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Abolition Democracy 10/13: Abolishing Family Policing
Professors Dorothy Roberts and Bernard E. Harcourt read and discuss *Killing the Black Body*, *Shattered Bonds*, “Prison, Foster Care, and the Systemic Punishment of Black Mothers,” and “Abolishing Policing Also Means Abolishing Family Regulation” by Dorothy Roberts. This seminar will open with a conversation with activist and artist Tymber Hudson.

Feb 25, 2021 06:15 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Dorothy Roberts
Dorothy Roberts, an acclaimed scholar of race, gender and the law, joined the University of Pennsylvania as its 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with joint appointments in the Departments of Africana Studies and Sociology and the Law School where she holds the inaugural Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander chair. She is also founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science & Society in the Center for Africana Studies. Her pathbreaking work in law and public policy focuses on urgent contemporary issues in health, social justice, and bioethics, especially as they impact the lives of women, children and African-Americans.
Tymber Hudson
Tymber Hudson (they/she) is a storyteller, strategist, and multidisciplinary artist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tymber is deeply committed to centering, uplifting, and empowering Black LGBTQ+ communities to abolish systems that perpetuate trauma and oppression. Through all of their work, Tymber puts the community at the center of the design of policy and practice that impacts their daily lives. They currently work at the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation where they lead the creation and implementation of strategic planning across programs to maximize growth and increase the support available for LGBTQIA2S communities across Western Pennsylvania including young and families within the child welfare system.

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