Loving and Protecting Us
Abolitionist Crisis Response Rooted in Transformative Justice
By Shira Hassan and Mariame Kaba
A resource for people interested in and working to develop abolitionist interventions and groups to help keep each other safe. There are multiple ways to develop and think about these interventions, in terms of size, mission, and approach. This resource aims to help demystify a few things about how we create these organizations and formations, and how we sustain them.
The authors of the resource, Shira Hassan and Mariame Kaba, note:
“As longtime crisis responders, transformative justice organizers, and anti-violence workers, we have been observing themes in our own work and in our larger movement. This piece is not meant to be a treatise on these topics; rather, we documented conversations between us about the patterns we see in the hopes that we can offer some insight, care, and support to those of us doing this vital and lifesaving work.”
Related Resources
Explore related Interrupting Criminalization resources, including toolkits, guides, and analyses that are discussed in Loving and Protecting Us,
If you or your group are working on a project or community-wide intervention to respond to, transform, or interrupt violence and harm without using the police and other carceral systems, reach out to Interrupting Criminalization’s Transformative Justice Help Desk.
Staffed by Shira Hassan, the TJ Help Desk is available by appointment to offer thought partnership and one-on-one consultation.
