Ask an Abolitionist

Truth's Table

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 July 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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In this episode of Truth’s Table, Ekemini, Michelle, and Christina are discussing police and prison abolition. Christina and Ekemini ask Michelle, the resident abolitionist at the table all of their questions about abolition. What is abolition? How would it be implemented? Toward the end of the episode they share their freedom dreams. You don’t want to miss this episode. Pull up a chair and have a seat at the table with us! Resources mentioned in this episode: criticalresistance.org https://breatheact.org/ Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish The Police Support Truth’s Table: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TruthsTable PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/TruthsTable Merchandise: https://teespring.com/shop/truthstable?pid=46&cid=2742 Truth’s Table Discount for The Beautiful Community by Irywn L. Ince Jr. Save 40% off The Beautiful Community by Irwyn L. Ince Jr. when you order at https://www.ivpress.com/the-beautiful-community using promo code TRUTH20. This offer expires on September 30, 2020. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	This episode of Choose Table is brought to you by Inveracity Press, whose vision is to catalyze redemption, restoration, and revival in our divided and broken world.
0:11.0	Follow IVP on Twitter at IV Press and visit IVP's website at
0:16.7	W. W. W. dot IV Press.com and by the Red Flag Podcast, learn more at Red Flag Pod.com. Oh, yeah. Hey y'all, y'all,
0:43.0	welcome to choose table,
0:49.0	Hey y'all, welcome to Choose Table,
0:51.0	Midwives of Culture for grace and truth. I'm
0:53.7	Michelle, and I'm Christina. This table is built by a black woman and four
0:58.6	black women, so welcome to the table sisters. How are y'all doing?
1:02.2	Oh well, well. Table Sisters, how y'all doing?
1:02.6	Oh, well, well, well.
1:05.6	I'm like, we're still in a pandemic, so the wells are going to be random this season. We're in a
1:15.8	pandemic and we're in the midst of an uprising. Hello! The last time we
1:20.3	recorded together there wasn't no uprising had not occurred. Oh my gosh that's right. Yeah so that's where we are now. Oh, see how you doing girl? I am tired. I've been moving and relocating so all well and then
1:35.0	moving and relocating in the midst of COVID-19 is just stupid so that's where I am
1:42.0	Yes that seems like the right to scriptor.
1:45.0	We are praying your strength in the law for real.
1:50.0	For real, because moving in and of itself is already hard and like nobody wants to have to do that and then in the midst of a pandemic yeah not so much so strength and grace to see y'all please pray for her yeah as she is in the
2:08.1	midst of that and then school years coming up and don't nobody know what's going on
2:11.8	it's a lot going on.
2:13.4	That's so much.
2:15.2	Oof, it's too much.
2:17.2	Yeah, yeah, it's too much.
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