An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World

An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World

by Patrisse Cullors
An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World

An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World

by Patrisse Cullors

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Activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors draws from years of political, social and humanitarian engagement to offer a handbook, a primer, a road map, a 12-step program and a self-care manual all in one. Cullors' intent is to help us toward imagining a new world, one achieved by the abolition of current carceral systems and guided by tenets of transformative justice, a system “rooted in dignity and care for all people.” An Abolitionist's Handbook challenges us to mindfully and powerfully step up, while offering a helping hand.

From the Co-Founder of the #BlackLivesMatter, a bold, innovative, and humanistic approach to being a modern-day abolitionist

In An Abolitionist’s Handbook, New York Times bestselling author, artist, and activist Patrisse Cullors charts a framework for how everyday artists, activists, and organizers can effectively fight for an abolitionist present and future. Filled with relatable pedagogy on the history of abolition, a reimagining of what reparations look like for Black lives, and real-life anecdotes from Cullors, An Abolitionist’s Handbook asks us to lead with love, fierce compassion, and precision. Readers will learn the 12 steps to change yourself and the world.

An Abolitionist’s Handbook is for those who are looking to reimagine a world where communities are treated with dignity, care and respect. It gives us permission to move away from cancel culture and into visioning change and healing.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250272973
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date: 01/25/2022
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 654,110
Product dimensions: 4.90(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Patrisse Cullors is an author of the New York Times bestseller When They Call You a Terrorist, educator, artist, and abolitionist from Los Angeles. She is the co-founder of the Crenshaw Dairy Mart and has been on the frontlines of the abolitionist movement with Black Lives Matter, Justice LA, Dignity and Power Now, and Reform LA jails. Also the founder of The Center For Art and Abolition, Cullors has popularized the term “Abolitionist Aesthetics” to challenge artists to aestheticize abolition.

Table of Contents

Foreword adrienne maree brown xi

Introduction Prends Hemphill xv

What is a Handbook? 1

Step #1 Courageous Conversations 15

Step #2 Respond vs. React 39

Step #3 Nothing Is Fixed 71

Step #4 Say Yes to Imagination 85

Step #5 Forgive Actively, Not Passively 115

Step #6 Allow Yourself to Feel 133

Step #7 Commit to Not Harming or Abusing Others 150

Step #8 Practice Accountability 181

Step #9 Embrace Non-Reformist Reform 201

Step #10 Build Community 217

Step #11 Value Interpersonal Relationships 232

Step #12 Fight the U.S. State Rather Than Make It Stronger 245

Acknowledgments 259

Notes 261

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