Teaching Tools
Teaching Tools
Fighting Imprisonment Resource from Critical Resistance
Critical Resistance has worked to curtail the use and impacts of imprisonment. Through this work, Critical Resistance has generated countless resources to fight imprisonment in many different institutions. — Website
Building Your Abolitionist Toolbox
Videos from Project Nia's series, "Building Your Abolitionist Toolbox: Everyday Resources for a Punishment-Free World." — Youtube
Abolitionist Assessments of Pre-Trial and Bail Reforms
In July 2021, Critical Resistance released a new abolitionist organizing resource, On the Road to Freedom, a toolkit created in partnership with Community Justice Exchange, visually designed by Danbee Kim, and written by Mohamed Shehk, Pilar Weiss, Rachel Foran, Sharlyn Grace, and Woods Ervin. The goal of this tool is to provide organizers seeking to challenge pretrial detention with guidance–including examples, possible challenges, and best practices–for carrying out an abolitionist campaign, and ideally resulting in more wins! — PDF on Critical Resistance Website
Coffee Not Cops Organizing Toolkit
Coffee Not Cops is a way to introduce strangers and friends to the basics of abolition! In this zine the UC Cops off Campus coalition shares on how to talk to people about: - what abolition is, why it is necessary and how to organize toward an abolitionist horizon! — Free PDF
Interrupting Criminalization: Toolkits
A living digital library by Andrea Ritchie, Mariame Kaba, and others providing data, model legislation, and infographics from cities that have cut police budgets, removed police from some functions (e.g., mental health crisis teams), or established restorative justice hubs. It’s designed for activists to use evidence in campaigns. — Website
“Mariame Kaba: We Do This ’Til We Free Us”
A collection of Kaba’s essays and interviews offering concrete abolitionist campaigns and projects (e.g., Chicago’s We Charge Genocide, efforts to close youth jails, mutual aid projects). Emphasizes a “practical organizer’s lens”: each chapter has real scenarios like how a survivor-centered accountability process worked without police. Kaba’s accessible style and years of experience make this a go-to manual for praxis. — Purchase Online
Lessons in Liberation: Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators
A comprehensive collection of essays and activities guiding K-12 teachers to integrate abolitionist principles in curriculum and classroom practice. Abstract: Shows how to replace punitive discipline with restorative approaches, teach about social movements, and transform schools into sites of liberation — Available at the Pan-African Bookstore and Resource Center