Feminist Abolition And Disability Justice

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Offering a critical disability perspective on policing, criminalization, and incarceration, this conversation contributes to the call for racial justice that was renewed in 2020. Liat Ben-Moshe, author of Decarcerating Disability, and Subini Annamma, author of The Pedagogy of Pathologization, will examine why abolitionists need critical disability frameworks, and why disability scholars need abolition. Megan Welsh (SDSU Criminal Justice and Public Administration) will moderate. How can we bring disabled people of color, disabled queer and trans people, and disabled working-class and rural people into our analysis of criminalization, policing, and incarceration? Ben-Moshe’s and Annamma’s research has highlighted how disabled people past and present have resisted criminalization, and organized to end their confinements. The discussion will also explore how we can apply abolitionist and critical disability perspectives to push for equity in public policy.

This event is part of the Feminist Disability Justice speaker series through the Bread and Roses Feminist Research Colloquium of Women’s Studies Department at San Diego State University.

Sponsored by College of Arts and Letters

* Event will be recorded and posted on the ‘SDSU Women’s Studies’ YouTube channel
* FREE and open for ALL
* ASL & Live captioning provided

Click here to register for event: https://sdsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYldeCoqDouGdDY-jooHn421o5jNIdRtYZA

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“Feminist Disability Justice speaker series, Bread and Roses Feminist Research Colloquium presents Feminist Abolition and Disability Justice.

ASL & Live captioning provided. Free and open for all.

Offering a critical disability perspective on policing, criminalization, and incarceration, this conversation contributes to the call for racial justice that was renewed in 2020. ILiat Ben-Moshe, author of Decarcerating Disability, and Subini Annamma, author of The Pedagogy of Pathologization, will examine why abolitionists need critical disability frameworks, and why disability scholars need abolition. Megan Welsh (SDSU Criminal Justice and Public Administration) will moderate. How can we bring disabled people of color, disabled queer and trans people, and disabled working-class and rural people into our analysis of criminalization, policing, and incarceration? Ben-Moshe’s and Annamma’s research has highlighted how disabled people past and present have resisted criminalization, and organized to end their confinements. The discussion will also explore how we can apply abolitionist and critical disability perspectives to push for equity in public policy.

A black and white picture of Subini Ancy Annamma: a woman with curly shoulder length hair smiles into the camera. Next to her picture text reads: “Subini Ancy Annamma is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Her research critically examines the ways students are criminalized and resist that criminalization.”

A picture of Liat Ben-Moshe: a woman with red hair wearing glasses, dangling turquoise earrings, and a royal blue shirt in front of a white background. Next to her picture it reads: “Liat Ben-Moshe is an Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is an activist-scholar working at the intersection of incarceration, abolition, and disability/madness.”

At the bottom of the page text reads: Sponsored by CAL. Wednesday, March 17, 3:00-5:00 pm pacific time. Click here to register for the event. Event will be recorded and posted on the ‘SDSU Women’s Studies’ YouTube channel. On either side are logos for the SDSU Women’s Studies department.

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