Interrupting Criminalization

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Offering research, connection, learning, and practice for organizers and movements working to end criminalization, policing, and punishment. Founded and led by Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba. Learn more at http://interruptingcriminalization.com/

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Communiversity Catalog — Interrupting Criminalization

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NYC, check out the remaining open Communiversity sessions—register today! 🧵

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One of the most disconcerting moments of living in this timeline of the world in the U.S. is that A LOT of people in this country keep acting like there's a special line that needs to be crossed for fascism to *arrive.* The reality is that we are CURRENTLY living under Federal fascism. NOW.

We are continuing our week of tributes to our beloved collaborator, costruggler, and friend Curtis Renee. This is video of Curtis in conversation with IC Co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie at the Detroit in-person launch of Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies.

We are continuing our week of tributes to our beloved collaborator, costruggler, and friend Curtis Renee. This is video of Curtis in conversation with IC Co-founder Andrea J. Ritchie at the Detroit in-person launch of Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies.

There are many things to say about our late comrade and friend Curtis Renee, whose fierce spirit and work will continue to touch so many movements and lives. We are fortunate to have some of their dreams, their laughter, and their insights recorded. 🧵

A nonbinary Black person smiling. Text: Curtis Renee

Recently pulled together an emergency preparedness pod with people who live near me because of the many (worsening) crises that we are in or are heading our way. Can't stress enough for others to do this asap. Even just having a couple of conversations about it is better than nothing and will help.

Freedom Summer was launched by civil rights activists to register as many Black voters as possible in Mississippi, a bastion of white power, & the state with the lowest percentage of Black registered to vote in the country.

Mississippi Freedom Schools

Widely recognized as the single largest voter registration project in United States history, the Mississippi Freedom Summer took place from June 14 to August 20, 1964 — supporting and supported by 41 ...

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Sun-Seeker MKE is a Black Trans-led abolitionist collective in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their 6-point praxis brings together anarcho-abolition, Black and Trans liberation and defense, youth liberation and advocacy, continuous education, interdependence, and transformative justice.

Sun-Seeker MKE

Sun-Seeker MKE is a Black Trans-led abolitionist collective in Milwaukee, Minnesota. Their 6-point praxis brings centers anarcho-abolition, Black and Trans liberation and defense, youth liberation and...

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I talked with Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson about how our communities can defend the voting process this November. Some folks reached out and asked me if I could make an episode about this subject because they were tired of simply being told to vote harder and wanted to know what more we could do. ❤️

Activists Are Preparing to Defend Elections This November

“It’s about relational organizing,” says organizer Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson.

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IC joins many in grieving the loss of beloved costruggler Curtis Renee, who practiced abolitionist presents and futures with Detroit Safety Team, resisted criminalization and cultivated communities of care with BLM Detroit, supported Black migrants, and embodied Black trans and queer liberation. 🧵

text: In loving memory of Photo: a smiling black person text: IC joins in grieving the immeasurable loss of our beloved costruggler, collaborator, and community member Curtis Renee