"Speaking at an event celebrating Christina Sharpe's new book In the Wake, Saidiya Hartman remarked that "care is the antidote to violence." Her words offer a potentially powerful feminist frame for abolition. Effective defense campaigns provide thousands of people with opportunities to demonstrate care for criminalized individuals through various tactics (including letter writing, financial support, prison visits, and more)."
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Educators from the United StatesWomen authors from the United States20th-century African-American women21st-century African-American women
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Mariame Kaba, We Do This Til We Free Us (2021)
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