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07/26/2023
Our team is reading Abolitionist and Organizer Mariame Kaba’s “We Do This Till We Free Us.” We will be sharing highlights from each part of her book 📚 over the coming weeks.
Enjoy this sixth series titled “ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT PUNISHMENT: TRANSFORMING HOW WE DEAL WITH HARM AND VIOLENCE"
S/o to Deaconess Foundation and Children's Defense Fund ‘s Freedom School for inviting AFSCSTL to lead a “Activism & Protest 101” workshop with Dr. Tandra Taylor and her SLI’s Christ the King site in St. Louis, MO. Scholars practiced issue identification, dreamed about a better world, made their own signage, and led their own chants during a mock protest.
S/o to Alex Jones for co-facilitating.
07/12/2023
Our team is reading Abolitionist and Organizer Mariame Kaba’s “We Do This Till We Free Us.” We will be sharing highlights from each part of her book 📚 over the coming weeks.
Enjoy this fifth series title “We Must Practice and Experiment: Abolitionist Organizing and Theory"
06/28/2023
Our team is reading Abolitionist and Organizer Mariame Kaba’s “We Do This Till We Free Us.” We will be sharing highlights from each part of her book 📚 over the coming weeks.
Enjoy this fourth series title “Making Demands For And Against Abolition”
06/13/2023
Our team is reading Abolitionist and Organizer Mariame Kaba’s “We Do This Till We Free Us.” We will be sharing highlights from each part of her book 📚 over the coming weeks.
Enjoy this third series title “The State Can't Give Us Transformative Justice”
05/30/2023
Our team is reading Abolitionist and Organizer Mariame Kaba’s “We Do This Till We Free Us.” We will be sharing highlights from each part of her book 📚 over the coming weeks.
Enjoy this second series title “There Are No Perfect Victims”
05/18/2023
The Team ! ✊🏿
05/15/2023
Our team is reading Abolitionist and Organizer Mariame Kaba’s “We Do This Till We Free Us.” We will be sharing highlights from each part of her book 📚 over the coming weeks.
Enjoy this first series title “So You’re Thinking About Becoming An Abolitionist.”
04/03/2023
Sunday March 26th members of the Youth Advocates for Healing and Liberation participated in a Graduation session at Saint Louis University. The event aimed at marking the beginning of a new phase in youth organizing and reviewing the tenets of Abolition.
Members watched Derecka Purnell’s segment with Trevor Noah around her new book “Becoming Abolitionists,” discussed what they learned, and tackled challenges they had felt. Additionally, members gave feedback on what their hopes are for the Youth Council moving forward.
S/o to YAHL members Grace, Naim, and Yosiyah for their brilliant insights.
02/23/2023
10/03/2022
Our friends at the World Community Center are hosting an open house event that's open to the public. Please attend if able.