grounding

Abolition is not some distant future but something we create in every moment when we say no to the traps of empire and yes to the nourishing possibilities dreamed of and practiced by our ancestors and friends (No Exceptions Prison Collective).

We must end the cycle of oppressed people being pitted against one another (Captive Genders).

Desire and will alone are not enough to bring about the change we need. We need relationship, skill, and structure (Kazu Haga, Healing Resistance).

How do we respond to crises right now while refusing long-term compromises that will strengthen the very institutions hurting us (Eric A. Stanley)?

Building a trans and queer abolitionist movement means building power among people facing multiple system of oppression in order to imagine a world beyond mass devastation, violence, and inequity that occurs within and between communities (Captive Genders).