Join abolitionist organizers connecting the dots between surveillance capitalism, border imperialism, and neoliberal prison reforms. About this event   How do we organize resistance against the growing number of ways that data is used to reinforce and expand criminalization? Join abolitionist thinkers and organizers connecting the dots between surveillance capitalism, border imperialism, and neoliberal prison…

Join Mother Jones in Conversation with Patrisse Cullors About this event As the Black Lives Matter movement continues to expand politically and evolve culturally, so too does Patrisse Cullors, the author, artist, and educator who co-founded the movement’s global network 10 years ago. Since leaving the organization, Cullors has stayed focused on another title she’s…

Join the Social Justice Initiative Portal Project for a virtual conversation with the authors of the new book, Abolition. Feminism. Now. About this event Join the Social Justice Initiative Portal Project for a conversation with the authors of the new book, Abolition. Feminism. Now. Combining decades of scholarship and activism, Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, and Beth…

It's hard to imagine a world without policing, but Black and Indigenous organizers in our communities are already doing the work. About this event In the context of our communities, our panelists will share their wide array of experience in stepping up where police currently miss the mark, and share their imaginings of a safer…

Hosted by WIN Recovery, the Women's Justice Institute and Brave New Films & Featuring a live panel with State's Attorney Kim Foxx. About this event Join WIN Recovery, the Women's Justice Institute (WJI) and Brave New Films for a virtual screening of RACIALLY CHARGED: American's Misdemeanor Problem followed by a live panel discussion about the…

"Race, Abolition, and Transformative Justice" ft. Dylan Rodriguez & Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha About this event "Race, Abolition, and Transformative Justice" ft. Dylan Rodriguez & Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is the second virtual event from the UBC Social Justice Institute's speaker panel series on Abolition of Police and Prisons, entitled "Just Futures: Thinking Through Abolition and Transformative Justice" UBC’s Social Justice…

An introduction to the principles & practices of transformative justice & abolition for police & prison free futures! About this event This workshop introduces participants to the core values and principles of transformative justice, centering the most vulnerable members in our communities through a framework of community accountability is at the core of the session.…

A lecture by Matthew Larsen and Mark Letteney sketching the outlines of prison in the ancient Mediterranean world. About this event We live in the age of mass incarceration. The US accounts for only 4% of the global population, yet it holds a quarter of the world’s prisoners. Black people and people of color are…

Speakers: Timothy J. Longo, Deirdre Enright, Rachel Harmon About this event Virtual Event with Live Captioning UVA’s Center for Criminal Justice: Promoting Evidence-Based Reform Join Lifetime Learning and University of Virginia Law School’s distinguished faculty, Rachel Harmon and Deirdre Enright, to learn about the Center for Criminal Justice. Harmon, a leading scholar on policing, is…

Join Micah Herskind for a workshop about mapping the prison industrial complex. About this event More people are talking about the prison industrial complex (PIC) than ever. Decades of abolitionist organizing and popular uprisings have led to a growing consciousness around the PIC and movements to abolish it. But what exactly is the PIC? How…

A conversation about criminal justice between Patrice Sulton, founder of DC Justice Lab & Matthew Clair, author of Privileg and Punishment. About this event In this edition of Entrepreneurial Appetite's Black Book Discussions, we partner with the DC Justice Lab to bring you a conversation with Dr. Matthew Clair, author of Privilege and Punishment: How…

Continuing Education event featuring authors from the book Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution and Imprisonment About this event This one-day continuing education event will feature authors from the book Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution and Imprisonment (2017, Pantheon) edited by Angela J. Davis, Distinguished Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. The event will…