by Bettina Love
First published 2021
Bettina Love presents abolition as an educational framework that moves beyond punishment and imprisonment toward collective liberation. The book emerges from sustained organizing rooted in Black feminism, women of color feminisms, and disability justice movements. Love and her collaborators offer concrete entry points for educators seeking to bridge classroom practice with abolition work. The toolkit addresses student organizing, immigrant justice responses to ICE, sex education approaches, and arts-based curriculum development. Contributors include the Black Organizing Project, Chicago Women's Health Center, Mariame Kaba and Project NIA, and the MILPA Collective. The book spans Pre-K through grade 12 contexts while extending into community organizing beyond school settings. After five years of development, this resource provides educators with workshop activities, guiding principles, campaign strategies, and reflection tools. The book offers teachers, parents, and young people practical methods to imagine and build safer communities through educational transformation.
Genres: african-american, education, non-fiction, activism
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: collective-liberation, community-organizing, practical-methods
Setting: Chicago
376 pages · Paperback · AK Press