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Publication Date: 2017
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Fierce Urgency of Now: Building Movements to End the Prison Industrial Complex in Our Schools
Anderson-Zavala, Chrissy; Krueger-Henney, Patricia; Meiners, Erica; Pour-Khorshid, Farima
Multicultural Perspectives, v19 n3 p151-154 2017
This article argues that prison abolition and education must be thought and practiced together, now more than ever. Drawing on a forum, "Without Walls: Abolition & Rethinking Education" in Oakland, CA to dialogue about strategies to challenge carceral logics in classrooms and communities, this article contextualizes the intensification of policing and the criminalization of young people and communities that continues to reach into and beyond all levels of K-12 schools. We share a number of suggestions and starting places based on the ways many educators and youth advocates are building the capacity to challenge the prison industrial complex.
Descriptors: Resistance (Psychology), Social Justice, Change Strategies, Discipline Policy, School Safety, Elementary Secondary Education, Administrative Principles, Advocacy, Capacity Building
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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