide Day of Refusal, and Abolition May, Saronik talks with Sean Gordon about abolition as an historical movement to end the transatlantic slave trade and a transformative justice movement to abolish prisons and defund the police. The episode focuses on the relationship between absence and presence, destruction and reconstruction, in abolitionist narratives and thought, and makes reference to Angela Davis's Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (2005), Mariame Kaba's We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (2021), Tiffany Lethabo King's The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies (2019), and works by W. E. B. Du Bois, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Frank Wilderson, and Jared Sexton. There is no doubt that abolition will save the world. Sean recently finished his PhD in English and American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research and teaching focus on nineteenth-century American literature, abolition, and the environmental humanities. You can visit the We Do This ‘Til We Free Us publisher's website to donate copies of the book to people who are incarcerated. Image: “A is for Abolition”, one in the series titled Collidescopes by Julia Bernier Music used in promotional material: “Heartbeat” by ykymr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Leading up to Mayday, the nationwide Day of Refusal, and Abolition May, Saronik talks with Sean Gordon about abolition as an historical movement to end the transatlantic slave trade and a transformative justice movement to abolish prisons and defund the police. The episode focuses on the relationship between absence and presence, destruction and reconstruction, in abolitionist narratives and thought, and makes reference to Angela Davis's Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture (2005), Mariame Kaba's We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (2021), Tiffany Lethabo King's The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies (2019), and works by W. E. B. Du Bois, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Frank Wilderson, and Jared Sexton. There is no doubt that abolition will save the world. Sean recently finished his PhD in English and American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research and teaching focus on nineteenth-century American literature, abolition, and the environmental humanities. You can visit the We Do This ‘Til We Free Us publisher's website to donate copies of the book to people who are incarcerated. Image: “A is for Abolition”, one in the series titled Collidescopes by Julia Bernier Music used in promotional material: “Heartbeat” by ykymr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

Join us for a lively exploration of the concept of "abolitionist safety planning" and supporting survivors from feminists and abolitionists. In situations of domestic violence, survival can become criminalized in unexpected and chilling ways. However, because isolation is a central strategy of abuse, many survivors lack the community and resources needed to find support for both the violence as well as the risks of criminalization. What can concrete support for intimate partner violence survivors look like from a prison abolitionist perspective? What can it look like in practice to support survivors while being acutely aware of both the dangers of abuse and the overwhelming violence of the criminal legal system? Join us for a lively exploration of the concept of "abolitionist safety planning" from feminists and abolitionists, who will share their experiences, challenges, and lessons learned from supporting survivors in situations of active and ongoing violence. Speakers: Mariame Kaba (moderator) is an organizer, educator, curator, and prison industrial complex (PIC) abolitionist who is active in movements for racial, gender, and transformative justice. Kaba is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots abolitionist organization with a vision to end youth incarceration. Mariame is currently a researcher at Interrupting Criminalization, a project she co-founded with Andrea Ritchie in 2018. Kaba is the author of We Do This Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, Missing Daddy, See You Soon and Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators with Shira Hassan. Aracelia Aguilar (she/her) is one of the Empowerment Directors at DeafHope, providing direct services to Deaf DV/SV survivors. DeafHope recognizes the system barriers and institutional oppressions Deaf survivors navigate through to get to safety, and Aracelia's advocacy strongly focuses on putting the survivor at the center of the work. Aracelia has also received training under Sujatha Baliga and Mimi Kim to incorporate Restorative and Transformative Justice into the work of DeafHope. Aracelia provides Teen Dating Violence, Consent & Boundaries, and Sexual Violence presentations for Deaf teens at High Schools all over the Bay Area. Rachel Caidor (she/her) has spent over 25 years providing direct service and organizational support to rape crisis and domestic violence survior support agencies in Chicago. She is a member of Love and Protect and supports the work of the Chicago Community Bond Fund. Shira Hassan (she/her) is the founder, co-creator and principal consultant for Just Practice, a capacity building project for organizations and community members, activists and leaders working at the intersection of transformative justice, harm reduction and collective liberation. She is the former executive director of the Young Women's Empowerment Project, an organizing and grassroots movement building project led by and for young people of color that have current or former experience in the sex trade and street economies. Hyejin Shim (she/her) is a Building Community Power Fellow at Community Justice Exchange. She has over a decade's experience in supporting survivors of domestic and sexual violence, particularly immigrant, refugee, and criminalized survivors of abuse. Hyejin is a co-founder of Survived and Punished, a national organization dedicated to supporting criminalized and incarcerated survivors of gender-based violence. This event is sponsored by Community Justice Exchange, Survived and Punished, Interrupting Criminalization, and Haymarket Books. https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org https://survivedandpunished.org https://www.interruptingcriminalization.com Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/QEVuJuBrj5A Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

This episode is the 4th and final session of Journalism for Liberation and Combat.  Make sure to check out the audio from all four sessions here on Millennials Are Killing Capitalism. Or if you prefer, the videos from all four sessions are up on Black Power Media. And there's a syllabus you can access in the show notes. This episode is a panel discussion with Erica Caines from Hood Communist and Black Alliance For Peace, Kelly Hayes from Truthout and Movement Memos, Brian Nam-Sonenstein from Shadowproof and Beyond Prisons and Brandon Soderberg co-author of I Got A Monster and former editor-in-chief of the Baltimore City Paper.  Each of these folks have much more extensive bios which we will include in the show notes and which get read out later in the episode after Brooke and I situate the panel a bit within the series. We encourage you to follow and support their work and more than that we hope that more comes from our collaboration with these great folks, and through folks who either participated in the seminars or who have watched or listened to this series in video or audio form. This is our first episode of April, we put out 5 episodes in March. So if you like what we do here at MAKC, kick $1 or whatever you can into our patreon to make sure we can continue to provide you with new episodes every week.  Panelists: Erica Caines is a coordinating committee of The Black Alliance For Peace and a member of the Black working-class centered Ujima People's Progress Party in Maryland. Caines is the founder of Liberation Through Reading and is also co-editor of the Revolutionary African blog, Hood Communist. Kelly Hayes is the host of Truthout's podcast Movement Memos and a contributing writer at Truthout. Kelly's written work can be found in numerous other publications and books, including the anthology Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? and Mariame Kaba's bestseller We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice. Kelly was an organizer with We Charge Genocide and co-founded the Chicago Light Brigade and the Lifted Voices collective. Kelly's movement photography is featured in the “Freedom and Resistance” exhibit of the DuSable Museum of African American History.  Brian Nam-Sonenstein is an independent journalist and editor living in Maine. He is one of the co-founders of the reader-supported news website Shadowproof.com and the Beyond Prisons podcast. Previously, Brian was the associate publisher of Firedoglake, an early and influential online forum for left journalism and organizing. There, he worked to connect journalists with movement organizers around the country working on a wide range of issues including fighting foreclosures, drug prohibition, anti war mobilizations, whistleblower defense, and environmental justice. Since around 2014, his primary focus has been to amplify abolitionist movements and thought through media, and to help cultivate and spread an abolitionist ethic among journalists.  Brandon Soderberg is a Baltimore-based reporter who covers dirty cops, harm reduction, direct action, and guns. He is the coauthor of I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad. He is the former editor-in-chief of Baltimore City Paper and is the co-founder of Baltimore Beat, a community-focused nonprofit media outlet. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Intercept, Vice, The Appeal, Filter Magazine, and many other publications. Currently he writes about Baltimore for The Real News.

Grounded Futures Show, Season 2 Episode #15 “Gathering people around food is a big part of what everyday thriving looks like in my life. And, even as the world falls apart, we will still probably have to eat dinner.” We sat down with the wonderful Tahia Ahmed, a full-spectrum birth worker who connects birth, land, and racial and climate justice together in new and beautiful ways. We dive into conversations about our interdependence, the discipline of showing up for each other, centering trust, and the importance of deprofessionalizing care and love, and so much more!  Tahia Ahmed IG Nesting Doula Collective We Do This 'Til We Free Us Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba  Joy James work Thrutopia, coined by Rupert Read  Book Recommendation: How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community Book by Mia Birdsong Delighting in our Friends: Sour Gout (Zach Bergman) The album is here: “Movements in a Dead City" transcripts

Transforming Justice...by Changing the Narratives. This week we will explore "Restoring Humanity" w/ Rev. Tia Littlejohn When we refer to people who are, or have been, in contact with the criminal justice system as “felons,” “offenders,” “inmates,” or “convicts,” we define them by the worst act of their lives, creating a stigma that lingers long after they've paid their debt to society. If we are serious about removing barriers for people with felony convictions, we must change the words we use to describe them. For centuries, criminologists erroneously regarded people who broke the law as savages and animals... Remember the term "Super Predators" which was first coined in a Magazine article in 1995....The coming of the Super Predators. The article written by a young Princeton professor that did a study on some Philadelphia boys. He blamed these chronic offenders on “moral poverty … the poverty of being without loving, capable, responsible adults who teach you right from wrong.” He warned that by the year 2000 an additional 30,000 young “murderers, rapists, and muggers” would be roaming America's streets, sowing mayhem. He wrote, “They place zero value on the lives of their victims, whom they reflexively dehumanize as just so much worthless ‘white trash.'" This dehumanizing "Superpredator" theory had a profounding effect on how the media, Judge, Prosecutors, Police and everyday citizens viewed young black men. The Super predator messaging suspended the feelings of empathy towards young black people and people of color. It is a racist theory that had no crime stats backing. This is just one of many examples of dehumanization of people. This week's conversation lead by Rev Tia Littlejohn will explore these examples and how we can change these narratives, and reduce stigmas. No one should be defined by just one experience or aspect of their identity. Leading with “people” affirms our shared humanity. How we describe the men and women involved in the criminal justice system should respect their individualism, diversity, and humanity, not flatten their identity and neglect their capacity for growth. So please join Rev Tia Littlejohn, The Justice Gerard Movement, Jay Love, Attorney Hugo Mack, Alexandria Hughes, and Trischè Duckworth for this community conversation. To learn more about The Justice for Gerard Movement go to: www.change.org/Justice4GERARD Fair Use Act Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Disclaimer: The information provided herein does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials presented are for general informational purposes only and may not constitute the most up-to-date information. No reader, user, or browser of this site should act or refrain from acting on the basis of information provided herein without first seeking legal advice from counsel in the relevant jurisdiction. Only your individual attorney can provide assurances that the information contained herein – and your interpretation of it – is applicable or appropriate to your particular situation. All liability with respect to actions taken or not taken based on the information provided herein are hereby expressly disclaimed. The content contained herein is provided "as is;" no representations are made that the content is error-free.

EPISODE DESCRIPTION:What's the antidote to anxiety-inducing New Year's Resolutions? A new daily practice to keep you grateful for the present moment.In this end-of-year celebration, Grace shares 10 gratitude practices and her own resolution for 2022.SHOW NOTES:365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life by John KralikWe Do This Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame KabaHelp Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers by Anne LamottBird by Bird by Anne LamottGrace (Eventually):Thoughts on Faith by Anne LamottThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronThe Magic by Rhonda ByrneThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneMama Gena's Owner's and Operator's Guide to MenGala Darling and her program High Vibe HoneyGrace recommends: The Midnight Gospel on NetflixSend Grace your requests for new topics and interview guests: theartlifeshow@gmail.comRELATED EPISODES:Episode 67: How to Help Your Artist Friends with Athena Reddy and Nick GrantEpisode 40: Digital Boundaries LIVE at Camp GLAEpisode 52: Getting Started with The Artists WaySHOW DETAILS:Read more and subscribe to our newsletter at  http://theartlife.showSend letters to: The Art Life, c/o Grace Gordon, P.O. Box #4292, Valley Village, CA 91617Email:  theartlifeshow@gmail.comSupport The Art Life by buying our recommended books from our Bookshop page:  bookshop.org/shop/gracegordonofficialGrace Gordon is on Instagram:  @gracegordonofficialThe Art Life is on Twitter & Instagram: @theartlifeshowOur music is ‘The Stream' by Rorie:  http://roriemusic.com

Join us for an educational lecture on immigration enforcement, the criminal punishment system, and data literacy. Calls for abolition and defund the police have at times been coupled with calls to abolish ICE and organizing against criminalization and punishment often includes targeting immigration enforcement. Immigrant rights work is increasingly connecting to the decades-long movement to abolish the prison industrial complex. This educational lecture seeks to support these efforts by encouraging political and data literacy regarding the intersection of the U.S. criminal punishment system (often called the criminal justice system) and U.S. immigration enforcement. Topics that will be covered are some of the differences between immigration law and criminal law, a brief overview of the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agencies, contemporary policies and programs that involve cooperation between immigration enforcement and police and the criminal punishment system, various categories of immigrants/immigration programs, patterns of detention and deportation, and differences between criminal and non-criminal deportations. We will also learn about some of the relevant data sources. While this event and all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able please make a solidarity donation in support of this important work. Part of the proceeds from this event will go to the UndocuBlack Network (UBN) and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI). Speaker: Tamara K. Nopper is a sociologist, writer, educator, and editor with experience in Asian American community organizing, immigrant rights, and anti-war activism. She is the editor of We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, a book of Mariame Kaba's writings and interviews (Haymarket Books), and researcher and writer of several data stories for Colin Kaepernick's Abolition for the People series. She is a Fellow at Data for Progress, an Affiliate of The Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies, a member of the inaugural cohort of the NYU Institute for Public Interest Technology, and a 2021-2022 Faculty Fellow at Data & Society as part of a cohort focused on race and technology. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/ArmHR6QrPhw Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

Emma talks about some new releases for your radar. You might have heard of them, you might have not-- let her know if you've picked them up!    Books mentioned: The Loneliest Americans, Jay Caspian Kang Not A Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and The Pursuit of Freedom, Derecka Purnell We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, Mariame Kaba Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology, edited by Alex Hernandez A People's Future of the United States, edited by Victor LaVelle Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao Light From Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki The Easy Life in Kamusari, Shion Miura Slug and Other Stories, Megan Milks Follow and support our host:   Emma: Instagram Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

Join Us for Season One: Episode Two! I have an epic conversation with Jennifer Kinney of the Story Power Podcast. Jen and I discuss racial identity, tenets of Whiteness and ancestral connections. During this recording, Jen and I also discuss two awesome books: My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem and We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba To learn from Joquina join her Patreon community or learn more about her visit her website.

Listen to our interview with Mariame Kaba back in 2016 -- Kaba is a long-time organizer, educator, author, and prison abolitionist. Her work focuses on ending violence, dismantling the prison industrial complex, transformative justice and supporting youth leadership development. She is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization with a vision to end youth incarceration. She also published a children's book titled “Missing Daddy” and her current book, We Do This Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, was published by Haymarket Press in February 2021 and was a New York Times Bestseller.

A Study and Struggle critical conversation about what it means for abolition to be intersectional. Study and Struggle organizes against criminalization and incarceration in Mississippi through mutual aid, political education, and community building. We provide a bilingual Spanish and English curriculum with discussion questions and reading materials, as well as financial support, to over 100 participants in radical study groups inside and outside prisons in Mississippi. These groups correspond with groups from across the country through our pen pal program. We regularly come together for online conversations hosted by Haymarket Books. The curriculum, built by a combination of currently- and formerly-incarcerated people, scholars, and community organizers, centers around the interrelationship between prison abolition and immigrant justice, with a particular attention to freedom struggles in Mississippi and the U.S. South. For our Fall 2021 four month curriculum, we have borrowed and augmented Ruth Wilson Gilmore's argument that “abolition is about presence, not absence. It has to be green, and in order to be green, it has to be red (anti-capitalist), and in order to be red, it has to be international," having added “intersectional” as a fourth analytical category that we hope moves us beyond “single-issue” organizing. Study and Struggle provides a bilingual curriculum to all our imprisoned comrades in Mississippi with the support of our friends at 1977 Books and makes it fully available online for other study groups to use as they see fit. Our Critical Conversations webinar series, hosted by Haymarket Books, will cover the themes for the upcoming month. Haymarket Books is an independent, radical, non-profit publisher. For more on Study and Struggle: https://www.studyandstruggle.com/ ---------------------------------------------------- Our first webinar theme covers "intersectionality" and will be a conversation about what it means for abolition to be intersectional and how abolition demands a reimagination of relationships, accountability, and what it means to be in community and to care for one another. While all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of commissary and mutual aid for our incarcerated participants. ---------------------------------------------------- Speakers: Mariame Kaba is an organizer, educator and curator who is active in movements for racial, gender, and transformative justice. She is the author of We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice. She is the founder and director of Project NIA, a grassroots organization with a vision to end youth incarceration. Mariame is currently a researcher at Interrupting Criminalization: Research in Action at the Barnard Center for Research on Women, a project she co-founded with Andrea Ritchie in 2018. She co-authored the guidebook Lifting As They Climbed and published a children's book titled Missing Daddy about the impacts of incarceration on children and families. Kaba is the recipient of the Cultural Freedom Prize from Lannan Foundation. Moni Cosby is a Chicago activist, mother, grandmother, writer and abolitionist who was incarcerated by the state of Illinois for 20 years. She has dedicated her life to ending all forms of violence that Black, Indigenous and People of Color, particularly women, encounter daily. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/eIVOxim1qS8 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

For our third episode of “Advancing justice,” we’re pleased to welcome Sabreena Delhon. Sabreena is the Executive Director of the Samara Centre for Democracy. She is an experienced public sector leader with a proven track record of directing multi-stakeholder research and outreach initiatives across justice, academic, and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining Samara, Sabreena was the principal of Signal Strategies and held senior roles at the Law Society of Ontario. She is a Fellow at Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and Visiting Fellow at Massey College. In our conversation, Sabreena talks about why this is a crucial time to advocate for major overhauls to key components of the justice system. Advocates must seize this opportunity to call for justice policies that are responsive to the public's lived experience and to press for investment in justice reform. Yet, as she writes in her contribution to the series, the majority of mainstream efforts aiming to improve access to justice across Canada are stagnating because the organizations behind them suffer from an entrenched diversity problem. You can find the transcript of the conversation at https://maytree.com/maytree-podcasts/advancing-justice-podcast/. For other contributions to the series and links to resources, visit the Maytree website at maytree.com/what-we-focus-on/advancing-justice/.

Show Notes (More Show Notes available at ourfaithinwriting.com (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/writing-and-faith/our-faith-in-writing-podcast)) Our Faith in Writing explores the intersection of writing and faith through conversations about the writing process, the reading life, contemplative practices, and more. Host Charlotte Donlon is a writer and a spiritual director for writers, and she believes writing and reading help us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Subscribe to Our Faith in Writing wherever you listen to podcasts, and don't forget to rate and review the show letting us know how these conversations are helping you feel less alone in your writing life and your reading life.Our Faith in Writing is a podcast that explores the intersection of writing and faith through conversations about the writing process, the reading life, contemplative practices, and more. In the first Our Faith in Writing episode with Chandra White-Cummings, host Charlotte Donlon and Chandra discuss racism in Christian publishing. Chandra asks several questions for those inside the Christian publishing spaces to consider, and for the rest of us to consider, too. Chandra White-Cummings is a writer, editor, and founder of CWC Media Group and Transforming Justice™, a learning cohort on issues of racial justice. She is a certified trauma healing group facilitator and trainer with the American Bible Society's Trauma Healing Institute, and covers adult trauma healing, healing for caregivers, sexual assault survivors, and generational trauma healing between Black and white America. She has two young adult sons and lives in Virginia. You can connect with her on Twitter at @ChandraWC. Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/). Charlotte's writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (https://charlottedonlon.com/the-great-belonging-book). You can subscribe to her newsletter (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/) and connect with her onTwitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).

Show Notes (More Show Notes available at ourfaithinwriting.com (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/writing-and-faith/our-faith-in-writing-podcast)) Our Faith in Writing explores the intersection of writing and faith through conversations about the writing process, the reading life, contemplative practices, and more. Host Charlotte Donlon is a writer and a spiritual director for writers, and she believes writing and reading help us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Subscribe to Our Faith in Writing wherever you listen to podcasts, and don't forget to rate and review the show letting us know how these conversations are helping you feel less alone in your writing life and your reading life.Our Faith in Writing is a podcast that explores the intersection of writing and faith through conversations about the writing process, the reading life, contemplative practices, and more. In this second episode of Our Faith in Writing with Chandra White-Cummings, host Charlotte Donlon and Chandra discuss different ways art affects Chandra and her writing and her other work as a trauma healing facilitator and trainer. They also discuss some of the ways art and faith intersect in her trauma work with Black women. Chandra White-Cummings is a writer, editor, and founder of CWC Media Group and Transforming Justice™, a learning cohort on issues of racial justice. She is a certified trauma healing group facilitator and trainer with the American Bible Society's Trauma Healing Institute, and covers adult trauma healing, healing for caregivers, sexual assault survivors, and generational trauma healing between Black and white America. She has two young adult sons and lives in Virginia. You can connect with her on Twitter at @ChandraWC. Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/). Charlotte's writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (https://charlottedonlon.com/the-great-belonging-book). You can subscribe to her newsletter (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/) and connect with her onTwitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).

Show Notes (More Show Notes available at ourfaithinwriting.com (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/writing-and-faith/our-faith-in-writing-podcast)) Our Faith in Writing explores the intersection of writing and faith through conversations about the writing process, the reading life, contemplative practices, and more. Host Charlotte Donlon is a writer and a spiritual director for writers, and she believes writing and reading help us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Subscribe to Our Faith in Writing wherever you listen to podcasts, and don't forget to rate and review the show letting us know how these conversations are helping you feel less alone in your writing life and your reading life. In the third episode of Our Faith in Writing with Chandra White-Cummings, host Charlotte Donlon and Chandra discuss ways films, TV shows, and actors help Chandra feel less alone and how those who make art should engage different forms of art. Chandra also talks about the healing power of laughter and joy that comes from watching shows like Queen Sugar and Black-ish. Charlotte also gives a shoutout to Blaire Erskine and her hilarious Instagram videos. Chandra also talks about the ways Black women are inspiring her in her creative work. Chandra White-Cummings is a writer, editor, and founder of CWC Media Group and Transforming Justice™, a learning cohort on issues of racial justice. She is a certified trauma healing group facilitator and trainer with the American Bible Society's Trauma Healing Institute, and covers adult trauma healing, healing for caregivers, sexual assault survivors, and generational trauma healing between Black and white America. She has two young adult sons and lives in Virginia. You can connect with her on Twitter at @ChandraWC. Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/). Charlotte's writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (https://charlottedonlon.com/the-great-belonging-book). You can subscribe to her newsletter (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/) and connect with her onTwitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).

Join Tamara K. Nopper for an urgent discussion of the politics, history, and methods of counting crime—and who benefits from crime data. Politicians, pundits, and mainstream media are claiming crime is going up and some are blaming defund the police campaigns. But how we measure crime is a socially constructed, political process and more data literacy on this topic can be useful in this political moment. In this educational lecture we will learn about some of the history of counting crime during the post-Emancipation period, who has pushed for crime data to be collected, some of the major data sources (including the samples and methods), and how crime data is deployed for various purposes. While this event and all of our events are freely available, we ask that those who are able make a solidarity donation in support of this important work. Part of the proceeds from this event will go to the National Bail Fund Network. ***This event is recorded with live captioning and ASL at the Haymarket Youtube Channel.*** Speaker: Tamara K. Nopper is a sociologist, writer, and editor. She is the editor of We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, a book of Mariame Kaba's writings and interviews (Haymarket Books), and researcher and writer of several data stories for Colin Kaepernick's Abolition for the People series. She is a Fellow at Data for Progress, an Affiliate of The Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies, and a member of the inaugural cohort of the NYU Institute for Public Interest Technology. She is also an incoming 2021-2022 Faculty Fellow at Data & Society. This event is sponsored by Interrupting Criminalization, Survived & Punished, Community Resource Hub for Safety & Accountability, 18 Million Rising (18MR), Critical Resistance, Civil Rights Corps, and Haymarket Books. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/I0tE96ICNF0 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

In this week's episode, part 1 of 2, April and Tracie think about new paradigms for the future. Inspired by a song, we use the prison abolition movement & criminal legal system as well as Western medicine as points of reference, investigating the ways inherited systems, received as “natural,” are in fact human constructions which can be deconstructed (and reconstructed!) for a future that is more equitable, sustainable, and just. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.comLearn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner.: https://joyousjustice.com/Read more of Tracie's thoughts at her blog, bmoreincremental.comCheck out We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1664-we-do-this-til-we-free-usLearn more about The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein here: https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/chanda-prescod-weinstein/the-disordered-cosmos/9781541724709/Read more about the implications of a racist medical system and the higher mortality rates of Black mothers here: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/maternal-health-in-bipocListen to our episode on Either/Or thinking here: https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-9-digital-skin-color-eitheror-thinking-and-pizza-in-dakarRead more about the Allegory of the Long Spoons, attributed to Rabbi Haim of Romshisok here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_long_spoonsExplore the phrase, “if it's hysterical, it is historical” here: https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/blog/if-it-s-hysterical-it-s-historical

Abolitionist Mariame Kaba is the founder of Project NIA and the author of the New York Times bestseller, We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice. Kaba and Dr. Kendi have a profound discussion on why mass surveillance, police, punishment, and incarceration will never create a safe society—and what will. For further reading, resources, and a transcript of this episode visit pushkin.fm/show/be-antiracist-ibram-kendi/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Welcome to the first official episode of the Jewish Currents podcast, On the Nose. After a brief conversation about the show's title, editor-in-chief Arielle Angel, publisher Jacob Plitman, managing editor Nathan Goldman, and assistant editor Mari Cohen discuss the Anti-Defamation League's https://www.adl.org/blog/survey-of-american-jews-since-recent-violence-in-israel (recent survey) of American Jews about their perceptions and understanding of antisemitism, in the wake of a https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/preliminary-adl-data-reveals-uptick-in-antisemitic-incidents-linked-to-recent (reported) “uptick in antisemitic incidents.” We discuss what it means that the survey suggests American Jews widely conflate anti-Zionism and certain criticisms of Israel with antisemitism. What's the relationship between claims of antisemitism and feelings of discomfort? How does this misunderstanding relate to the left's thinking about the authority of subjective experience and the politics of feelings? What can Jewish identity politics teach us about the power and limits of identity politics writ large? Articles and Podcasts Mentioned: “https://www.adl.org/blog/survey-of-american-jews-since-recent-violence-in-israel (Survey of American Jews since Recent Violence in Israel)” by the Anti-Defamation League “https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/preliminary-adl-data-reveals-uptick-in-antisemitic-incidents-linked-to-recent (Preliminary ADL Data Reveals Uptick in Antisemitic Incidents Linked to Recent Mideast Violence)” by the Anti-Defamation League “https://jewishcurrents.org/a-closer-look-at-the-uptick-in-antisemitism/ (A Closer Look at the ‘Uptick' in Antisemitism)” by Mari Cohen “https://www.pewforum.org/2021/05/11/jewish-americans-in-2020/ (Jewish Americans in 2020)” (Pew study) “https://jewishcurrents.org/the-collective-work-of-abolition/ (The Collective Work of Abolition)” by Claire Schwartz “https://jewishcurrents.org/how-not-to-fight-antisemitism/ (How Not to Fight Antisemitism)” by Jewish Currents editors “https://goodbye.substack.com/p/how-not-to-think-like-a-cop-with (How not to think like a cop, with Naomi Murakawa)” from Time To Say Goodbye “https://jewishcurrents.org/fears-of-government-surveillance-complicate-muslim-groups-access-to-federal-security-funding/ (Fears of Government Surveillance Complicate Muslim Groups' Access to Federal Security Funding)” by Mari Cohen Books Mentioned: We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical by Shaul Magid Black Power, Jewish Politics by Marc Dollinger Sexual Justice by Alexandra Brodsky Policing the Crisis by Stuart Hall, Chas Critcher, Tony Jefferson, John Clarke, and Brian Roberts Thanks to Santiago Helou Quintero for producing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).”

The following is the full uncut conversation from our TV, Radio & Podcast episode:  "Rooting Out Our Culture of Harm".Note:  Full episode notes are available to members and non-members at Patreon.com/theLFShow In this inspiring Juneteenth conversation, abolitionist Mariame Kaba joins Laura and the Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis, to discuss how each of us—parents, children, elders—can be part of building a society where harm is addressed, people's needs are met, and accountability doesn't require punishment. “Everything worthwhile is done with other people,” writes Kaba. She is the Founder/Director of Project NIA, which seeks to end the incarceration of children and young adults, and the author of the New York Times best selling book, We do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice. Kaba's vision places the collective—and not the individual self—at the heart of freedom. Abolition of the prison industrial complex is essential, she says, but freedom also takes getting to know your neighbors, thinking about how we can help each other, and building an entire society that roots out our culture of harm.  While mainstream media or money media keeps you in a bubble, we're committed to popping that bubble by continuing to bring you radical, intersectional media! Can we depend on you to chip in? Go to LauraFlanders.org/donate and join our team by making a donation today. Thanks

Full episode notes are at https://Patreon.com/theLFShowIn this inspiring Juneteenth conversation, abolitionist Mariame Kaba joins Laura and the Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis, to discuss how each of us—parents, children, elders—can be part of building a society where harm is addressed, people's needs are met, and accountability doesn't require punishment. “Everything worthwhile is done with other people,” writes Kaba. She is the Founder/Director of Project NIA, which seeks to end the incarceration of children and young adults, and the author of the New York Times best selling book, We do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice. Kaba's vision places the collective—and not the individual self—at the heart of freedom. Abolition of the prison industrial complex is essential, she says, but freedom also takes getting to know your neighbors, thinking about how we can help each other, and building an entire society that roots out our culture of harm.  Music in the Middle Spotlight:  “U Try Livin' (Pressure)” by Black Guy White Guy and Eight Oh Eight BEACH feat Anelisa Lamola, that's part of the new 'Red + Hot & Free' project produced by Bill Coleman of Peace Bisquit.  Red + Hot is a not-for-profit dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture since 1990.  While mainstream media or money media keeps you in a bubble, we're committed to popping that bubble by continuing to bring you radical, intersectional media! Can we depend on you to chip in? Go to LauraFlanders.org/donate and join our team by making a donation today. Thanks

In this first Art and Faith Unplugged episode with Chandra White-Cummings, host Charlotte Donlon and Chandra discuss racism in Christian publishing. Chandra asks several questions for those inside the Christian publishing spaces to consider, and for the rest of us to consider, too. Chandra White-Cummings is a writer, editor, and founder of CWC Media Group and Transforming Justice™, a learning cohort on issues of racial justice. She is a certified trauma healing group facilitator and trainer with the American Bible Society’s Trauma Healing Institute, and covers adult trauma healing, healing for caregivers, sexual assault survivors, and generational trauma healing between Black and white America. She has two young adult sons and lives in Virginia. You can connect with her on Twitter at @ChandraWC (https://twitter.com/ChandraWC). CWC Media Group https://www.cwcmediagroup.com/ A Few Articles by Chandra White-Cummings We need more white parents to talk to their kids about race. Especially now. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/05/22/we-need-more-white-parents-talk-their-kids-about-race-especially-now/) Congressional Caucus On Black Women And Girls Must Include Work On Mental Health To Offer Real Hope (https://ourselvesblack.com/journal/2016/4/30/congressional-caucus-on-black-women-and-girls-must-include-work-on-mental-health-to-offer-real-hope) Black Stress Needs Black Action (https://ourselvesblack.com/journal/2017/2/27/black-stress-needs-black-action-1) Charlotte Donlon is a writer who reads, a reader who writes, and a certified spiritual director for writers. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Seattle Pacific University where she studied creative nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is [The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other](https://bookshop.org/books/the-great-belonging-how-loneliness-leads-us-to-each-other/9781506461960). You can learn more about spiritual direction for writers at Writing Life Spiritual Direction (https://www.writinglifespiritualdirection.com/), learn more about her writing and podcasts at charlottedonlon.com (https://charlottedonlon.com/), subscribe to her newsletter here (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/), and connect with her on Twitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).

In this third episode with Chandra White-Cummings, Charlotte Donlon and Chandra discuss ways films, TV shows, and actors help Chandra feel less alone and how those who make art should engage different forms of art. Chandra also talks about the healing power of laughter and joy that comes from watching shows like Queen Sugar and Black-ish. Charlotte also gives a shoutout to Blaire Erskine and her hilarious Instagram videos. Chandra also talks about the ways Black women are inspiring her in her creative work. Chandra White-Cummings is a writer, editor, and founder of CWC Media Group and Transforming Justice™, a learning cohort on issues of racial justice. She is a certified trauma healing group facilitator and trainer with the American Bible Society’s Trauma Healing Institute, and covers adult trauma healing, healing for caregivers, sexual assault survivors, and generational trauma healing between Black and white America. She has two young adult sons and lives in Virginia. You can connect with her on Twitter at @ChandraWC (https://twitter.com/ChandraWC). CWC Media Group https://www.cwcmediagroup.com/ A Few Articles by Chandra White-Cummings We need more white parents to talk to their kids about race. Especially now. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/05/22/we-need-more-white-parents-talk-their-kids-about-race-especially-now/) Congressional Caucus On Black Women And Girls Must Include Work On Mental Health To Offer Real Hope (https://ourselvesblack.com/journal/2016/4/30/congressional-caucus-on-black-women-and-girls-must-include-work-on-mental-health-to-offer-real-hope) Black Stress Needs Black Action (https://ourselvesblack.com/journal/2017/2/27/black-stress-needs-black-action-1) Charlotte Donlon is a writer who reads, a reader who writes, and a certified spiritual director for writers. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Seattle Pacific University where she studied creative nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is [The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other](https://bookshop.org/books/the-great-belonging-how-loneliness-leads-us-to-each-other/9781506461960). You can learn more about spiritual direction for writers at Writing Life Spiritual Direction (https://www.writinglifespiritualdirection.com/), learn more about her writing and podcasts at charlottedonlon.com (https://charlottedonlon.com/), subscribe to her newsletter here (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/), and connect with her on Twitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).

In this second episode of Art and Faith Unplugged with Chandra White-Cummings, Charlotte Donlon and Chandra discuss different ways art affects Chandra and her writing and her other work as a trauma healing facilitator and trainer. They also discuss some of the ways art and faith intersect in her trauma work with Black women. Chandra White-Cummings is a writer, editor, and founder of CWC Media Group and Transforming Justice™, a learning cohort on issues of racial justice. She is a certified trauma healing group facilitator and trainer with the American Bible Society’s Trauma Healing Institute, and covers adult trauma healing, healing for caregivers, sexual assault survivors, and generational trauma healing between Black and white America. She has two young adult sons and lives in Virginia. You can connect with her on Twitter at @ChandraWC (https://twitter.com/ChandraWC). CWC Media Group https://www.cwcmediagroup.com/ A Few Articles by Chandra White-Cummings We need more white parents to talk to their kids about race. Especially now. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/05/22/we-need-more-white-parents-talk-their-kids-about-race-especially-now/) Congressional Caucus On Black Women And Girls Must Include Work On Mental Health To Offer Real Hope (https://ourselvesblack.com/journal/2016/4/30/congressional-caucus-on-black-women-and-girls-must-include-work-on-mental-health-to-offer-real-hope) Black Stress Needs Black Action (https://ourselvesblack.com/journal/2017/2/27/black-stress-needs-black-action-1) Charlotte Donlon is a writer who reads, a reader who writes, and a certified spiritual director for writers. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Seattle Pacific University where she studied creative nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is [The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other](https://bookshop.org/books/the-great-belonging-how-loneliness-leads-us-to-each-other/9781506461960). You can learn more about spiritual direction for writers at Writing Life Spiritual Direction (https://www.writinglifespiritualdirection.com/), learn more about her writing and podcasts at charlottedonlon.com (https://charlottedonlon.com/), subscribe to her newsletter here (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/), and connect with her on Twitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).

It's time for part two of our conversation about abolition. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss the second half of We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba, and examine the idea of what justice could be beyond our current criminal punishment system, the principles of abolition, harm, and accountability, what should be centered in activism and organizing work, and how an abolitionist framework can help us envision a better world for all of us. Follow us on social media and visit our website! Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Website, Leave us a message, Merch store

Abolition is not about your feelings! It's the long awaited episode where we discuss in detail what it means to be and practice PIC (prison-industrial complex) abolition. In our What's the Word? segment, Brendane and Alyssa unpack Michel Foucault's concept of discipline and docile bodies to think about the way power compels us to regulate our bodies and behaviors. Today, we read Mariame Kaba's new book We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice. We pulled out three important themes that we felt help us understand how we got to a place where we can't imagine a world without prisons: punishment vs. consequences, transformative justice vs. restorative justice, and safety vs. security. This leads us into conversations about non-reformist reforms, the difference between crime and harm, accountability, gaslighting of Black sexual assault survivors, and the usefulness of hope. In our What in the World?! segment, we discuss the murder of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant by Ohio police, the ongoing punishment and incarceration of Ashley Diamond, and the cancel culture "crisis" and who really gets cancelled (spoiler: it's not rich celebrities). CW: Throughout the episode we make reference to sexual assault and perpetrators of sexual harm. We describe the medical and juridical process of rape cases from 00:57:00 to 01:01:00. Please take care of yourself as you need while listening. Liked what you heard? Donate here! Discussed this week: We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (Mariame Kaba, 2021 Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Michel Foucault, 1995) Ma'Khia Bryant (New York Times, 2021) Free Ashley Diamond (GoFundMe) ZD merch available here and the syllabus for ZD 102 is here! Let us know what you thought of the episode @zorasdaughters on Instagram and @zoras_daughters on Twitter! Transcript will be available on our website here.

Dr. Tamara K. Nopper, a sociologist, writer, editor, and data artist, discusses her scholarly work, public essays, and editing of Mariame Kaba's We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice. In this conversation, we reflect on social media and (alternative) data in a scored society, the language of abolition and racial justice, and the possibility of imagining healthy public policy that attends to community needs and not criminalization.

While we've discussed abolition many times on the podcast, it's now time to dedicate two episodes to this important topic. Listen as Aaron and Damien discuss We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba, and the key takeaways from the first half of this book around prison-industrial complex abolition and a vision for social justice and collective liberation. Follow us on social media and visit our website! Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Website, Leave us a message, Merch store

Hello! This is Jay. This week, we have my conversation with sociologist, writer, and data artist Tamara K. Nopper. She’s been an invaluable resource for me for years now — if I ever actually sound like I know what I’m talking about, it’s likely because of something Tamara sent me to read over the years. Today, we talk about this moment that I’ve been fascinated with for years — what happened after ‘92, not just in terms of what happened on the ground in Black and Korean communities, but also within the academy, where a seemingly new type of scholarship emerged to make sense of it all. We talk about that, Korean banks, “the secret history” of Third Worldism, and a whole lot more. There’s a lot we agree about but also a lot we disagree about on these topics. Tamara recently did a great talk with our friends at the Asian American Writer’s Workshop. Watch it! Tamara also edited ‘We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice,’ a book of Mariame Kaba’s writings and interviews (Haymarket Books), and researched and wrote several data stories for Colin Kaepernick’s Abolition for the People series.——Thanks to everyone who made it out to the inaugural TTSG picnic this past weekend! We had a huge turnout. And thanks again to everyone who joined in our first book club, where we discussed Alien Capital. The building of the community both on the discord and on social media has been really overwhelming. If you’d like to join, please either subscribe to the newsletter on Substack or on patreon at patreon.com/ttsgpod.thanks!Jay Get full access to Time To Say Goodbye at goodbye.substack.com/subscribe

A missing giant rabbit, ghost monkeys, and diving deep into Matt's stoner thoughts. It's 420 babyyyy and weed is legal in New York and on this podcast! After that, we have journalist Dino-Ray Ramos on the pod to talk awards season, Marvel, and why red carpets are the worst. For DBWP, Bari recommends the book We Do This Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba. Bari has been rewatching Broad City and Matt has been watching Spongebob whilst stoney bologna. Follow the team on social media! @finkelbaripie, @mattbellassai, and @UnhappyHourPod (on Twitter only) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On March 18, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel, hosted by the Minnesota Women's Press, about what it means to transform justice and the different ways to think about and act on that task. I also recently had the opportunity to Guest Edit their latest issue on “Transforming Justice,” and so, for this panel, we gathered three of the voices together from that issue - Salena Beasley, Robin Wonsley Worbolah, and Nevada Littlewolf - together to more deeply discuss their work. We'll listen to part of that panel during this episode.

What does it mean to be a Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) Abolitionist? L. Joy brings Mariame Kaba to the front of the class to break down the practice and organizing vision of PIC Abolitionists, and to discuss Kaba’s latest book “We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice.” 

Celebrate the publication of We Do This 'Til We Free Us with a discussion about prison industrial complex (PIC) abolition, seeking justice beyond the criminal punishment system, and finding hope in collective struggle for abolition, featuring contributors and organizers from the book. What if social transformation and liberation isn't about waiting for someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people have the power to collectively free ourselves? In We Do This 'Til We Free Us, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle. ———————————————— Speakers: Shira Hassan, Kelly Hayes, Rachel Herzing, Mariame Kaba, Erica Meiners and Tamara K. Nopper. ————————————————————— Order your copy of We Do This 'Til We Free Us here: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1664-we-do-this-til-we-free-us Praise for We Do This 'Til We Free Us: “I want to say this is a ‘generation-defining' book, but that feels wrong because I know it will be shaping political imaginations for a century or more. It's generations-defining. This is a classic in the vein of Sister Outsider, a book that will spark countless radical imaginations.” — Eve L. Ewing “Mariame Kaba's clarity, firm-but-gentle guidance, embracing spirit, deep creativity, and love of laughter, demonstrate how abolition is, in deed, presence. Thank goodness for this urgent book.” —Ruth Wilson Gilmore "One of the most fascinating developments during this age of Black Lives Matter is how ‘abolition' has been integrated into mainstream debates on how to change the United States. Yet there is still so much not known or understood about the history, politics and practice of abolition-informed politics. Longtime organizer and educator, Mariame Kaba, is one of the most important voices in the emergent abolitionist movement." —Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor "At once an urgent call to action, a step-by-step guide to the practice of transformative justice, a collection of inspirational interviews and a few lighthearted reflections, this book will significantly advance radical justice work. We Do This ‘Til We Free Us is just what we need and it has arrived right on time." — Beth Richie ————————————————————— This event is sponsored by Haymarket Books and The Marguerite Casey Foundation. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/xWL9a1f9uW0 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

A conversation about public money, its connections to racial justice and how we can organize to demand it serves our interests. ———————————————— Money impacts everything. We live and feel the reality of money and for many of us, money problems are the source of great physical and emotional strain. This webinar focuses on a crucial aspect of the money we've got to work with: Public finance––the role of government(s) in the economy. Specifically, we look at public money, what it is and more importantly, why we deserve to have it. We consider public money as part of racial justice work in regards to the federal government's real fiscal capacity unmatched by its terrible response to the COVID-19 pandemic, budgets as political and moral documents, divest-invest campaigns calling to #DefundThePolice and #DefundICE, and police brutality bonds. We also look at social justice organizing involving public money demands. #PublicMoneyRacialJustice ———————————————— Participants: Raúl Carrillo is the Deputy Director of the Law and Political Economy (LPE) Project and an Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School. Prior to joining the LPE Project, Raúl practiced law for five years, focusing on consumer finance and financial technology. He is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Modern Money Network, an Executive Committee member of the National Jobs For All Network, and an Advisory Council member of Our Money. Rev. Delman Coates is the Senior Pastor of Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Maryland and founder of Our Money Campaign, an economic justice campaign that seeks to solve some of our nation's greatest social and economic challenges. He also founded the Black Church Center for Justice and Equality to address the social and spiritual challenges of the African American faith community. He is a board member of the Parents Television Council and the National Action Network and also a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Morehouse College Board of Preachers, and the NAACP. Alyx Goodwin is a senior organizer at Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE), organizing with BYP100 Chicago, and a co-founder and writer with LEFT OUT Magazine. Her writing and activism are centered around the momentum and challenges of building Black power and self-determination. Her work at ACRE currently focuses on the relationships between the finance industry, policing, and tech, and how these things exacerbate oppressions. Tamara K. Nopper is a sociologist, writer, editor, and data artist. A Fellow at Data for Progress and an Affiliate of The Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies, she recently researched and wrote several data stories for Colin Kaepernick's Abolition for the People series and is the editor of We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, a book of Mariame Kaba's writing and interviews, which will be published by Haymarket Books in February 2021. Shawn Sebastian is the Senior Strategist for Rural People and Planet First Campaigns at People's Action. In 2019 Shawn served as the Iowa Organizing Director of the Working Families Party and Movement Politics Organizer for Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund. Shawn was the director of the Fed Up Campaign at the Center for Popular Democracy, organizing working class people of color to demand full employment monetary policy at the Federal Reserve. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/b73IIo76K8Q Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks

ON THIS EPISODE: This inaugural episode of Gideon's Promise explores the critical role public defenders play in the criminal justice system as they address a wide range of issues facing marginalized communities. Host Jonathan Rapping speaks with three experts - Raj Jayadev, Co-Founder, Silicon Valley De-Bug; Josie Duffy Rice, President, The Appeal; and Scott Hechinger, Senior Advisor, The Justice Collaborative &  Director, Zealous - about public defenders critical roles in the ongoing struggle for justice beyond courtrooms, how they can help reframe the media's perception of public defenders and how their role is further highlighted in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Judges Tremewan and Aitken share their journey in establishing New Zealand's Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts, highlighting their unique features, transformative impact, and the collaborative efforts reshaping justice.

It looks like it just might be more difficult to stop global warming than the public is being led to believe. Those are the findings of a research commentary published in the journal nature this week. The technological challenges are, the authors say, going to be far greater than we've been led to believe. Well, when the rabble podcast network's program redeye got the news, they called up one of those authors. Here is part of their interview with Tom Wiggley, a senior scientist at the center for atmospheric research in Boulder Colorado and he co-authored the commentary. Well, watching a video doesn't have to emit a lot of C02, depending on the video, I suppose. And the Reel Women walked down to their local video emporiums this week to find anything the Easter bunny might have hidden for them, and this is what they came up with. Take it away Judi and Cathi. The Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Society provides community based alternatives to the mainstream criminal justice system. The rabble podcast network's Stark Raven spoke to Christine Parnell, the program director with the Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Society.