An Abolitionist's Handbook

12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the World

Hardcover, 288 pages

English language

Published by St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:
978-1-250-27297-3
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In An Abolitionist's Handbook, Cullors charts a framework for how everyday activists 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 offers a bold, innovative, and humanistic approach to how to be a modern-day abolitionist. Cullors asks us to lead with love, fierce compassion, and precision.

In An Abolitionist's Handbook readers will learn how to:

  • have courageous conversations
  • move away from reaction and towards response
  • take care of oneself while fighting for others
  • turn inter-community conflict into a transformative action
  • expand one’s imagination, think creatively, and find the courage to experiment
  • make justice joyful
  • practice active forgiveness
  • make space for difficult feelings and honor mental health
  • practice non-harm and cultivate compassion
  • organize local and national governments to work towards abolition
  • move away from …

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