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Abolition as ResurrectionFreedom Dreams of Reparations for Resurrection SundayOn this Resurrection Sunday, Camille and Jia pass the mic to directly impacted people to engage in a freedom dreaming conversation on reparations. Freedom Dreaming is about imagining into existence a world where everyone has what they need to flourish.
This episode will be co-hosted by Andrea James, JD, the Founder and Executive Director of The National Council For Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, and Richard Wallace, Founder and Executive Director of Equity and Transformation. They will be in conversation with Avalon Betts-Gaston, JD, Project Manager for IL Alliance for Reentry & Justice and Marvin Slaughter, Interim Director | The...2022-04-171h 04Abolition as ResurrectionAbolish the Death Penalty
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RESOURCES
You Shall Not Condemn, by Dr. Jenny McBride (not available for pre-order yet)
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CONNECT WITH OUR GUESTS
Dr. Jenny McBride
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jmcbride@mccormick.edu
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ethanslyf8@gmail.com
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ABOUT OUR CO-HOSTS
Camille Hernandez
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Jia Johnson
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...2022-04-151h 05Abolition as ResurrectionRebuilding: The Role of Reparations as We Imagine into Existence Our Abolition Future.If resurrection is an ushering in of a new social order where violence, exploitation, and domination don’t have the last word and rather restoration, abundance and justice reign, what is the role of reparations as we rebuild and imagine into existence resurrection as abolition?
We will be in conversation with Richard Wallace, Robin Rue Simmons, and Lisa Sharon Harper, we will define reparations, and in particular what does reparations mean to black and brown people and our collective liberation? How does the history of systemic racism and intergenerational wounds shape our vision of reparations? Drawing on th...2022-04-121h 20
Abolition as ResurrectionMeditation 6.5: A New SongIn this episode Camille read a poem by Dr. Martina McGowan entitled “A new song” from her book entitled I am the Rage. This poem is an honest reflection on what it takes to build an abolitionist reality in the midst of the everyday the harm we’re experiencing.2022-04-0710 minAbolition as ResurrectionReducing Harm with Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart and Minister Willette BenfordBuilding off of last week’s episode, with public health vs. public safety in mind, we will wrestle with the criminalization of mental health. Research shows that nearly half the people in U.S. jails and more than a third of those in U.S. prisons have been diagnosed with a mental illness. In conversation with Rev. Naomi Washington Leaphart and Willette Benford, we will ask: How did American prisons and jails become one of the largest mental health providers in the country? How can we begin to challenge and change the harmful, stimagmizing narratives that criminalize people with the...2022-04-051h 00Abolition as ResurrectionMental Illness and IncarcerationI’m this meditation episode Camille briefly discusses the connections between mental illness and the prison industrial complete. She reads a poem by Ra Avis from her book Sack Nasty: Prison Poetry by Ra Avis.2022-03-3108 minAbolition as ResurrectionChallenging Carceral Logics with Rev Erica N. Williams and Marlon J. ChamberlainIn this episode we will be in conversation with Rev. Erica Williams and Marlon Chamberlain, addressing a series of questions to help us better understand the relationship between policing and incarceration and their relationship to public safety and public health. We will explore the differences between accountability and punishment and ask how an abolitionist vision confronts these carceral realities without causing more harm?”2022-03-291h 00Abolition as ResurrectionMeditation 4.5: Mothers Behind BarsJia is reading a poem of lament from Antoinette Briley. Antoinette is a student in McCormick Theological Seminary’s program for seminary education in jail. This program is one of 4 offered by the Solidarity Building Initiative for Liberative Carceral Education at McCormick, also known as SBI. Antoinette wrote her lament during COVID-19 while in pretrial incarceration at the Cook County Jail in the summer of 2021. Antoinette’s poem is included in SBI’s annual publication entitled The Prayer Collective, which will be available soon at sbimccormick.org.2022-03-2407 minAbolition as ResurrectionDeep Community: Safety, Accountability, Mutual Aid and Community Care vs. Self CareAbolition cannot happen without being intentional about creating a deep community. We often hear that our liberation is bound up in the liberation of our neighbor. But what exactly does that mean and how do we get there?
In this episode, in conversation with Rev. Elle Dowd and Alonzo Waheed, we will wrestle with what it means to be in a deep community. How do we work at building community in ways that center accountability instead of perpetuating logics of punishment? How do we create community cultures that promote both self and collective care? How do we pract...2022-03-221h 14Abolition as ResurrectionMeditation 3.5: Coerced Confession & "Parking Lot, Too" by Reginald Dewayne BettsIn this meditation episode, Camille discusses the role of coerced confession as a form of institutional violence that aids to our society's carceral logics. She will read a poem entitled "Parking Lot, Too" written by Reginald Dewayne Betts.
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SHOW NOTES
Felon, Reginald Dwayne Betts
The statistics offered in this mediation are cited in the following articles:
Examining why false confessions occur in the U.S. criminal justice system (June 23, 2019), Erin Blakemore for the Washington Post; https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/examining-why-false-confessions-occur-in-the-us-criminal-justice-system/2019/06/20/10128bb4-9207-11e9-aadb-74e6b2...2022-03-1710 minAbolition as ResurrectionTransformation: Healing Ourselves, Culture and Society with Gigi Khanyezi, Min. Atty Michelle Day, and Rev. Nikia Smith Roberts, Ph.DIn our Christian tradition sanctification is defined as the ongoing works of salvation are external and internal transformation. This episode explores the individual, interpersonal, institutional and cultural transformations that need to take place to realize an abolition world. In conversation with Gigi Khanyezi and Rev. Dr. Nikia Smith Roberts, we will wrestle with the following questions: What is carceral logic? What is its relationship to the Christian tradition, in particular around atonement theory. How have we been socialized by it, and how does it show up in our everyday lives within the institutions (schools, workplaces, prisons, churches) we inhabit...2022-03-151h 18Abolition as ResurrectionMeditation 2.5: Women Behind Cook County BarsJia is reading a poem of lament from Stacy Krisik. Stacy is a student in McCormick Theological Seminary’s program for seminary education in jail. This program is one of 4 offered by the Solidarity Building Initiative for Liberative Carceral Education at McCormick, also known as SBI. Stacy wrote her lament during COVID-19 while in pretrial incarceration at the Cook County Jail in the summer of 2021. Stacy’s poem is included in SBI’s annual publication entitled The Prayer Collective, which will be available soon at sbimccormick.org.
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RESOURCES
The statistics offered in this medi...2022-03-1013 minAbolition as ResurrectionWhat is Abolition: History, Theology and Praxis with Eboni Nash and Jemar TisbyAbolition is not new. It has a deep history, tradition and praxis both within and outside the Christian faith. This episode will explore the relationship between Christianity and abolition
This conversation with Dr. Jemar Tisby and Eboni Nash wrestles with questions like: what is abolition? What ways has the Christian tradition both undermined and propelled the abolition movement? What histories, theologies and practices can we draw upon for hope and wisdom in today’s abolition movement? For Christian’s eager to join today’s abolition movement, what’s happening within Christian communities who practice abolition, and how can we le...2022-03-081h 06Abolition as ResurrectionGuided Prayers IntroductionToday's episode provides us with a framework for the weekly guided prayers that we'll be doing through this journey. Every Thursday for the rest of Lent we're going to be interacting in this spiritual practice to grow in our identities as abolitionists. Feel free to listen to this episode and bookmark it to guide your future practices.
RESOURCES:
"Practicing Everyday Abolition" by Sarah Lamble
https://abolitionistfutures.com/latest-news/practising-everyday-abolition2022-03-0405 minAbolition as ResurrectionIntroductionThis episode begins with Jia and Camille explaining why they're doing a podcast miniseries specifically for the season of Lent. Then the co-hosts will talk about their faith experience and how their Christian spirituality was resurrected from corrupt systems and ideologies.2022-03-0254 minAbolition as ResurrectionTrailerWelcome to Abolition as Resurrection! Listen to this trailer to learn more about this podcast miniseries.2022-01-2803 min