abolition is for everybody

On episode 8, Abolition Addresses Domestic Violence and Family Harm, Abolition is for Everybody’s co-hosts are joined by former LWOP and DropLWOP advocate, Susan Bustamante. Together, the hosts talk about Susan’s experience with domestic violence and family harm and her perspective after being incarcerated for 31 years. We also discuss the failures of incarceration as a vehicle for safety, intervention, and the type of insight and work that is most responsible for creating a new pathway.

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In this season of Abolition is for Everybody, we talk about harm–what creates it, what recycles it, and how we can find our way to meaningful means of repair. To do this, we talk to folks who have caused harm, folks who prevent it, folks who experienced it, and we learn a lot about how often harms intersect, or grow from the same root. We’re excited to have these conversations with you!

To access episode transcripts, visit: www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

On episode 6, Abolition Addresses Sexual Assault, Abolition is for Everybody’s co-hosts are joined by Initiate Justice’s Outside Organizer and Abolition Corner facilitator, Sarah. Together, the hosts talk about Sarah’s experience with sexual assault and her perspective as an abolitionist who has experienced this harm. We also discuss the failures of incarceration as a vehicle for safety, and the type of insight and work that is most responsible for creating a new pathway.

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In this season of Abolition is for Everybody, we talk about harm–what creates it, what recycles it, and how we can find our way to meaningful means of repair. To do this, we talk to folks who have caused harm, folks who prevent it, folks who experienced it, and we learn a lot about how often harms intersect, or grow from the same root. We're excited to have these conversations with you!

To access episode transcripts, visit: www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

On this episode, Ra, Lee, and Eunisses delve into the topic of drugs, how our current system treats drug use and users of drugs, and what abolition and community care around drugs looks like.

To access the transcript for this episode, visit our website: www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

Welcome to season 1 of Abolition is for Everybody! On this episode, Ra, Lee, and Taina share how their abolitionist journeys began. Stay tuned for more episodes as we will be launching biweekly!

To access the transcript for this episode, click here, or visit our website www.InitiateJustice.org/Podcast

On Minisode Four: The one where we talk about universal voting rights, Graham is joined by Nicole Porter, the Senior Director of Advocacy from The Sentencing Project. Graham and Nicole discuss the movement working towards ending disenfranchised voting in the United States.

To access the episode transcript, visit InitiateJustice.org/Podcast