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An instant national best seller A persuasive primer on police
abolition from two veteran organizers "One of the world's most
prominent advocates, organizers and political educators of the
[abolitionist] framework." -NBCNews.com on Mariame Kaba In this
powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame
Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why
policing doesn't stop violence, instead perpetuating widespread
harm; outline the many failures of contemporary police reforms; and
explore demands to defund police, divest from policing, and invest
in community resources to create greater safety through a Black
feminist lens. Centering survivors of state, interpersonal, and
community-based violence, and highlighting uprisings, campaigns,
and community-based projects, No More Police makes a compelling
case for a world where the tools required to prevent, interrupt,
and transform violence in all its forms are abundant. Part
handbook, part road map, No More Police calls on us to turn away
from systems that perpetrate violence in the name of ending it
toward a world where violence is the exception, and safe,
well-resourced and thriving communities are the rule.
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See You Soon (Hardcover)
Mariame Kaba; Illustrated by Bianca Diaz
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From New York Times Bestselling Author Mariame Kaba, a poignant,
beautifully illustrated story of a little girl's worries when her
Mama goes to jail, and the love that bridges the distance between
them. Even though I'm away, My love is always here to stay. See you
soon, Queenie. Love, Mama Queenie loves living with Mama and
Grandma Louise. Together, they go to the grocery store, eat ice
cream, and play games in the park. Mama braids Queenie's hair and
helps her with her homework. Sometimes, when Mama is sick, she has
to go away. One day, Queenie and Grandma ride the bus with Mama to
the county jail. Queenie is worried about what will happen when
Mama goes to jail. She's afraid to ask questions, and overcome with
feelings of worry and sadness. Does Mama have a warm bed to sleep
in? When will Queenie see her again? Soon after she and Grandma
return home, Queenie opens a letter from Mama, and savors every
word. She knows her Mama loves her, and looks forward to their
upcoming visit.
A sweeping and poignant history of community response to the
violence of white supremacy and carceral systems in the US, told
through interviews, archival reproductions, and narrative. In the
summer of 2020, the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and
Tony McDade ignited a movement that led to the largest street
protests in American history. Abolitionist grassroots organizers
around the country unified around a clear demand: defund the police
and refund our communities. While the majority of the country
supported the call to reform the police, what followed was a
backlash from mainstream politicians and the press, all but
defeating the movement to end the continued violence against Black
Americans. Defend / Defund examines the history of how
communities have responded to the violence of white supremacy and
carceral systems in the United States and asks what lessons the
modern abolitionist movement can draw from this past. Organized in
a series of thematic sections from the use of self-defense by Black
organizers, to queer resistance in urban spaces, the narrative is
accompanied by over one hundred full-color images including
archival materials produced by Emory Douglas, the Black Panther
Party for Self-Defense and the Young Lords in the 1960s and 70s,
CopWatch and the Stolen Lives Project in the 1980s and 1990s, and
contemporary material from the Movement for Black Lives, Project
NIA, and INCITE!, Defend / Defund shows how deep the struggles for
abolition go and how urgent they remain. In addition
to full-color reproduction of archival materials, the narrative
includes transcripts of interviews with activists, scholars, and
artists such as Mariame Kaba, Dread Scott, Dennis Flores, Dr.
Joshua Myers, Jawanza Williams (VOCAL-NY and Free Black Radicals),
Cheryl Rivera (NYC-DSA Racial Justice Working Group and Abolition
Action), and Bianca Cunningham (Free Black Radicals). Each
conversation dives into the history of specific struggles with, and
organizing against, police and police brutality. In total,
the publication shows how the modern Defund movement builds on
powerful Black feminist and abolitionist movements past and
imagines alternatives to policing for community safety for our
present.
An instant national best seller A persuasive primer on police
abolition from two veteran organizers "One of the world's most
prominent advocates, organizers and political educators of the
[abolitionist] framework." -NBCNews.com on Mariame Kaba In this
powerful call to action, New York Times bestselling author Mariame
Kaba and attorney and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie detail why
policing doesn't stop violence, instead perpetuating widespread
harm; outline the many failures of contemporary police reforms; and
explore demands to defund police, divest from policing, and invest
in community resources to create greater safety through a Black
feminist lens. Centering survivors of state, interpersonal, and
community-based violence, and highlighting uprisings, campaigns,
and community-based projects, No More Police makes a compelling
case for a world where the tools required to prevent, interrupt,
and transform violence in all its forms are abundant. Part
handbook, part road map, No More Police calls on us to turn away
from systems that perpetrate violence in the name of ending it
toward a world where violence is the exception, and safe,
well-resourced and thriving communities are the rule.
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like
our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical
and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building
power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe. Longtime
organizers and movement educators Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes
examine some of the political lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic,
including the convergence of mass protest and mass formations of
mutual aid, and consider what this confluence of power can teach us
about a future that will require mass acts of care, rescue and
defense, in the face of both state violence and environmental
disaster. The book is intended to aid and empower activists and
organizers as they attempt to map their own journeys through the
work of justice-making. It includes insights from a spectrum
of experienced organizers, including Sharon Lungo, Carlos Saavedra,
Ejeris Dixon, Barbara Ransby, and Ruth Wilson Gilmore about some of
the difficult and joyous lessons they have learned in their work.
New York Times Bestseller "Organizing is both science and art. It
is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who
your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being
concerned about how you're going to actually build power in order
to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the
target to actually move in the way that you want to." What if
social transformation and liberation isn't about waiting for
someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people
have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely
collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the
deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle. With
a foreword by Naomi Murakawa and chapters on seeking justice beyond
the punishment system, transforming how we deal with harm and
accountability, and finding hope in collective struggle for
abolition, Kaba's work is deeply rooted in the relentless belief
that we can fundamentally change the world. As Kaba writes,
"Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone."
An essential guidebook to influential Black women from Chicago’s
South and West Sides, and their social, cultural, and artistic
contributions to movements both past and present.
Geographically, historically, and politically, Lifting As They
Climbed gives readers an in-depth understanding of the numerous
Black women, from the nineteenth century to today, who empower(ed)
their neighborhoods and communities. Structured as a self-guided
walking tour, with crisp maps and accessible narratives, Lifting As
They Climbed showcases seventy-five women—activists, artists,
musicians, and more—through sites and landmarks on Chicago’s
South and West Sides. Including Margaret Burroughs,
Gwendolyn Brooks, Mahalia Jackson, and many others, this updated
and extended edition is a testament to women whose stories have
gone largely untold, and whose lives reveal powerful connections
between their endeavors and present-day struggles for radical
community-building and solidarity. With no “official” landmarks
to preserve the history of their social justice efforts, this book
is an intervention against their erasure.
"This book is a crucial tool for parents, educators, and anyone who
cares about the well-being of children who, through no fault of
their own, are forced to bear the consequences of our country's
obsession with incarceration. For children who desperately miss
their parents, feel confused, or are teased at school, this book
can go a long way in letting them know that they are not alone and
in normalizing their experiences." -Eve L. Ewing A little girl who
misses her father because he's away in prison shares how his
absence affects different parts of her life. Her greatest
excitement is the days when she gets to visit her beloved father.
With gorgeous illustrations throughout, this book illuminates the
heartaches of dealing with missing a parent. Missing Daddy was
selected as one of Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books
2019. Mariame Kaba is an educator and organizer based in New York
City. She has been active in anti-criminalization and anti-violence
movements for the past thirty years. bria royal is a
multidisciplinary artist from Chicago.
New York Times Bestseller “Organizing is both science and art. It
is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who
your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being
concerned about how you’re going to actually build power in order
to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the
target to actually move in the way that you want to.” What if
social transformation and liberation isn’t about waiting for
someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people
have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely
collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the
deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle. With
a foreword by Naomi Murakawa and chapters on seeking justice beyond
the punishment system, transforming how we deal with harm and
accountability, and finding hope in collective struggle for
abolition, Kaba’s work is deeply rooted in the relentless belief
that we can fundamentally change the world. As Kaba writes,
“Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone.”
The End of Chiraq: A Literary Mixtape is a collection of poems, rap
lyrics, short stories, essays, interviews, and artwork about
Chicago, the city that came to be known as "Chiraq" ("Chicago"
"Iraq"), and the people who live in its vibrant and occasionally
violent neighborhoods. Tuned to the work of Chicago's youth,
especially the emerging artists and activists surrounding Young
Chicago Authors, this literary mixtape unpacks the meanings of
"Chiraq" as both a vexed term and a space of possibility. "Chiraq"
has come to connote the violence-interpersonal and structural-that
many Chicago youth regularly experience. But the contributors to
The End of Chiraq show that Chicago is much more than Chiraq.
Instead, they demonstrate how young people are thinking and
mobilizing, engaged in a process of creating a new and safer world
for themselves, their communities, and their city. In true mixtape
fashion, the book is an exercise in "low end theory" that does not
just include so-called underground and marginal voices, but
foregrounds them. Edited by award-winning poets, writers, and
teachers Javon Johnson and Kevin Coval, The End of Chiraq addresses
head-on the troublesome relationship between Chicago and Chiraq and
envisions a future in which both might be transformed.
New York Times Bestseller "Organizing is both science and art. It
is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who
your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being
concerned about how you're going to actually build power in order
to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the
target to actually move in the way that you want to." What if
social transformation and liberation isn't about waiting for
someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people
have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely
collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the
deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle. With
a foreword by Naomi Murakawa and chapters on seeking justice beyond
the punishment system, transforming how we deal with harm and
accountability, and finding hope in collective struggle for
abolition, Kaba's work is deeply rooted in the relentless belief
that we can fundamentally change the world. As Kaba writes,
"Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone."
An essential guidebook to influential Black women from Chicago’s
South and West Sides, and their social, cultural, and artistic
contributions to movements both past and present. Geographically,
historically, and politically, Lifting As They Climbed gives
readers an in-depth understanding of the numerous Black women, from
the nineteenth century to today, who empower(ed) their
neighborhoods and communities. Structured as a self-guided walking
tour, with crisp maps and accessible narratives, Lifting As They
Climbed showcases seventy-five women—activists, artists,
musicians, and more—through sites and landmarks on Chicago’s
South and West Sides. Including Margaret Burroughs, Gwendolyn
Brooks, Mahalia Jackson, and many others, this updated and extended
edition is a testament to women whose stories have gone largely
untold, and whose lives reveal powerful connections between their
endeavors and present-day struggles for radical community-building
and solidarity. With no “official” landmarks to preserve the
history of their social justice efforts, this book is an
intervention against their erasure.
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like
our worlds are collapsing? Doing Justice is a practical and
imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in
an era of destabilization and catastrophe. Longtime organizers and
movement educators Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes examine some of the
political lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the
convergence of mass protest and mass formations of mutual aid, and
consider what this confluence of power can teach us about a future
that will require mass acts of care, rescue and defense, in the
face of both state violence and environmental disaster. The book is
an assemblage of co-authored reflections, interviews and questions
that are intended to aid and empower activists and organizers as
they attempt to map their own journeys through the work of
justice-making. It includes insights from a spectrum of experienced
organizers, including Sharon Lungo, Carlos Saavedra, Ejeris Dixon,
Barbara Ransby, and Ruth Wilson Gilmore about some of the difficult
and joyous lessons they have learned in their work.
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