Hey, Lady Don't Take No listeners. I really hope you downloaded and listened to that last

episode with the Honorable, the badass, Dr. Angela Davis. Now, here's the thing.

Not only did we have an amazing conversation,

but the questions from the audience members

were equally amazing.

Angela's answers were freaking brilliant.

So we had to do a bonus episode.

Obby.

Let's go back to Bus Boys and Poets in Washington, D.C.

And hear what the audience had to say.

Enjoy.

First question.

One out of three adults in Ward 8 can't read.

One out of three adults in Ward 8, which is where we're at right now.

Cannot read.

Yes.

Is the combo about prison abolition truly accessible to these people, even though they are heavily impacted by this issue?

How do we make this combo about them accessible to them? Thank you. You know, many years ago,

when a number of us were coming together to try to think deeply about possibilities of abolition and what might be abolitionist alternatives to prison.

One of the things we talked about was education.

And of course when you talk about education, you have to recognize that the schools are so polluted with the notion that black children have to be disciplined,

you know, just as black and other adults have to be disciplined in prison,

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