Ep 253 - The Abolition Suite Vol. 2: Mariame Kaba

The Abolition Suite is a series of AirGo episodes exploring the concepts and practices of policing and prison abolition with the thought leaders who have been pushing an abolitionist future forward for decades. The Abolitionist Suite is presented in support of the #DefundCPD campaign and the Black Abolitionist Network.

Volume 2 of the series is with abolitionist organizer, community builder, and mentor Mariame Kaba. A 3-time AirGo Alum, Mariame talks through what we all need to remember in this time of uprising, how we can unweave the police from our hearts and minds, and much more.

SHOW NOTES:

Read Mariame's recent NY Times Op-Ed "Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police": https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html

Explore her workbook Fumbling Towards Repair: https://www.akpress.org/fumbling-towards-repair.html

Other abolitionist projects mentioned by Mariame: Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective: https://batjc.wordpress.com/ Anti Police-Terror Police Project: https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/ CAT 911: https://cat-911.org/ The Northwest Network: https://www.nwnetwork.org/

Paola Rojas: https://sfonline.barnard.edu/navigating-neoliberalism-in-the-academy-nonprofits-and-beyond/paula-rojas-are-the-cops-in-our-heads-and-hearts/

Prison by Any Other Name: https://thenewpress.com/books/prison-by-any-other-name

Liat Ben-Moshe: https://www.liatbenmoshe.com/

Eddie Ellis: https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/451/the-run-on-sentence

DefundCPD Campaign: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-on-to-demand-defunding-of-the-chicago-police-department

Recorded 7/1/2020