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Thanks for everyone who attended #RILE202 conversation on education and abolition with @DrJonathanRosa, @profm_de_r, @karikokka, Dave Stovall & myself. I’m going to drop some resources that were mentioned or that helped me better understand abolition broadly and in schools.
The definition of abolition was from @C_Resistance-an org that has taught many of us about the prison industrial complex and abolition.
Here’s the definition but also check out their resources, projects, gear & donate if you learn something. #RILE2020 http://criticalresistance.org/about/not-so-common-language/">https://criticalresistance.org/about/not...
Here’s the definition but also check out their resources, projects, gear & donate if you learn something. #RILE2020 http://criticalresistance.org/about/not-so-common-language/">https://criticalresistance.org/about/not...
The first clip we were going to watch was by @projectnia about defunding the police. The goal was to understand how defunding the police relates to abolition broadly & education specifically. Next I’ll post the prompt that was for this video. #RILE2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT0YpOmk8NA&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch... https://www.youtube.com/watch...
This clip is about the problem of policing but is related to ed in multiple ways 1st-we have police & other security entities in schools Though some places have divested from police in schools, others have re-committed to them even during the resistance of the summer 1/ #RILE2020
2nd-even when police are not there, teachers & other educators often act as-what Ruth Wilson Gilmore names as-deputies labelling, surveilling & punishing students. Finally, when there is a suggestion to defund the police, education is often offered as an investment 2/ #RILE2020
When considering this video and the sources you suggested previously, how do you imagine education’s relationship with and role in abolition? 3/3 #RILE2020
Clip 2 & Prompt: This clip is important because it reflects how focusing on youth at the intersections of multiple oppressions, including Black girls and LGBTQ youth of color, experience punitive education systems. 1/ #RILE2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b05570oikJY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
It also illustrates 1 way to interrupt ways youth are policed & criminalized in schools. As Critical Resistance says in their definition of abolition we need to develop "practical strategies for taking small steps that move us toward making our dreams real” #RILE2020 2/
Can you name practical strategies that you are engaging or reading about or witnessing that move us towards making our abolitionist dreams real? 3/3 #RILE2020
Ok so for some resources that were mentioned during the discussion. Many of us named Marime Kaba @prisonculture as deeply influential in our growing understanding of abolition. Here& #39;s a piece she wrote on abolishing the police. Follow her & learn #RILE2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/1...
Ruth Wilson Gilmore is a powerful scholar who has written the book"Golden Gulag" and other academic papers that are rooted in understanding carceral geographies & abolition. For something accessible, check out this interview on @intercepted #RILE2020 https://theintercept.com/2020/06/10/ruth-wilson-gilmore-makes-the-case-for-abolition/">https://theintercept.com/2020/06/1...
Dylan Rodriguez& #39;s @dylanrodriguez work was also mentioned as particularly impactful for many of us. I mentioned his specific piece that came out about reformism as counterinsurgency #RILE2020 https://level.medium.com/reformism-isnt-liberation-it-s-counterinsurgency-7ea0a1ce11eb">https://level.medium.com/reformism...
This whole series from @Kaepernick7& #39;s publishing on Abolition for the People is powerful and includes so many amazing folx to learn from. Check it out #RILE2020 https://level.medium.com/abolition-for-the-people-397ef29e3ca5">https://level.medium.com/abolition...
As someone who is deeply committed to and still learning about #DisabilityJustice, I have to pause here & highlight @talilalewis& #39;s piece in this series. We have to understand how ableism & racism are interconnected. Follow and learn from TL. #RILE2020 https://level.medium.com/disability-justice-is-an-essential-part-of-abolishing-police-and-prisons-2b4a019b5730">https://level.medium.com/disabilit...
Ok, I am running out of steam so I& #39;m going to add some other folx but not link their work. It does not make their work any less impactful! Please add to this list. As I said, for me being an abolitionist is not an end point, it& #39;s learning, evolving, failing & growing. #RILE2020
Other folx we are learning about education, criminalization and abolition from @demonicground @KeeangaYamahtta @CarlaShedd @savannahshange @eveewing Crystal Laura Stefano Harney Fred Moten Liat Ben-Moshe Beth Richie Elizabeth Todd-Breland Susila Grusame Marquis Bay #RILE2020
There were also teacher and youth led orgs that got mentioned or we meant to mention (time was tight) in helping us understand education, criminalization and abolition. I know @NYCoRE3000 @ITOClove @BlackYouthProj @YouthJusticeLA @NoKidsInPrison #RILE2020
Finally, and then I& #39;m going to bed cuz that& #39;s how I roll, at the beginning of the summer when all the anti-racist reading lists were coming out, I created one focused on education, criminalization and abolition #RILE2020 https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Ya2NsQEYQN9FXDLK_W45NE-8JbhlB8ZT6GnXPOoI-Q/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/...
@karikokka also had a beautiful reading list of anti-racism resources crafted for educators. Social Justice Mathematics and Science Curricular Resources for K-12 Teachers. Check it out & cite her #RILE2020 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-VW-nhAuFebzq4jJk66y_r4RXe2MMMLKhf_awxj6Qyg/edit?fbclid=IwAR1Fgf7vjKnNH4DcJTToULvVqkdWs7evutbBEon4C_uAIhEUROoO2ckBXHI">https://docs.google.com/document/...
Oh and last one, I swear. Dave Stovall and I wrote an op-ed asking Do #BlackLivesMatter 
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And of course in order to discuss abolitionist teaching we have to share @BLoveSoulPower& #39;s amazing book "We want to do more than survive" & the Abolitionist Teaching Network @ATN_1863 Read Dr. Love& #39;s work everywhere it appears. Learn from other scholars in the network #RILE2020
Hope this thread gets you going, folx. There is so much beautiful work being done on abolition broadly, and education, criminalization and abolition specifically. It& #39;s time to examine our theories and practices and do some growing. Goodnight. #RILE2020
Oh snap-did I mention I wrote a book? What made me an abolitionist was listening to the experiences of disabled girls of color who& #39;d been criminalized & were incarcerated. There is no sense or value in youth prisons #RILE2020 https://www.routledge.com/The-Pedagogy-of-Pathologization-Disabled-Girls-of-Color-in-the-School-prison/Annamma/p/book/9781138696907">https://www.routledge.com/The-Pedag...
