Host Deana Lewis speaks with abolitionist feminists kai lumumba barrow, Paula X. Rojas, and Ejeris Dixon about organizing in New York City during the late 90’s and early to mid 2000’s. Their work to end police violence was spurred by police murders of Black and Brown people in New York City, sexual violence by police that targeted young people in Brooklyn, and anti-queer and transphobic violence throughout the city. Their projects ~ Sista II Sista, Critical Resistance NYC, Safe Outside the System, and the creation of Harm-Free Zones ~ built transformative justice and community accountability organizing at the local level to forge collective strategies that went on to shape the course of our abolitionist movement.

List of organizations/historic/current references mentioned in this episode:

Incite! Women & Trans People Against Violence

Critical Resistance

Audre Lorde Project and SOS Collective

Harm Free Zone

Vision Change Win

This amazing newsletter from 2004 has many projects from community based organizers in New York City including: Sista II Sista, FIERCE, Community Voices Heard, DRUM and more!

Student Liberation Action Movement (SLAM)

El Puente Academy for Peace & Justice

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