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Schools Not Prisons is a podcast that maps out how to build an abolitionist world hosted by scholar and organizer, Irene Franco Rubio. Community members and activists join Rubio to talk about how we can move away from a culture of punishment, and replace it with a culture of prevention.
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Schools Not Prisons is a podcast that maps out how to build an abolitionist world hosted by scholar and organizer, Irene Franco Rubio. Community members and activists join Rubio to talk about how we can move away from a culture of punishment, and replace it with a culture of prevention.
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    Abolition Lessons with Richie Reseda

    Abolition Lessons with Richie Reseda

    Welcome to the first day of the Schools Not Prisons Podcast: Abolition Lessons. In this first episode, we learn how to practice community-based-masculitinies and create accountability pods with the help of content producer and founder of Question Culture, Richie Reseda.
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    • 38 min
    Abolition Lessons: Rest is Revolution with Ashley Monterrosa

    Abolition Lessons: Rest is Revolution with Ashley Monterrosa

    In this episode of the Schools Not Prisons podcast, we explore what embracing rest, wellness, and restoration as a form of resistance looks like. This week's guest is Ashley Monterrosa, a San Francisco educator and organizer turned activist after her brother Sean Monterrosa was killed by Vallejo Police.
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    • 33 min
    Abolition Lessons: Radical Love with Raul Armenia

    Abolition Lessons: Radical Love with Raul Armenia

    Welcome to the third day of Abolition Lessons. In today's lesson, Irene Franco-Rubio is joined by her partner, Raul Armenta. Together they explore how radical love is a guiding force in movement building and how higher education is a means for heightened political consciousness.
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    • 38 min
    Abolition Lessons: Intersectional Feminism with Janet Asante

    Abolition Lessons: Intersectional Feminism with Janet Asante

    On today's episode of the School's Not Prisons Podcast, host Irene Franco Rubio is joined by Janet Asante. Asante is the Media Coordinator at Dignity and Power Now (DPN) and Justice LA. Together, they breakdown why abolition is a feminist issue.
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    • 29 min
    Abolition Lessons: The School To Prison Pipeline with Edgar Gutierrez

    Abolition Lessons: The School To Prison Pipeline with Edgar Gutierrez

    In this week's Abolition Lessons, host, Irene Franco Rubio speaks to Edgar Gutierrez about how he was directly impacted by the School-to-Prison Pipeline.
    Edgar Gutierrez is the Leadership & Program Coordinator at MILPA, a movement space designed for, and led by, formerly incarcerated and system-impacted individuals committed to supporting next-generation leadership and infrastructure within communities.

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    • 34 min
    Abolition Lessons: Creating an Abolitionist Imagination with Ashley Blakeney

    Abolition Lessons: Creating an Abolitionist Imagination with Ashley Blakeney

    In this week’s “Abolition Lessons,” we delve into the abolitionist imagination with special guest Ashley Blakeney. Join us as we explore how to practice and embrace ancestral wisdom, communal healing, and collective liberation, guided by Crenshaw Dairy Mart’s key pillars. Discover how to foster profound connectivity to people, land, vision, and practice, and learn how to build a community space that reduces police contact, incarceration, caging, and trauma while promoting healing.
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    • 41 min

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