Introduction to Family Policing Abolition

Political Education
Written By jasmine Sankofa

This syllabus was created by the UpEND Movement.

This is a course for those interested in taking a self-guided course on family policing’s history, present, and abolitionist future. This syllabus is a companion to The upEND Podcast’s first season. 

Module 1: Family Separation as Terror

Module 2: A Racist Foundation

Module 3: A Racist Transformation

Module 4: Manifestations of Surveillance, Regulation, and Punishment in the Afterlife of Slavery

Module 5: Intended Consequences

Module 6: Reforms Are Designed to Fail

Module 7: Abolition, Part 1

Module 8: Abolition, Part 2

jasmine Sankofa
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