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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/
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/
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
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
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'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
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/
Dylan Rodriguez'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
This whole series from @Kaepernick7'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
As someone who is deeply committed to and still learning about #DisabilityJustice, I have to pause here & highlight @talilalewis'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
Ok, I am running out of steam so I'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'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'm going to bed cuz that'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
@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
Oh and last one, I swear. Dave Stovall and I wrote an op-ed asking Do #BlackLivesMatter 
in schools. Here we touch on the distinction between education and schooling and share some other sources. #RILE2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/14/do-blacklivesmatter-schools-why-answer-is-no/
in schools. Here we touch on the distinction between education and schooling and share some other sources. #RILE2020 https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/14/do-blacklivesmatter-schools-why-answer-is-no/
And of course in order to discuss abolitionist teaching we have to share @BLoveSoulPower's amazing book "We want to do more than survive" & the Abolitionist Teaching Network @ATN_1863 Read Dr. Love'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'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'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
