Introducción a la Abolición Policial y la Justicia Transformativa
YOU MARCHED, YOU PROTESTED, YOU SHARED ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE. Now What?
Join us for a 3-part political education series focused on the history and current state of policing, opportunities for police abolition and transformative justice in the San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties and beyond. Not sure what “police abolition” means? This workshop will define and discuss police abolition, including how we can build a more just community for everyone.
Moderated by Kathy Reyes and Ofelia Bello
MARCHASTE. PROTESTASTE. APRENDISTE. ¿AHORA QUE?
Únase a nosotros para una serie de educación política de 3 partes centrada en la historia y el estado actual de la policía, las oportunidades para la abolición de la policía y la justicia transformadora en los condados de San Mateo, Santa Clara y más. ¿No estás seguro de lo que significa "abolición de la policía"? Este taller definirá y analizará la abolición de la policía, incluido cómo podemos construir una comunidad más justa para todos.
Moderado por Kathy Reyes and Ofelia Bello
Underground Scholars, UC Santa Cruz
Missy “MJ” Hart is an artist and abolitionist born and bred in North Fair Oaks, Redwood City, California, and is a gang member turned activist, after growing up criminalized, institutionalized, and surviving the horrors of the criminal injustice system. MJ is the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Underground Scholars Program at UCSC after recently earning their B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in History of Consciousness. MJ strives to put their knowledge into action, organizing with various grassroots movements in their hometown, surrounding communities, and beyond—advocating for real systemic changes, radically watering the seeds of the revolution, while pushing that hard line to collectively heal the hood.
Director, Human Rights and Social Justice Institute and Associate Sociology Professor, SJSU
Dr. William Armaline is the founding Director of the Human Rights Program and an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences [SISS] at San José State University. His formal training spans sociology, education, and human rights. As an interdisciplinary scholar and public intellectual, Dr. Armaline’s interests, applied work, and scholarly publications address social problems as they relate to political economy, environmental sustainability, racism and anti-racist action, critical pedagogy and transformative education, inequality and youth, mass incarceration, and drug policy reform.
RWC Jail Support is an autonomous (self governing) collective supporting people getting released from SMC Jails (ramaytush ohlone territory). RWCJS is a volunteer effort based on the model of solidarity not charity.
Thank You!
¡Gracias!