“Abolition Feminism” with Angela Davis and Gina Dent

VIRTUAL – LIVE STREAM EVENT

Fall 2020 CRG Distinguished Guest Lecture

ABOLITION FEMINISM
with
Angela Davis & Gina Dent

As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment ― halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements to divest from policing. Yet erased from this landscape are not only the central histories of feminist ― usually queer, anti-capitalist, grassroots, and women of color – organizing that continue to cultivate abolition but a recognition of the stark reality: abolition is our best response to endemic forms of state and interpersonal gender and sexual violence. This conversation will surface necessary historical genealogies, key internationalist learnings, and everyday practices to grow our collective and flourishing present and futures.

Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, and class, and international solidarity with Palestine.

Gina Dent is an associate professor of feminist studies, history of consciousness, and legal studies; chair of the feminist studies department, and director of the Institute for Advanced Feminist Research at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Co-sponsored by African American and African Diaspora Studies, Center on Race, Sexuality & Culture, Gender & Women’s Studies, International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs, Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI), OBI Diversity and Health Disparities Cluster, Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice and UC Berkeley’s Division of Equity & Inclusion.

Live stream event will be held Pacific Standard Time (PST) on UC Berkeley’s YouTube page and CRG’s Facebook page. Event will be closed-captioned along with live sign-language interpretation.

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