Simply fill out a Free Project New Chapter Application and you will receive all the resources you’ll need to successfully start and run your club. Most chapters are on college campuses, but students of all ages can take advantage of the resources provided by the organization. TFP works to support each step of the way.”

What remains to be done is a path and a process. Liberation takes place in a moment, but it won’t succeed without the rest. In the worlds of the the Free Project, “These are the steps that are necessary to not only rescue, but to successfully heal, restore and integrate survivors back into their homes, families and society. F-R-E-E stands for Freedom, Restoration, Emancipation, and Empowerment. The Free Project is a student-led antislavery movement. Start an antislavery club in your school! Start an antislavery club Who said being an abolitionist should be easy? My Slavery Footprint But, then again, some things are work the effort. The global economy is complicated, and refusing to buy slave-made goods can be difficult. Slavers are dependent upon these products and cutting off their revenue can strike a major blow for freedom. One of the first ways that Americans can attack modern slavery is by following in the footsteps of nineteenth century abolitionists and refusing to buy products produced by slavery. The global economy has created many new ways for slavers to profit, and American consumers have reaped many of the benefits. Nyle Fort, organizer and postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.Most slaves live in developing countries, but that does not mean that they do not exist in countries like the United States or that Americans are not implicated in their enslavement. She will be joined in conversation by Dr.

Becoming Abolitionists shows that abolition is not solely about getting rid of police, but a commitment to create and support different answers to the problem of harm in society, and, most excitingly, an opportunity to reduce and eliminate harm in the first place. This book spans not only Purnell’s experience, but also a long history of social movements rooted in rebellion and revolutionary love that pushed a generation of activists towards abolition, from Ferguson to South Africa, from Reconstruction to contemporary protests against police shootings.

Calling them felt like something, and something feels like everything when the other option seems like nothing. Drawing from her experiences as a lawyer, writer, and organizer initially skeptical about police abolition, Purnell charts her journey to her realization that the police were a placebo. Join us for an in-person book talk with Derecka Purnell on her newest book, Becoming Abolitionists.

Becoming abolitionists