An Abolitionist's Handbook
12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: pages cm
"In AN ABOLITIONIST'S HANDBOOK, Cullors charts a framework for how everyday activists can effectively fight for an abolitionist present and future. Filled with relatable pedagogy on the history of abolition, a reimagining of what reparations look like forBlack lives and real-life anecdotes from Cullors AN ABOLITIONIST'S HANDBOOK offers a bold, innovative, and humanistic approach to how to be a modern-day abolitionist. Cullors asks us to lead with love, fierce compassion, and precision. In AN ABOLITIONIST'S HANDBOOK readers will learn how to: - have courageous conversations - move away from reaction and towards response - take care of oneself while fighting for others - turn inter-community conflict into a transformative action - expand one's imagination,think creatively, and find the courage to experiment - make justice joyful - practice active forgiveness - make space for difficult feelings and honor mental health - practice non-harm and cultivate compassion - organize local and national governments towork towards abolition - move away from cancel culture AN ABOLITIONIST'S HANDBOOK is for those who are looking to reimagine a world where communities are treated with dignity, care and respect. It gives us permission to move away from cancel culture andinto visioning change and healing"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Courageous conversations -- Respond vs. react -- Nothing is fixed -- Say yes to imagination -- Forgive actively, not passively -- Allow yourself to feel -- Commit to not harming or abusing others -- Practice accountability -- Embrace non-reformist reform-- Build community -- Value interpersonal relationships -- Fight the U.S. State rather than make it stronger.
Subjects:
Alternatives to imprisonment.
Prisons -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Prison abolition movements.
Prison-industrial complex.
Alternatives to imprisonment.
Prisons -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Prison abolition movements.
Prison-industrial complex.
ISBN:
1250272971
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SOCIAL SCI Activism Kha | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references.