Challenging the narrative that police exist to protect and serve. 2016-2022. "Enough is Enough" abolitionist report + toolkit: https://xitter.cf/t.co/xno193lXYz
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ALT Three copies of MPD150's "Enough Is Enough" a 150 year performance review of the minneapolis police department" report stacked on top of one another.
ALT a photo of lupine flowers, along with the text "abolition is about presence, not absence. It's about building life-affirming institutions." - Ruth Wilson Gilmore
ALT A black and white drawing of a large globe being constructed by small figures, with the featured text “the abolition of policing is about building a new world.” This is from the zine Police Abolition 101.
ALT a text-based image: "how are you practicing abolition in your life?"
ALT An event flyer with the text "the past/present/future of abolition in minneapolis and beyond: mpd150 closing event; november 14, 2022." Plus four bubbles with photos in them of o smith, moderator; rose m. brewer, ph.d; taiwana shambley; jason sole
ALT a text-based image: "how are you practicing abolition in your life?"
ALT An event flyer with the text "the past/present/future of abolition in minneapolis and beyond: mpd150 closing event; november 14, 2022." Plus four bubbles with photos in them of o smith, moderator; rose m. brewer, ph.d; taiwana shambley; jason sole
ALT A photo of a resource table with copies of the “enough is enough” report and lupine packets.
ALT A flyer with the text "the past/present/future of abolition in Minneapolis and beyond: MPD150 closing event: November 14, 2022." Plus photos of o smith (moderator), Rose M. Brewer, Ph.D., Taiwana Shambley, and Jason Sole.
ALT The Big Ideas Panel Series Where Trans Activism and Abolition Meet Qui Alexander, University of Toronto Blu Buchanan, University of North Carolina, Asheville SA Smythe, University of Toronto moderated by Erique Zhang DATE + TIME Wed. 16 Novemeber 2022 2:30-3:30pm CT REGISTRATION bit.ly/CATSBIP1
ALT Black text on a yellow boxed background: "The Role of the State in Abolitionist Futures: No More Police x Rehearsals for Living. Oct. 26, 2022, 5-7 PM ET. ASL & CC provided." In smaller white text: "A conversation with authors Mariame Kaba & Andrea J. Ritchie, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson & Robin Maynard. RSVP at bit.ly/StatexAbolition. Hosted by Interrupting Criminalization & Haymarket Books." Off to the side are the covers of the book No More Police: A Case for Abolition by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, and Rehearsals For Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. The background of the entire graphic is a dark blue brushstroke background.
ALT An illustration of a woman sitting at a desk on the phone, showing that she is speaking to a woman on the other end. She is writing on a piece of paper and has a laptop in front of her. Below is the text: "The Help Desk" This illustration is on top of a background of a watercolor gradient of teals and greens.
ALT a graphic featuring the text "plant the seeds of a police-free future: mpd150.com/lupine + an illustration of a lupine
ALT a photograph of six seed packets; text on them says "pollination, not police nation: the wild lupine: planting a police-free future" + an image of a lupine
