You’re invited to PLSN’s final Abolitionist Futures discussion of the year – featuring a virtual (and free!) discussion led by the incredible DEAN SPADE!

WHEN: Monday, December 9, 7:30-9pm (EDT)

REGISTER HERE TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/<wbr />meeting/register/<wbr />tZEpcuChrD8tGdLMvuVc1PgryYHfdw<wbr />Dy-KFK#/registration
(closed captioning will be enabled)

Join us for our last Abolitionist Futures meeting of 2024. We are beyond thrilled to be hosting the incredible Dean Spade as our guest. As part of this conversation, we’ll discuss a selection of Dean’s book Mutual Aid (a resource PLSN has used directly in its organizing work), and ways that groups like ours can reinforce our work, support each other through difficult conversations, and make major organizing decisions as inclusively as possible – all while remaining accountable to our stakeholders (specifically – the folks inside who rely on PLSN’s work!).  Our evening will start with a general discussion about Dean’s work and experience, and then transition into a “case study” specifically about PLSN’s organizing and decision-making structure as it aligns with the author’s praxis. We’ll also share actionable steps in getting involved with the PLSN reference project.

While this conversation is free to attend, we will be sharing information about our 2024 PLSN fundraiser – going through the end of December! Attendees are welcome to contribute a suggested donation of $20 after the discussion (all donations through 2024 are matched 5x!)

DISCUSSION MATERIALS:

• Mutual Aid (chapter 5) by Dean Spade. While we’ll be focusing part of our discussion on decision-making structure in organizing work, we highly recommend reading the whole incredible book (available at BPL, QPL, NYPL).
• Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back! (documentary by Dean Spade).

Recommended by Dean Spade (materials relating to prisons):

• Voices from Within documentary (23 min, available to rent on Prime Video) – watch the film trailer here.
• Explore resources about Calls from Home – a radio show featuring prisoner families’ voices broadcast into rural prisons. You can listen to a recording of a previous holiday broadcast here, or explore several resources at the bottom of this page.

About Our Host:
Dean Spade is an organizer, writer and teacher. He has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law. He is the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law, and Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the next) (published by Verso Press in October 2020.)

Dean’s new book, Love in a Fucked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell, Together, will be out in January 2024 and can be pre-ordered now with the discount code F<3CKED from Bluestockings Bookstore. More of Dean’s videos, words, and work can be found on his website.

ABOUT ABOLITIONIST FUTURES:

Want to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join the club (literally!).

We curate a rotating calendar of media resources for discussion, including: books, podcasts, videos, zines, and more! We’re also re-committing to the “futures” part of our discussion group by intentionally building in time during each meeting to share actionable steps for practicing everyday abolition.

As a reminder, both upcoming discussion content and past years of discussion materials can be found on this doc.

You’re invited to PLSN’s final Abolitionist Futures discussion of the year – featuring a virtual (and free!) discussion led by the incredible DEAN SPADE!

WHEN: Monday, December 9, 7:30-9pm (EDT)

REGISTER HERE TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/<wbr />meeting/register/<wbr />tZEpcuChrD8tGdLMvuVc1PgryYHfdw<wbr />Dy-KFK#/registration
(closed captioning will be enabled)

Join us for our last Abolitionist Futures meeting of 2024. We are beyond thrilled to be hosting the incredible Dean Spade as our guest. As part of this conversation, we’ll discuss a selection of Dean’s book Mutual Aid (a resource PLSN has used directly in its organizing work), and ways that groups like ours can reinforce our work, support each other through difficult conversations, and make major organizing decisions as inclusively as possible – all while remaining accountable to our stakeholders (specifically – the folks inside who rely on PLSN’s work!).  Our evening will start with a general discussion about Dean’s work and experience, and then transition into a “case study” specifically about PLSN’s organizing and decision-making structure as it aligns with the author’s praxis. We’ll also share actionable steps in getting involved with the PLSN reference project.

While this conversation is free to attend, we will be sharing information about our 2024 PLSN fundraiser – going through the end of December! Attendees are welcome to contribute a suggested donation of $20 after the discussion (all donations through 2024 are matched 5x!)

DISCUSSION MATERIALS:

• Mutual Aid (chapter 5) by Dean Spade. While we’ll be focusing part of our discussion on decision-making structure in organizing work, we highly recommend reading the whole incredible book (available at BPL, QPL, NYPL).
• Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back! (documentary by Dean Spade).

Recommended by Dean Spade (materials relating to prisons):

• Voices from Within documentary (23 min, available to rent on Prime Video) – watch the film trailer here.
• Explore resources about Calls from Home – a radio show featuring prisoner families’ voices broadcast into rural prisons. You can listen to a recording of a previous holiday broadcast here, or explore several resources at the bottom of this page.

About Our Host:
Dean Spade is an organizer, writer and teacher. He has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law. He is the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law, and Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the next) (published by Verso Press in October 2020.)

Dean’s new book, Love in a Fucked Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell, Together, will be out in January 2024 and can be pre-ordered now with the discount code F<3CKED from Bluestockings Bookstore. More of Dean’s videos, words, and work can be found on his website.

ABOUT ABOLITIONIST FUTURES:

Want to learn more about prison abolition? Looking to explore the role of information in the prison industrial complex? Excited to discuss ways we can collectively offer resources to address violence caused by mass incarceration? Join the club (literally!).

We curate a rotating calendar of media resources for discussion, including: books, podcasts, videos, zines, and more! We’re also re-committing to the “futures” part of our discussion group by intentionally building in time during each meeting to share actionable steps for practicing everyday abolition.

As a reminder, both upcoming discussion content and past years of discussion materials can be found on this doc.