Event Calendar
A calendar of events focused on reimagining public safety, developing alternatives to police, anti-racism, and social justice.
These events are compiled from publicly available information and submissions, and are not associated with dontcallthepolice.com.
Please note! All events are listed at the time local to the organizer – please check time zones.
Join Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie for an urgent conversation moderated by Mariame Kaba. About this event As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment — halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements to divest from policing. Yet erased from this landscape…
Examine Black Abolitionist politics & actions leading up to the American Civil War (session 1/4) About this event “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains." -Assata Shakur This Black History…
The Graveyard Don't Lie is an opportunity to hear from and support families who have been directly affected by police violence. About this event “If we don't change, nothing changes.” - Kim Handy-Jones You’ve read the headlines about police violence. But for every lost life that makes the news, there are dozens who don’t. The…
Race, the Nation State, and Policing ft. El Jones - a panel on Abolition and Transformative Justice About this event "Race, the Nation State, and Policing ft. El Jones" is the first 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…
A live interactive virtual discussion to address Systemic Anti-Black Racism in the area of Community Safety & Justice. About this event Durham Black Network presents our Anti-Black Racism Forum on Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 7pm – 9pm Est. Our Anti-Black Racism Forum is a live interactive virtual discussion to address Systemic Anti-Black Racism in…
Live From the Ninth Floor presents Christopher Harris -Black Grammar: Repertoires of Abolition's Future, Present, and Past About this event Presenting the vast and diverse scholarly repertoires of contemporary Black Studies, Live from the Ninth Floor Spring 2022 will foster conversations with visiting scholars on processes of racialization, Black diasporic life, Black death, transformative justice…
Poets Abiodun Oyewole & Pharaoh In Conversation with Etan Thomas About this event Get the Book Details ETAN THOMAS, an eleven-year NBA veteran and lifelong advocate for social justice, weaves together his personal experiences with police violence and white supremacy with multiple interviews of family members of victims of police brutality like exonerated…
Join us on February 28th for, Leading with Abundance: Transformative Justice as a Framework for Change. About this event WomenatthecentrE's latest webinar, Leading with Abundance: Transformative Justice as a Framework for Change, will explore Transformative Justice values through presentations from WomenatthecentrE, presented by Alison Morrison, and WAVAW, presented by Felix Gilliland. This will be followed by…
A Conversation with Angélica Cházaro, Erica Perry, and Andrea Ritchie, moderated by Dean Spade About this event Abolitionists have been working for centuries to oppose the growth of systems of racially targeted criminalization. The 2020 uprising against police violence and anti-Black racism brought the conversation about abolition to the mainstream, and prompted campaigns in cities…
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…
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