LIVING DEMOCRACY TALK: MAKING ABOLITION GEOGRAPHIES: STORIES FROM CALIFORNIA

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2020, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM - ONLINE

Presented by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center.

This talk with Ruth Wilson Gilmore, professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences at the City University of New York Graduate Center, explores how visions of abolition guide and connect organizing across a range of social justice struggles. Gilmore will highlight examples relating to environmental justice, public sector labor unions, farm workers, undocumented households, criminalized youth, and community based approaches to prevent and resolve gender and interpersonal violence. The vivid California stories she will present reveal how abolition is a practical program for urgent change grounded in the needs, talents, and dreams of vulnerable people. Audience Q&A will follow.

This event is free but registration is required.