Recommended Readings and Resources
Books
PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED
- Paulo Freire
Both a theory of oppression and the source of liberation which suggests that the key to liberation is developing a critical awareness and the thinking process in the individual. Freire suggests that this can be developed through a new type of partnership between the teacher and the student, empowering the student to enter into a dialogue and begin the process of humanization through thought and its correlative, action. There is much in here that has been helpful in guiding mediation, empowering those who have committed harms to work on their own self reflection, self transformation and critical awareness.
ARE PRISONS OBSOLETE?
- Angela Davis
One of many texts by the author that examines prison abolition and the prison industrial complex.
Zines
ACCOUNTING FOR OURSELVES
Examines modes of community accountability around sexual assault.
ABOCOMIX
Featuring art by prisoners, these zines bridge the walls of prisons and all profits go to the prisoners. They focus on amplifying the voices of LGBTQ prisoners through this art form.