Alice Ross’ ‘Always Carry a Book’ is part of the Justseeds graphics collection. Justseeds is a cooperative of artists committed to social, environmental, and political engagement, and whose work I go back to for inspiration all the time.

One of my current favourites is a poster by William Estrada, an image of a forest with a bright pink night sky and a group of walkers winding through a trail with the reminder that “we learn with each other” printed along the bottom.

The first stages of Planning for Abolition have been about learning as a team, now we’re getting ready to share what we’ve learned with all of you.

We started by listening to an amazing set of justice-based podcasts to help us develop a vision for planning for abolition as fully resourced communities produced through ecosystems of care.

Over the next few months we’ll be sharing more tools and resources, and start our learning series ‘Pathways to Community Safety’ in the fall.

We hope you’ll join us to keep on leaning together!
Sheryl-Ann

ps: Our planning for re-entry survey is still open. So if you know a planner in Canada who hasn’t taken it yet please share the survey with them.

Learning + Action

• Safety for Whom? Ontario’s War on Safe Consumption Sites is No Act of Care - Yellowhead Institute

• Beyond the Right to Stay Put - Radical Housing Journal

• Against Carcerality: Planning, Strategizing, and Organizing for Decarceral Spaces - Progressive City

• Migrants Are Not to Blame for Canada’s Housing & Affordability Crisis - Migrant Rights Network + The Breach

• [Online Event June 9] Immigrant Rights & Justice - Abolitionist Futures Series