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December 3, 2024: Abolitionist Intimacies Conference pt. 2

Today we will air audio from the Abolitionist Intimacies Conference that took place in Halifax on June 29-2024. This is the second part of the roundtable. We aired the first part on PRS on October 22-2024. W We will air the third part of the roundtable on an upcoming show.

Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones was published in November 2022, born from over a decade of work supporting and advocating for incarcerated people. This roundtable is the first event in a national symposium held to celebrate and grow the work of activists and scholars on policing and prison justice across so-called Canada. Featuring:

El Jones, moderator
Sara Tessier, Northpine Foundation
Ashley Avery, Coverdale Justice Society
Martha Paynter, Wellness Within
Rachel Zellers, Third Eye Collective
Fadi Ennab, Police-Free Schools Winnipeg
Michelle Paul, Mi'kmaw Land Defender and Water Protector
Audrey Huntley, No More Silence
Marlihan Lopez, Coalition to Defund the SPVM
Jade Almeida,--

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