Abolition is Ancestral: a Meditation

Abolition is about the centering of safety, freedom, life. It is a practice of affirmation. I look to the radical healing and love of ancestor Mother Sallie as a guidepost. Abolition is ancestral

On Property

The Black radical tradition has always involved the disruption of property. We were the “loot” upon which the nation was built, our very existence is the abolition of property

Scenes from Class Struggle in Atlanta

The unhoused are subjected nonstop to the violence of the 14 policing agencies of the Atlanta area. A narrative and reflection on one incident.

How We Can Win

In How We Can Win, Kimberly Jones opens up new paths for dreaming and building an unbounded Black possibility

Message to the grassroots

Reflecting on the violence of the last months, Malcolm’s words give a path forward with unified action

Means to an end

Safety predicated on police terror is neither safe nor sustainable.

Affirmative action ( a poem )

A poem to explain affirmative action, like why it’s crucial.

The Black Computing Community’s call for equity and fairness

Black people in computing and their allies — designers, developers, technical support professionals, bloggers, data scientists, technical writers, on and on — have issued a call for equity and fairness. Read it https://blacksincomputingopenlettercommunity.wordpress.com/ We want computing to stop harming and menacing Black lives. We want equity in computing and not repression. We want justice.

The Uprising in Atlanta

People are emphasizing the material over the human.
– Dr Illya Davis, Morehouse College