Tag: abolition

• Episode 53: Dorothy Burge

  Stitch by Stitch: The Threads of Abolition, Pt. II Picking up where we left off in our last episode, we visit with the incomparable Dorothy Burge, activist, story-teller, educator, art-maker, quilter extraordinaire—and a pillar of the abolitionist movement. Mama Dorothy sat down with us at the DePaul Art Museum in Chicago a few days before she […]

  July 27, 2022

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• Episode 52: Dr. Sharbreon Plummer and Rachel Wallis

  Stitch by Stitch: The Threads of Abolition Stitch by Stitch is a gathering of artists and activists, quilters and abolitionists to be held in Chicago on July 15, 16, and 17. We’re honored to sit down with two of the Stitch organizers—Dr. Sharbreon Plummer, author of Diasporic Threads: Black Women, Fiber, and Textiles, and Rachel Wallis, […]

  July 14, 2022

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• Episode 28: Mariame Kaba

  Sometimes we ask, What can one person do? The first step is to stop being one person. Move away from “me,” and take steps toward creating a “we.” From one to two, from two to three, step-by-step toward an irresistible movement for justice and peace, powered by love—the organizer’s credo. We’re honored to be joined […]

  April 12, 2021

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  abolition, justice, liberation, mariamekaba, organizing