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Join us for a conversation with Authors of How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment, Rachel Herzing & Justin Piché that will be moderated by Prof. Shalini Shankar.

An incisive guide to abolitionist strategy, and a love letter to the movement that made this moment possible. Drawing on interviews with organizers and activists in Canada and the US, Herzing and Piché provide a collective reconstruction of what the grassroots movement to abolish prisons is, what initiatives it has launched, how it organizes itself, and how its protagonists build the day-to-day practice of politics. Prison abolitionist campaigns are constructing on-the-ground initiatives across the US and Canada to dismantle imprisonment and build resistant communities. Through the words, deeds, and personalities of this beautifully peopled movement, How to Abolish Prisons is a snapshot of a movement’s thinking in motion.

Book will be available for purchase at event.

Food will be provided.

Free and Open to the Public.

Co-sponsored by: Black Studies Department, Department of Anthropology, & Northwestern Prison Education Program