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3/13 | ABOLISH THE POLICE

13/13 Seminar Series, Abolition

October 29, 2020 Thursday, 6:15pm EDT Virtual Event
Cosponsor
  • Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought
Notes
  • Free and open to the public
  • Registration required. See details.

This seminar will explore the current movement to abolish the police and the relationship between abolition and #defunding the police.

Amna Akbar, Derecka Purnell, Josmar Trujillo, Alex Vitale, and Bernard E. Harcourt read and discuss The End of Policing by Alex Vitale, “How I Became a Police Abolitionist” by Derecka Purnell, and “An Abolitionist Horizon for Police (Reform)” by Amna Akbar.

Click here to RSVP.

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