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Thu, Sep 12
|Ithaca
A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice with Katie Tastrom
Disability justice and prison abolition are two increasingly popular theories that overlap but whose intersection has rarely been explored in depth.
Time & Location
Sep 12, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Ithaca, 115 E State St, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
About the event
A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice with Katie Tastrom Thursday, September 12th 6pm to 7:30pm
Join PM Press at Autumn Leaves for our first event of the 2024 Ithaca is Books Festival, "A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice" with author Katie Tastrom. Co-sponsored by Cornell's Society for the Humanities.
Disability justice and prison abolition are two increasingly popular theories that overlap but whose intersection has rarely been explored in depth.
A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice explains the history and theories behind abolition and disability justice in a way that is easy to understand for those new to these concepts yet also gives insights that will be useful to seasoned activists. The book uses extensive research and professional and lived experience to illuminate the way the State uses disability and its power to disable to incarcerate multiply marginalized disabled people, especially those who are…