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WGST Abolition Read
Monday, November 16th, 6 PM MST
What would a society without prisons look like??
Dr. Kwame Holmes led us in a discussion of Akwaeke听Emezi鈥檚 young adult novel听, which seeks alternate visions for justice in a utopian world without prisons.听
Kwame Holmes is Director of the Kingston Housing Lab, a Scholar-In-Residence in the Human Rights Project at Bard College, and Cohort Mentor for the Bard Baccalaureate program. He is a critical geographer, historian and cultural critic with a particular interest in the emotional politics of urban development and inequality.
For more information on the book听Pet, please visit the author鈥檚 website at听
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More Resources:
In addition to the video replay above, we welcome colleagues teaching about abolition to use this talk and the resources below in their classrooms:
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