In this episode, our host Deana Lewis, speaks with three Black feminist abolitionist organizers from Durham’s SpiritHouse. Nia Wilson, Mya Hunter and Alexis Pauline Gumbs discuss the Black and Brown survivor led group they formed called Ubuntu as a response to the Duke lacrosse rape case that led to the creation of one of the first Harm-Free Zones in the country. Their work as artists, educators and cultural organizers prompted a culture of care and community and fierce organizing that changed the way we understand and practice abolition today.

List of references mentioned in this episode:

Incite! Women & Trans People Against Violence

Critical Resistance

Ubuntu

Spirit House

Duke Lacrosse Case

National Day of Truth Telling

Read about Harm Free Zones from Critical Resistance and watch this short video on Harm Free Zone history from Spirit House

Presented by Creative Interventions and Just Practice Collaborative

Executive Producers — Mimi Kim, Rachel Caïdor & Shira Hassan

Producer, Sound Recordist, and Editor — iLL Weaver for Emergence Media

Host - Deana Lewis

Music Editor and Audio Engineer — Joe Namy

Digital Strategy- Yessica Gonzalez

Graphic Design - And Also Too

Theme song & music composed by — Scale Hands and L05 of Complex Movements in collaboration with Ahya Simone

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