The Abolition/Mutuality chair is inspired by the work and ideas of Angela Davis, who has a "radical imagination" and fights for decarceration and liberation. Davis is currently a distinguished professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

The Abolition/Mutuality chair also features the work of Mariame Kaba, a prision abolitionist and activist, educator, and curator. Kaba is the author of We Do This 'Til We Free Us.

"Everything worthwhile is done with others."

"I think one of the most important parts about mutual aid has to do with changing the social relationships that we have amongst each other, in order to be able to fight beyond this current moment, beyond the current crisis, beyond the current form of a disaster that we’re trying to overcome. And so, one of the beautiful aspects is that you really don’t know where the connections are going to take you. You’re going to make and build new relationships that will kind of lead to new projects and will lead to new understandings, that will shape the potential future of your community and beyond. "

As an abolitionist, I’m trying to prefigure the world in which I want to live.

"We seek to build movements that not only end violence, but that create a society based on radical freedom, mutual accountability, and passionate reciprocity. In this society, safety and security will not be premised on violence or the threat of violence; it will be based on a collective commitment to guaranteeing the survival and care of all peoples."