Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Join us on Facebook and YouTube for the second in our series of virtual events exploring abolition as a critical framework for change. Scholars, activists, and organizers will lead these community conversations about challenging systems and reimagining ways to achieve justice and liberation.
Human rights lawyer, writer, and organizer Derecka Purnell will give a keynote for the annual Amplify Your Voice event, our annual community forum offering information and informed analysis of social justice issues. She will share her work to end police and prison violence by providing legal assistance, research, and trainings to community based organizations through an abolitionist framework. The discussion will continue as she joins a panel of experts on criminal (in)justice (Liya Brown), child welfare (Kristen Weber), and immigration (Dr. Jodi Berger Cardoso) for a moderated discussion to examine those systems with respect to harm as well as highlighting efforts to reimagine how to address the societal problems those systems purport to address.
This presentation will occur LIVE on the Graduate College of Social Work's Facebook and YouTube page Friday, October 16th at 3:00 PM (CST)
SUBMIT A QUESTION
If you have a specific question about abolition as a critical framework for change OR a question you'd like to ask our speaker, please submit your question via the link below. All approved questions will be asked during the live event.
Q & A Link: bit.ly/EOAQandAAmplify
PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR THE FINAL EVENT OF THE SERIES
upENDing the Child Welfare System: The Road to Abolition
Tuesday, October 20th 12 - 3 PM (CST) 1 - 4 PM (EST)
and Wednesday, October 21st 12 - 3 PM (CST) 1 - 4 PM (EST)
Join us on Facebook and YouTube for the second in our series of virtual events exploring abolition as a critical framework for change. Scholars, activists, and organizers will lead these community conversations about challenging systems and reimagining ways to achieve justice and liberation.
Human rights lawyer, writer, and organizer Derecka Purnell will give a keynote for the annual Amplify Your Voice event, our annual community forum offering information and informed analysis of social justice issues. She will share her work to end police and prison violence by providing legal assistance, research, and trainings to community based organizations through an abolitionist framework. The discussion will continue as she joins a panel of experts on criminal (in)justice (Liya Brown), child welfare (Kristen Weber), and immigration (Dr. Jodi Berger Cardoso) for a moderated discussion to examine those systems with respect to harm as well as highlighting efforts to reimagine how to address the societal problems those systems purport to address.
This presentation will occur LIVE on the Graduate College of Social Work's Facebook and YouTube page Friday, October 16th at 3:00 PM (CST)
SUBMIT A QUESTION
If you have a specific question about abolition as a critical framework for change OR a question you'd like to ask our speaker, please submit your question via the link below. All approved questions will be asked during the live event.
Q & A Link: bit.ly/EOAQandAAmplify
PLEASE SAVE THE DATE FOR THE FINAL EVENT OF THE SERIES
upENDing the Child Welfare System: The Road to Abolition
Tuesday, October 20th 12 - 3 PM (CST) 1 - 4 PM (EST)
and Wednesday, October 21st 12 - 3 PM (CST) 1 - 4 PM (EST)
