All workshop sessions will be free for participants. We will only request that everyone who attends, come with both the intention to learn and the willingness to share with others. The greater goal for this program is to promote an “Each One Teach One” strategy. We hope attendees will bring the knowledge they gain from the workshops back to their organizations and communities. Workshops will meet on the 3rd Tuesday of odd numbered months, and the 4th Tuesday of even numbered months.
Please direct all questions and inquiries to: isyourlifebetter@gmail.com.
Space for the in-person participation is very limited, but we encourage all who can attend in person to do so! We are asking that potential participants register in advance, being sure to register for either the virtual option OR the in-person option. Both links can be found below.
To register to join workshops in person, please register with this form: https://forms.gle/WxvFjbVn4vpJi5vh9
To register to join workshops virtually, please register with this form: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMscOquqzwiG9xWXMFD-CgLLCJbWaCwx8KR
NJ Abolition Workshop details
Dates – 3rd Tuesday (odd months) and 4th Tuesday (even months)
- January 16 (Abolition 101 – an introduction)
- February 27 (Cop Cities and the Police State)
- March 19
- April 23
- May 21
- June 25
- July 16
- August 27
- September 17
- October 22
- November 19
- December TBD
List of additional possible topics (in no particular order):
- Climate and Environmental effects
- Incarceration and the Prison Industrial Complex
- Copaganda and Media Complicity
- Mental Health
- Gentrification/Displacement
- Policing Common Areas
- School to Prison pipeline
- The role of child/family services in the carceral state
- “Crime” and creating criminals
- Post incarceration