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Abolition, Activism, and the Imagination - A Roundtable with Movement Leaders

Offered By: Mahindra Humanities Center via YouTube

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Join a roundtable discussion featuring presentations and conversations with activists working to end mass incarceration. Hear from leaders representing organizations collaborating with Harvard students through the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship and History and Literature. Explore how Kris Henderson (Amistad Law Project), Elijah Patterson (Black and Pink MA), Leslie Credle (Justice 4 Housing), Kamau Butcher (People's Coalition for Safety and Freedom), and William Goldsby (Reconstruction, Inc.) utilize humanities—history, language, storytelling, and imagination—to inform their activism and vision for social change. Gain insights into their work related to prison abolition and engage with student-crafted discussion questions from the "Prison Abolition" seminar. Discover the missions of participating organizations, from fighting housing discrimination to mentoring individuals impacted by incarceration. Access valuable resources on reformist vs. abolitionist approaches, police reform opposition, and housing initiatives. Made possible by the Provostial Fund for Arts and Humanities, Committee on Degrees on History and Literature, Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship, and Mahindra Humanities Center, this 90-minute event offers a unique opportunity to engage with movement leaders at the forefront of social change.

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Abolition, Activism, and the Imagination: A Roundtable with Movement Leaders


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Mahindra Humanities Center

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