Abolition. Feminism. Now. A Conversation About the Politics and Practice of Abolition Feminism

On April 6th at 3pm PT / 6pm ET, join us in conversation with Abolition. Freedom. Now authors and scholar activists Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie! The book unpacks the queer, anti-capitalist, global, grassroots and women-of-color led feminist movements that have contributed to the abolition and feminist traditions and the practices that help us embody those traditions. Our guests will share with us key lessons about these origins, how they synthesize at the root of abolition feminism, and how community-based organizing generated these theories and analyses.
Author Bios:
Dr. Angela Davis is Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz. She is also the author of many books, from Angela Davis: An Autobiography to Freedom Is a Constant Struggle.
Dr. Gina Dent is Associate Professor of Feminist Studies, History of Consciousness, and Legal Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the editor of Black Popular Culture and author of articles on race, feminism, popular culture, and visual art.
Dr. Erica R. Meiners is a professor of education and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Northeastern Illinois University. She is the author of For the Children? Protecting Innocence in a Carceral State, coauthor of The Feminist and the Sex Offender: Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence, and a coeditor of The Long Term: Resisting Life Sentences, Working Toward Freedom.
Dr. Beth E. Richie is Head of the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice and Professor of Black Studies at The University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the author of Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence and America’s Prison Nation and Compelled to Crime: the Gender Entrapment of Black Battered Women.
Learn more about the book from publisher Haymarket Books: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/...
In partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, Marguerite Casey Foundation is hosting a number of book events this year, bringing leading scholars, writers, researchers and activists into conversation with each other and our President & CEO Dr. Carmen Rojas. The book club events will explore important works that provide audiences with crucial information on racial justice, philanthropy, history, prison abolition and how we work together and within our sectors to make freedom and justice real.
Throughout this series, authors, scholars, and organizers examine the most pressing issues of our time. The MCF Book Club shares the ideas of leaders who encourage us to imagine how we can radically transform our democracy, economy, and society to include all of our dreams, hopes, and aspirations. Together, they offer a course toward a liberated future. Visit our homepage to see other books we’ve explored together.
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