"I was struck again by the importance of language and of words that need to be spoken. Our best teachers, including Au…"

"June Jordan, who has been a touchstone of mine, really, since I first read her work in college, which was many, many …"

"With punishment at the center of everything we haven't been able to really address the other stuff that needs to happ…"

"Let's begin our abolitionist journey not with the question "What do we have now, and how can we make it better?" Inst…"

"Remember, the systems live within us (referring to the words of Morgan Bassichis). The punishment mindset is very har…"

"I have so many touchstones. I believe in touchstones, people you go back to in particular moments when you need somet…"

"Failure and mistakes are part of a process."

"Going into processes, if you go into it with an idea that the person you're working with is a fragile China doll who …"

"Some people may ask, "Does this mean that I can never call the cops if my life is in serious danger?" Abolition does …"

"I think, really, the reason why the book has been resonating is because of the uprisings and the struggle in the stre…"