Prison Industrial Complex & Abolition 101 for K-12 Educators

Critical Resistance- Oakland is pleased to offer “Intro to the Prison Industrial Complex and Abolition” for K-12 Educators.* Organizing to get police out of your school? Working on responses to harm in the classroom and staffroom that do not involve criminalization? Want a curriculum that creates possibilities to imagine and build a world without prisons and borders? Building to protect students and families from immigration enforcement (ICE)?

This workshop will provide a space for educators to dig into CR’s analysis of the prison industrial complex (PIC) and identify practical and strategic ways to begin integrating abolition into their work. This workshop is a followup to a panel event, “Without Walls: Abolition & Rethinking Education,” happening the night before (April 14th, 6 – 8: 30 PM at the Islamic Cultural Center, 1433 Madison St., Oakland, CA 94612).

Need childcare? Let us know by 4/12 please.

*Please note this is a workshop specifically for educators (teachers, school admin, afterschool workers, cultural workers, etc), but this is not a workshop *for K-12 youth themselves.* If you could like a workshop for youth, please email croakland@criticalresistance.org We would want to do well by young people and do our youth-friendly workshop!

Accessibiilty: The Omni Ballroom space is ADA accessible. There is a ramp into the ballroom, as well as a chairlift. Please also come fragrance free if you are able.