Join Deana Lewis as she speaks with our guests Rachel Herzing, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Mimi Kim about the essential organizing they were a part of to end violence without police, prisons and other carceral systems during the early to mid-2000’s in Oakland and San Francisco. They discuss the impact of the events of September 11, ongoing gentrification, and ableism on forming abolitionist politics and synergy with the work of Critical Resistance and Incite!. Their reflections on the emergence of community accountability and transformative justice work in that era discern the nuance between what we call the work of interrupting violence without the police and the joy of being in relationship with each other as an essential part of abolitionist organizing.
List of organizations/historic/current references mentioned in this episode:
Incite! Women & Trans People Against Violence, Critical Resistance, Critical Resistance & Incite Statement on Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex, Creative Interventions, Generation Five, Harm Reduction Coalition, Beckie Masaki and Asian Women’s Shelter, CAAAV, Sista II Sista, Revolution Starts at Home Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities, CUAV Communities United Against Violence , Mangos with Chili - co- directors Cherry Galette, Sins Invalid, Growing Safer Communities Track at Allied Media Conference here),
Presented by Creative Interventions and Just Practice Collaborative
Executive Producers — Mimi Kim, Rachel Caïdor & Shira Hassan
Producer, Sound Recordist, and Editor — iLL Weaver for Emergence Media
Host - Deana Lewis
Music Editor and Audio Engineer — Joe Namy
Digital Strategy- Yessica Gonzalez
Graphic Design - And Also Too
Theme song & music composed by — Scale Hands and L05 of Complex Movements in collaboration with Ahya Simone
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