Abolition 101

Here are some resources that can introduce you to Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) abolition…

“Abolition 101 in 1 Minute”

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Resources + Engagement Materials

Image 3-18-21 at 1.58 PM.jpg — **“A Note on Patrisse Cullors and the Black Lives Matter Network”**

For the first post in our Study Series, we highlighted a 2019 article by Patrisse Cullors titled “Abolition and Reparations: Histories of Resistance, Transformative Justice, and Accountability”. As students of abolition, we want to bring attention to some serious statements that have come out regarding Cullors and BLM as an organization.

a NOTE ON PATRISSE CULLORS AND THE BLM GLOBAL NETWORK

mk picture.jpg — **Mariame Kaba, “Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police”**

“As a society, we have been so indoctrinated with the idea that we solve problems by policing and caging people that many cannot imagine anything other than prisons and the police as solutions to violence and harm. People like me who want to abolish prisons and police, however, have a vision of a different society, built on cooperation instead of individualism, on mutual aid instead of self-preservation”

"Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police" Engagement material

**Patrisse Cullors, “Abolition and Reparations: Histories of Resistance, Transformative Justice and Accountability”**

“Abolition means setting, communicating, and respecting boundaries. Abolition means reinforcing those boundaries when they are not heard. Abolition means transformative justice. Abolition allows one time to heal. Abolition seeks to repair the damage done to a person or a people. Abolition holds space for the person or people who have perpetrated violence, harm, and damage. Abolition makes the impossible possible.”

"Abolition & Reparations" Engagement material

Abolition 101

Here are some resources that can introduce you to Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) abolition…

“Abolition 101 in 1 Minute”

Resources + Engagement Materials

“A Note on Patrisse Cullors and the Black Lives Matter Network”

Mariame Kaba, “Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police”

Patrisse Cullors, “Abolition and Reparations: Histories of Resistance, Transformative Justice and Accountability”